ECUADOR: November marlin report

The currents continue to bring usually cold water for the month of November. Salinas, Manta and Galapagos Islands are all experiencing water temperatures 71 to 73 F average.


Salinas.

The striped marlin bite has been picking up a bit more in the last 2 weeks. Don Chuma fished Nov 20th and reported raising 3 stripey and releasing 1 on a circle hook. The water temperature was reported

Spain: monster carp caught over 80lb

A monster carp was caught in Spain by Raul Lopez Ayala on lake Curton (Rainbow lake) in Spain the fish was 83 pound (38 kilograms)
The fish was caught with a boili "Monster Crab original" of John Llewellyn "Big Carp" brand.
Here the comment in Spanish of Raul on Facebook: "gracias y mil gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios y palabras.
Como ya comentó mi compañero de aventuras Miguel

LAOS: report from Jean Francois Helias

Just a few words to keep you posted about the great fishing we are enjoying right now here in Laos. I've been joined on that 5th angling adventure in Northern Laos by 2 old friends and numerous times return clients: UK Gavin Clarke and USA Dale Fischer (79 years old). Dale who was also with me here last November set the IGFA All Tackle world record for the Mekong Pangasius at the very same

AUSTRALIA: Great Barrier Reef Report 2011

After my Marlin Grander in Cape Verde Islands in May 2011, many of my fishing friends said: "Now you have to catch a Black Marlin Grander as well." I wanted to know, of course, in advance if any angler had already caught these three marlin Granders. My investi-gation revealed: to date, no angler had caught a Pacific Blue Marlin and a Atlantic Blue Marlin and a Black Marlin Grander weighing over

IGFA Hot Cathes November 2011

The year may be winding down but anglers are still in high gear! This month catches from Italy, Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey are all in contention for new world records. More than half of this month’s Hot Catches were released alive – a strong closing to the first year of the new All-Tackle Length release record category

THAILAND: 20 lb toman-snakehead caught

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Well..... well..... well.... it been quite a while since I' last seen a Monster Size MAMA Toman 9KG.
The last person I seen landed it was by Kaiser- Mark Richards of S'pore 2 mths back...
This time round is was my Netherland customer turns.
Today is his big day in which he has broken his personal best record of all time.
A whoppy 20Ibs (9KG) Monster MAMA Toman-snakehead.
The fights

COSTA RICA: Crocodile Bay Lodge November report

I really like November. It is sometimes crazy to switch gears after being closed for the month of October and working shorter days, but I love the excitement of cranking up a new season. The October rains left us with lots of green water offshore the first part of the month so most anglers stayed inshore rather than put in the time to get the billfish to bite.
They were rewarded with lots of

THAILAND: record red tail catfish over 60lb

Just a few words to inform you that we have broken 2 days ago the IGFA length record for the redtail catfish category.
I did not expect at all to have anyone breaking the current 109 cm International Game Fish Association length record for that specie this soon. The 109 cm fish was already a big one for Thai standards.

But on Nov. 17, I had a russian angler whom we were guiding for

TANZANIA: tigerfish and vundu catfish on Mnyera river

After a very successful stay on the Mnyera river, it was time to make the journey across to Samaki camp. It was a very early start, to ensure that the first day on the Ruhudji was a full one.

The plan for the first day was to fish the section from the first riffles down to camp, for the morning session, and then to work our way downriver after that. The morning session produced some great fish

ARGENTINA: Estancia Laguna Verde

November 1st was the start of season 2011-2012, enjoying great fishing and good weather, with the addition of several important improvements and news from last season, that certainly, make it a very exciting one!
Certainly one of the most important improvements in the fishing programs has been the construction of the road that goes all along the coast of Estancia Laguna Verde at Strobel lake,

CONGO: Tiger Fish Camp report of goliath tigerfish catch

Helgard is a very good fisherman and listened carefully to everything I said a few days.
His goal was to catch a goliath in flyfishing and he missed two one of which was approximately 15 kg ... what a pity Helgard! But he want to see a goliath tigerfish very close, so i propose to him to hang a live or a dead fish on two rods, lines at 1m50 under the water and spaces by 2m from the boat.

NORWAY: monster 80 lb Atlantic cod

This fish is just 18 pounds off the Atlantic cod record, but the 80-pounder caught off the coast of Norway is making officials and anglers proud of Norway's cod fishery.
According to the Daily Record, there aren't a lot of details on the angler or where this fish was caught. But officials and anglers are happy with their cod stocks, and claim that the melting of Arctic ice and the fact that

USA: Record Grass Carp from Virginia

Throwing a Rat-L-Trap might not be the conventional means of targeting grass carp, but it worked for Chris Craft.
It took Craft a half-hour to reel in this 54-pound, 10-ounce grass carp that beat the state record by more than 10 pounds. According to Gene Mueller's blog, he even caught the fish on 10-pound-test line.
He caught the fish on Virginia's Lake Anna, where he guides, last week

USA: Enormous Fall Muskie from Lake Minnetonka

Minnesota's Lake Minnetonka is one of the best places to fish for muskies this fall, and these pictures make for some compelling evidence. John Beckfield, who runs a Minnetonka guide service and lure company, posted these impressive pictures from recent trips. The largest fish stretched the tape to 53 inches.

USA: Oklahoma Blue Catfish Tops 90 Pounds

One angler posted this amazing photo of a 91-pound blue catfish on the Facebook wall of Renegade Tackle this past week, thanking them for creating their wide-gap circle hook, which he used to achieve the feat. He "forgot" to mention the lake, where he says he's caught two fish topping 80 pounds this month.

MEXICO: Lake El Salto fishing report

The fishing season has arrived at beautiful Lake El Salto, Mexico. Anglers Inn International has already been entertaining beginning and veteran bass anglers from around the world.
Anglers are reporting anywhere from 50 to 70 fish per day with plenty of quality fish in the mix.

“We have had many anglers report catches of 7 to 9 pound bass,” said Billy Chapman, Jr. “The water levels are a

ICELAND: West Ranga river salmon report

West Rangá, is one of the best known salmon river in Iceland. Not only for its beauty and great variety of fishing pools, but also for the high volume of salmon caught there every year. West Rangá usually ends as the most productive salmon river in Iceland. Here you can see the 4 year average Atlantic salmon catch of the West Ranga river in Iceland:


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ECUADOR: Marlin reports San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands.

The weather is beginning to change as there are both windy days and some calmer. The water temperature has remained on most banks 73 to 74.5 F.
Oct 25, 2011- The Big Fish captained by Fernando Yepez made the run Northeast to Black Sheep bank. Fishing with mates Ronnie and Tonio they found quite some life on the bank. Orcas, sea lions, and a good amount of bait welcomed the Big Fish. As soon

AUSTRALIA :Black Marlin Estimated at 1,100 Pounds

For 30 years, Bob Rich Jr. has been trying to catch a 1,000-pound marlin. Rich, 70, finally got his wish this month with a black marlin he caught out of Australia on October 5 that was estimated at 1,100 pounds. Bob Rich Jr. is the chairman of one of the world's largest frozen food companies and recently published a book called The Right Angle: Tales from a Sporting Life.

In the book, he tells

USA: huge 93 pound blue catfish

When Randie Lieneke watched a friend pull a 93-pound blue catfish out of the Missouri River several years ago, he made a simple goal.

“I’m going to catch one bigger,” he said.

In early October, that goal was met. Using a trotline baited with large shad, Lieneke caught a 95-pound blue cat near Wellington, Mo., where he lives.

That exceeded the 81-pound blue cat he and friends caught this year

USA: big 52.5 inch muskie in Ontario

Autumn in Northwestern Ontario might be chilly, but it looks like there's some amazing fishing. Ben Beattie, on his blog Ben Beattie Outdoors, posted these impressive photos of some huge muskie and walleye caught so far this fall. Ben is a writer and guide based out of Sioux Lookout in Ontario. He says the first of these fish was a 52.5-inch muskie.


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AUSTRALIA: Bligh Reef Lagoon Explorer

Highlights: Released 62 GTs between 9:30am - 2pm!!
UNBELIEVABLE - is the only way to describe our day.....Our day started well in the shallows with a triple hookup on red bass, followed by a huge bustoff on a 30kg GT on the light gear. After a few more trout and bass, we decided to fish our way west and start fishing some isolated reefs back towards our evening anchorage. This turned out to

CAPE VERDE:1150 lbs Grander Blue Marlin biggest of the season

Here the story of the biggest CAPE VERDE marlin of the 2011 season:
Our first fishing day on the AMELIA started at 6:30 a.m.. Our team: Jörg Donath (Angler), Zak Conde (Captain), "Scuba" Steve Hall (Mate), Towares Chyi (Mate) and myself. As the fish hadn't been biting around Sao Vicente, we pulled up anchor and headed for out next fishing spot, the sea between Noroeste-Bank and the island of

IRELAND: 183lb skate on 12lb rod

On a recent trip aboard my Red Bay Fast Fisher, the weather was horrendous with near gale force wind and torrential rain. Being quite “certifiable”, we still wanted a day out on the water somewhere, even if it was simply sheltered behind a headland fishing for pollack and wrasse. We opted for the north coast as this would give us a little protection from the strong southerlies. In the lee of

EQUADOR: Galapagos Island marlin report

Waters remain 71-72 F in most places fished. Most of the action has been on 0-30 aka Braden's Bank. A tremendous amount of birds, flying fish, tuna and marlin have been hitting this bank on and off the last 2 weeks. Water has been cobalt blue most days and winds have been relatively strong.Oct 11, 2011- Captain Yury Gutierrez onboard the Patricia had a walk on charter. They made the 28 mile run

MOZAMBIQUE: Bazaruto archipelago report

The Marlin Season off the Bazaruto as gone off to a great start with numerous releases over the past two weeks.
With excellent numbers of sailfish and game fish including big wahoo and yellowfin very few boats fished for Marlin over the last two weeks of September. Most choose to take advantage of the light tackle opportunities and had a ball chasing sailfish and game fish.
But conditions were

BRASIL - AMAZON: 2500 peacock bass caught!

This is my first report from the Brazilian Amazon and our Fly-In Floating Suites. The first group that experienced the Floating Suites had a great time and 8 anglers caught 2500 peacock bass in 6 & ½ days of fishing. Think about it, this is 50 fish per angler per day! They loved the “Floating Suites Experience!We just hosted Keith Kaneko of “Angling on the Fly”, who is Anglers Inn

A New Future for the Atlantic Salmon Reserve

As many of you will already have heard Peter Power, the founder of the Atlantic Salmon Reserve, has stepped down and handed over control and ownership to Vladimir Rybalchenko. Peter's vision, forethought and ruthless attention to detail has almost certainly done more to preserve the integrity of the Atlantic Salmon fishing in Russia than anyone else, past or present. His successor, Vladimir,

EQUADOR: Galapagos, Manta and Salinas Marlin Report

Winds continue to blow strongly making fishing quite rough. As October progresses we should see the winds begin subside much more. By November the winds should be much nicer and the rides out to the fishing grounds much more pleasant. Water has remained 72 -73 F for the most part around Rosa Blanca and cooler closer to the island. Marlin have been scarce with a few tailers reported seen mainly

IGFA Hot Catches News October 2011

“Think pink” is this month’s theme! French, Japanese, Australian, Portuguese and American anglers – four of them with pink-hued fish – are awaiting word from the IGFA on whether their hottest new catches will be approved for World Records. If approved, these nine anglers will collectively add three All-Tackle, two All-Tackle Length, two line class and two tippet class records among freshwater and

KENYA boats on the podium at Latham Island tourney

Latham island is a small uninhabited rocky isle that rises out of very deep water forty miles out from Dar-es-Salaam, notable because of the great variety of gamefish in it’s vicinity. This tournament has become an annual fixture with excellent sponsorship, and due to it’s popularity there are not enough game fishing boats locally for all the contestants. So every year at this time a fleet of

COSTA RICA: Crocodile Bay Lodge report

There is a reason Crocodile Bay Resort closes every year in October. One is because we need to do some deep cleaning on the boats, bottom paint and do a tune up on the motors. The other reason is why I am writing this under an umbrella. October is our rainiest month. Just before the rain started, Crocodile Bay used their open schedule to invite a group of 14 kids from the local high school out to

CAPE VERDE: 506 kg (1120 lb) biggest marlin of the season

From the moment we arrived on the island of Sao Vincente in the Cape Verde Islands the word on the dock had not been especially encouraging, more specifically, we had soon learned, very few marlin had either been seen or caught during the past few weeks; the general feeling was that the main run of fish had migrated through. Our first of five days fishing booked aboard ‘Dimeu’, a 40ft Pace sports