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Just a hair more than an ounce…that’s what Ryan Leveque of Ceres, CA missed the California smallmouth bass record by when he bested this Lake Pardee hawg last month.
The beast (which he released) tipped the scales to 8.94 pounds, just off the state standard of 9 pounds, 1-ounce, which was taken back in 1976 from Trinity Lake.
What makes this story really interesting is the gear Leveque used…
Do you remember your the first fish of your angling career?
Of course you do! It’s one of those moments that stick with you forever.
Here’s 5-year-old Livi with her first ever fish, caught in William Land Park’s pond in Sacramento, CA.
Stepdad Jeff handled the guiding (& handling) duties and says Livi hooked the ‘bow on a white crappie jig.
He also said that, since she caught the trout, they’ve been out nearly every weekend and Livi has added catfish and striped bass to resume.
Looks like we’ve got another fish junkie in the making…
Alaska’s Nushagak River plays host the the world’s largest king salmon run and it’s not uncommon to hook 30, 40 or even 50+ kings a day up there. The fish are incredibly prolific but they don’t get as big as they do in places like the Kenai. On the ‘Nush, a 40 pounder is a trophy…that’s why this 51 pounder, caught by a client of guide Mike Perusse (pictured) is such a big story.
Bust out the beer batter! Auckland University of Technology professor, Steve O’Shea says that this Colossal Squid (43 feet long and an estimated 990 pounds) would yield calamari rings the size of tractor tires. The beast was caught recently in Antarctica’s Ross Sea.
Read more at National Geographic
I know, I know…it looks like I got a little creative with Photoshop on this one, but this picture is legit. What you’re looking at is the largest brook trout anybody has laid hands in at least 90 years and, perhaps ever.
The massive brookie was taken in the fall by Tim Matheson of Serridon, Manitoba in Manitoba’s Lake Barbe. The really cool part of the story is the fish didn’t end up on the barbe…