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The new World Record Kokanee Salmon!

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Ron Campbell with Kokezilla



Okay, this is getting ridiculous. In March, Oregon’s Wallowa Lake gave up the U.S. record kokanee, an 8.23 pounder…and then in May, it surrendered an 8-pound, 13-ouncer in May.. Now, this: On June, 14 Ron Campbell of Pendleton, OR caught what should be the new all-tackle world record koke, a 9.67 pounder! WTF???

Pendleton’s Wallowa beast measured 27 3/4 inches long and had a girth of 17 3/4 inches and just topped the current IGFA World Record, a 9.6 pounder caught in British Columbia back in 1988. After the paperwork goes through, it should be recognized as the new record…that is until somebody catches a 10 pounder!

Read more about this from our friends at Northwest Wild Country.

A New World Record Burbot for the Fishing Geeks

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The Geeks are en fuego!

The Fishing Geeks have struck again! This time, the dynamic fishing duo of identical twins Adam and Sean Konrad, teamed up for this IGFA all-tackle world record 25.2-pound burbot, that Sean hooked in Sascatchewan’s Lake Diefenbaker on March 27.

The jumbo “ling,” as they often called, ate a whole herring soaked on a medium spinning outfit. The catch is just another feather in the Geeks’ already impressive fishing resume. When it receives final approval, this will be the 10th IGFA certified world record for the Konrad boys — the most impressive of which was the all-tackle, 48-pound record rainbow trout from the same lake that Sean caught back in September of 2009.

For more details on the Konrads and their record fish, check out Northwest Wild Country.

Oregon Lake gives up near World Record Kokanee!

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On March 24, a giant, king kong sized kokanee that weighed 8.23-pounds (yes, that’s pounds, not ounces!) was taken from Wallowa Lake in northwestern Oregon by Wan Teece of Enterprise, OR..and I swear this is not an April Fool’s joke!

Teece hooked the ridiculously large koke while trolling a flasher and blade rig. The 26.25 x 16 incher crushed the Orgeon state record by over a pound and is believed to be the largest kokanee ever taken in the U.S. (the world record 9-pound, 6 ouncer was caught in Canada).

For more details on the story, check out Northwest Wild Country

Pending All-Tackle World Record Grayling

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Okay, so they fight like a wet sock but I still like grayling for some reason — especially when they come in the extra-jumbo size like this pending all-tackle world record 4-pound, 12 ouncer caught on a nymph in Austria’s Steinfeld River on Nov. 25 by Adriano Garhantini of Rosegg, Austria. Click here to read more…