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Alexandra Spring Sets IGFA World Record with Monumental Halibut Catch
Alexandra Spring turned heads in the angling community with her impressive 33-lb, 14-oz Atlantic halibut, caught off Orleans, Massachusetts. This catch earned Alex the IGFA Women’s 15-kg (30-lb) Line Class World Record for the species.
Fisherman Lands World-Record Super Cow
On a long-range fishing trip from San Diego, Earl Gill IV landed an extraordinary yellowfin tuna weighing 443 pounds—a staggering 16 pounds more than the existing world record for a yellowfin caught on rod and reel.
Winter Dilemma: To Stay Or Go
As anglers, we are frequently faced with the decision to stay with the game plan or change to another. This is often amplified in the winter due to lethargic fish, less bait and unfavorable conditions. The first week of last December, I took a day trip from Texas to Louisiana to target flounder and found myself with this dilemma.
Head South For Big Fish This Winter
As the holidays approach and temperatures drop, many will feel the need to scratch that fishing itch. There is no better place to catch your next trophy this winter than down in sunny south Florida.
Alabama Power, ADCNR Team Up to Build Offshore Reefs
Alabama Power and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) have collaborated to deploy a new reef in the Blankenship Reef Zone using a decommissioned tugboat, the William Lee. Donated by Hooks Towing and funded by Alabama Power, the tugboat was cleaned and prepared for marine life before being placed 17 miles south of Dauphin Island.
Little Brown Bugs: Fly Selection for People Who Can Never Find the Right Fly
Changing flies takes time and if you do it often enough, will chew up enough leader and tippet, that you’ll have to re-rig the whole dang thing. It’s a slippery slope and not less than a few anglers have spent more time tying knots than they have fishing on a given day. If you are one of these folks, or maybe a novice angler for whom fly selection is a total mystery, let me suggest a simplified approach.
Cecil County, MD Angler Named 15th FishMaryland Master Angler
Nick Perez joins his 12-year-old daughter Lucy on the list of Master Anglers. Perez has been fishing Maryland waters since age two and has explored almost every fishery in the state. Inspired by his daughter's achievement, Perez decided to pursue the Master Angler title himself.
Virginia Angler Breaks 30-Year State Rainbow Trout Record
Grant Bentz of McGaheysville, Virginia, shattered a long-standing state record with a 14 lb., 12 oz. rainbow trout. The fish broke the previous record set in 1993 by Michael Lowe at 14 lbs., 7 oz. Despite knowing many might disapprove, Bentz decided to cook the fish, citing low survival chances for large trout in the summer. Bentz plans to have a replica of the fish made to commemorate his achievement.
45th Annual Bisbee’s Black and Blue Exceeds $7.4 Million, Top Three Teams All Win $1.5 Million-Plus in Prize Money
Magic Touch earned top honors with a 459-pound blue landed on the last day of fishing, backed by a 344-pound blue from Day Two. The combined team from Texas and Florida is taking home $2,440,850 for those fish, including first and fourth places and multiple daily jackpot prizes.Graham County’s Snowbird Creek Has It All
Snowbird Creek, and its main tributary Big Snowbird Creek, are places fly anglers could spend days exploring and still leave water untouched. On its top end, Big Snowbird is one of the largest remaining flows populated with native southern Appalachian brook trout. On its lower end, near its mouth at Lake Santeetlah, Snowbird plays host to an annual migration of lake-run rainbows that reach lengths well in excess of 20 inches.Under the Sea – Mentoring Young Guns
If all goes well, it will be a fun day, and they will always remember their first fish with pride. Photograph it; celebrate it; enjoy it. Check out some great tips here!Sarasota Police Officer Leaps into Action to Stop Unmanned Boat in Dramatic Rescue
The unmanned boat was cruising in circles up to 40 mph off the Gulf Coast in Sarasota.
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