Jessica Wanstall is 4-foot 10…the catfish she caught was 9 feet long! Read the story at the Daily Mail
New World Record Largemouth Bass??
Is this gigantic largemouth taken a few days back the new all-tackle world record?? Well, details are a bit sketchy at the moment but George W. Perry and his 22-pound, 4-ounce record for the species, which has stood since 1932, may just be in jeopardy…or not??
Caught in Japan’s Lake Biwa by Dep Tackle pro staffer Manabu Kurita in early July, this bass allegedly weighed (on a certified scale) 22 pounds, 5 ounces. Again, many of the particulars are taking their time crossing the Pacific — including what the fish was caught on, though at this point, it’s looking like live bait.
Obscene!!!
Now, it’s up to the International Game Fish Association to sort out all the details. If all the proper paperwork is submitted and the fish truly weighed 22 pounds, 5 ounces, it may still not be considered the new standard for largemouth. You see, the IGFA has a rule that states a record must be broken by two ounces. Since Kurita’s bass may have only eclipsed Perry’s by an ounce, it may be declared a tie….which seems pretty lame to me. How can you call it a tie if it weighed more??
Well, it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. In the meantime, watch the video and let us know what you think…
Record Limit of Smallmouth!
Okay, so I’m not sure where they keep records of such feats, but Bill Prince’s 5-fish limit of Trinity Lake smallmouth bass that went 27.7 pounds is certainly the California record in my book…
I know, it’s hard to tell from a photo of a replica mount (he let all the bass go) just how big the fish were, but take a look at that 13-inch rainbow trout that’s in there for scale and you’ll get a better idea. Prince was fishing a club tournament on Sept. 30, 2007 when he weighed in a 6.36 pounder, a 6.30 and the three little ones were all 5 plus pounds. Click here to read more…
Goliath on a Fly!
So, I’m not sure who originally thought it was a good idea to go spend all day in the blinding tropical sun, hunting for fish that are only slightly smaller than the low-freeboard skiff you’re in and then trying to hook said monster with a wad of feathers and glue, but they tell me fly fishing for tarpon is a blast!
Our pal and Northern California fishing guide extraordinaire, John Klar is officially a tarpon fishing junkie these days and has been making annual treks down to Marathon Key…the epicenter of South Florida silver king fishing.
Though the cold water denizens of Nor Cal’s Redwood Coast are what put grub on Klar’s table, it’s tarpon on flea flickin’ gear that really tickles his Toad (the fly pattern, Tarpon Toad, that is!). Is it the art of the stalk? The act of making a perfect cast to a fish and seeing him turn? Does the rush come from the instant you stick one with some steel? Or when a fish the size of Rhode Island goes airborne?
Alll bow to the king!!!
Perhaps it’s all about getting up close and personal with a fish…touching it…and then letting it go…
Definatley bigger than a steelhead...and the water's warmer too!
Or maybe it’s something else… Click here to read more…
Monster Kokanee New Record!
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, the world’s most prolific big kokanee salmon factory, out-did itself on June 14, 2009 when Brian Ekx of Vance’s Tackle set a new reservoir and Wyoming State record with this monster 24.75-inch, 6.26-pound koke!
The leviathan smacked a pink/blue No. 1 Vance’s Sockeye Slammer towed behind a blue/copper Vance’s dodger. At the helm? The man himself, Vance Staplin, who said that the record fish almost didn’t happen because Brian’s dad Scott, had a “small” 3.5-pound koke on at the same time that tried it’s best to tangle up Brian’s line.
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The ocean-sized landlock set the record — and also helped propel Team Vance’s to victory in the Buckboard Marina Fishing Classic.
Ekx’s fish beat the previous record of 6.04 pounds, which had stood since 2009. Though certainly a massive koke, the new Wyoming record was still well shy of the all-tackle world record of 9 pounds, 6 ounces, which was caught by Norm Kuhn in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia on June 18, 1988.
The downside of the whole deal…if you can call it that…is locals say that the fish are so big this year at the Gorge, that Ekx’s record (and who knows…maybe the world mark) may not make it out of the summer alive. Stay tuned!
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