CAPE VERDE: last report from Capt Zak Conde

Hello to all from the paradise of the atlantic blue marlin. sorry for the delay, but i had long days with lots of action and moving from island to island and spending nights on the mothership itoma for two days with john and his team.
16-04-2012 second day for john in sao nicolau island. 1 for 3, a 300lbs. we pull the hooks off one around 800lbs, a beautiful fish. nice conditions, but not so many

AUSTRALIA: one of the biggest mako shark ever landed

A monster mako shark dragged on to a boat by five stunned Victorian fishermen could be the biggest caught in Australia. But the amateur anglers cannot claim the record because they didn’t lure the big fish according to guidelines.Instead, the quintet of friends have been branded crazy for putting themselves in danger.“They’re nuts. I would never do it. No bloody way in the world. They are

USA: Islamorada new sailfish record with 47 sailfish

Capt. Scott Stanczyk aboard the Catch 22 with mates Hunter and Gunner, along with the party from the UK, consisting of Bernie Forshaw, Roger Wikberg, Kevan Lee, and Steve Smith, combined for 47 sailfish releases on 4-25-12! The previous record at the marina was 24 releases, which was almost doubled today! Capt. Scott has been fishing over 30 years and this is a day that will go down in the

Al happened during the 24th Baileys Harbor brown trout Tournament. In what some are calling a single tournament record, two anglers brought in 31-plus-pound trout to the scales. In the end, Jim Dequaine took the more than $1,500 prize back for landing a 31.9-pound brown trout. This to the chagrin of Ryan Tanck who just missed the prize with his 31.2-pounder.
The tournament is to support the

ARGENTINA: 22 lb rainbow from Jurassic Lake

Yesterday, while doing a video shoot on Jurassic Lake (lake Strobel), our head guide Juan Pablo Marcheletti caught in new waters this great female fish that measured 38 inches and weighted 24 pounds!The good thing was that we could fish new waters for this video because we opened up a new trail to go with our atv´s! So now we guess this new area will become popular pretty fast!!! Estancia

IRELAND: sea trout of Lough Currane

Lough Currane’s first specimen sea trout of the year was caught yesterday on the troll, by renowned local angler Mr. Jim Sayers. The fish weighed 3.970kg, so congratulations to Jim on a cracker of a sea trout and great to see Lough Currane keeping its reputation of the greatest sea trout fishery in Ireland.Staying with the Sea Trout Mr. Mark Knowles of the UK, fishing with his Gillie Mr.

ARGENTINA: report from Rio Grande

From Roxton: We understood from the guides and from Alejandro Menendez Behety that it was one of the best weeks La Villa has ever had; it was certainly the best that we have had! The six of us caught 104 fish in total, with 48 of those fish over 15 pounds, and 20 of the 48 over 20 pounds! Keith Howman had 2 fish over 20 pounds, my husband Mel Holzman had 3 over 20 pounds of which the largest

MEXICO: Cabo San Lucas Report

From Pisces Sportfishing: Marlin were about the only game in town this week and with few anglers and few boats going out, the catch rates hovered at sixty percent. The weather has not stabilized, meaning some days it would be baking hot, then the next breezy and fresh, which caused the water temperature to drop several degrees this week. Catches of striped marlin remained consistent up until

GUATEMALA: last report from Casa Veja

Greetings from Guatemala…Yes, the fishing is off the hook here!!! 30 to 70 raises a day for sometime now on the Casa Vieja boats and a bunch of Blue Marlin thrown in the mix as well. I just got back from the Miami Boat Show and entertained the Kennedy group from Calgary, Canada aboard the Rum Line for a few days of fly-fishing. We raised 124 sails and got 61 of them to bite the chicken

USA: new 66 lb NC striped bass record

Seventeen-year-old Tyler Shields of Murphy, North Carolina, thought he was fishing for largemouth bass when he visited Hiwassee Lake on March 31. What he boated instead was a 66-pound striped bass that shattered the state’s freshwater record—and topped by 2 pounds the North Carolina saltwater striper record as well.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 800 pound tiger shark

In the Dominican Republic a Tiger shark ( Galeocerdo cuvier ) said to be ca. 800 pounds in weight was landed. According to the source, fishermen captured this specimenin the waters of Las Terrenas in the Samaná Province.

USA: 18.2-pound record largmouth bass

Dan Hoover landed an 18.2-pound fish, and, if certified, the fish should take the lake record from the current 17.375-pounder. “Perris is known for big bass, and has kicked out a lot of teen bass over the years on swimbaits and other big bait methods.”

RODRIGUES: fishing report from Rod Fishing Club

06 and 07 March 2012 - Black Marlin TeamYann and his crew Steeve and Mario, and Sophie his sister, took advantage of a two days nice weather window (after several cyclonic depressions) in order to make a 34 hours “tests” trip on the Eastern Bank. We wanted to test two new settings. Marlins’ Boulevard has honoured once again his reputation with a blue marlin of 120kg and some beautiful

KENYA: last report from Kingfisher

Fish wise it was another very good season all round but especially for sailfish. Neptune was the top sailfish boat on the Kenyan coast once again with 463 fish compared to 375 last season. Most of our boats averaged over 2 sailfish per day which is very impressive for any destination in the world considering that our season is spread over 10 months at least. After a slow start the main

GREAT BRITAIN: record breme broken again

On Friday, a carp angler landed the largest common bream in the history of Britain, which incredibly, is believed to be the same fish that broke the record in 2005 and again in 2009.
Simon Lavin, who caught a 20-pound, 2-ounce bream from a gravel pit in southern Britain last year, held the official British record, but with Scot Crook’s unintended catch of the trip, Lavin’s record was left in the

USA: Colorado record strieped bass broken

A Longmont High School junior caught what appears to be a state-record-breaking striped bass at McIntosh Lake on Friday evening. He reeled in a fish that tipped the scales at 31 pounds, 8.4 ounces when weighed as a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer looked on.

"I just got lucky," 18-year-old Isaac Sprecher said. The bass measured 41 inches long and 26 inches in diameter.


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ARGENTINA: la Zona dorado fishing report

A group of 4 avid fishermen returned to very low water conditons on the Uruguay River to battle with the monster golden dorado of La Zona. After months of preparation we had the right lures, big golden Doctor Spoons. The catch was totally a dream with 11 dorado exceeding the magical 40lbs mark including a record 3 monster over 50lbs with the largest at 55lbs land by Cole Lundquist. La Zona is a

USA: Gorgia a 22 pound 4 ounce largemounth bass

Georgia is home to one of the most famous bass ever caught, the George Perry, 22-pound, 4-ounce bass landed in Montgomery Lake is still recognized as the largest largemouth ever landed, but there is a bass in Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area that’s gaining on it.During a Georgia Department of Natural Resources survey, officials found a 13-pound, 4-ounce bass in 106-acre lake located in Bleckley and

USA: flathead catfish record for Flint river in Georgia

Tiff Thompson was fishing the river in Sumpter County, Ga. around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13 when he landed a 43 pounder, the largest he’s ever seen come out of the Flint on a rod and reel. Thompson started doing some research and talking to friends, and he found out that he had bested the river’s record by about two pounds.

USA: big yellow catfish of 76 pound caught

A Kenefick resident caught the biggest fish of his life on April 15 when he brought a 76-pound yellow catfish out of the Trinity River.James Pruett, is a life-time resident of Liberty County. He lives in a riverside home in the Simmons Bottom area and fishes several times each week with his wife Misty.“He took about 30 minutes to land,” said Pruett. “I was pretty excited. I was fishing by myself

AUSTRALIA: barramundi bites hot in North Australia

According to the Lodge's latest newsletter, visiting groups have been enjoying quality barra fishing with numbers of over metre sized fish encountered. One group that includes regular Arnhemland visitor Rob Danby, currently visiting the Lodge for 6 nights/5 days, reportedly caught more than 500 barra in their first two days.
The group also experienced some good bluewater action with Spanish

MEXICO: 2000 lb withe shark

Two Mexican commercial fishermen on the waters of the Gulf of California were shocked on Sunday when they realized they had nearly 20 feet of nature’s most ferocious predator caught in their nets— nets that were designed to catch slightly smaller fish. According to local information, the great white was just under 20 feet in length and weighed about 2,000 pounds.Fortunately for the fishermen,

MEXICO: Yellowfin tuna enormous, 427.9 pounds

Robert Pedigo has caught what's believed to be the heaviest yellowfin tuna ever landed on rod and reel, weighing 427.9 pounds.However, the catch will not be submitted to the International Game Fish Assn. for world record consideration because the deckhand assisted in the catch, which was made last Thursday off Puerto Vallarta aboard the sportfisher Journeyman."Yes, this fish is not going to be a

USA: Hawaii state record big eye tuna

For angler Troy Kincaid — the waters of Hawaii were recently the scene of an epic struggle between him and a 231-pound bigeye tuna.
After 45 minutes, the 29-year-old was able to reel the fish in. The catch, that came on March 24, broke Hawaii’s state record for bigeye tuna — set in 1996 — by three pounds.
“It was a battle,” Kincaid says. “I had to hold on to stay inside the boat, because I’m in

IRELAND: The Biggest Fish of the Season so far on April 14!!

Jim Shanahan from Castletownroche was fishing an upper beat & phoned me to ask if he could switch to another upstream beat.
I suggested that he came down to a lower beat as I had heard that it was quiet above.
He arrived on Ballinaroone with his 11 yr old son James & within 15 minutes James had hooked & lost a fish on a Toby.
Jim caught the Biggest Fish of the Season a few moments later -

NEW ZEALAND: 891-pound swordfish landed

The IGFA has just posted what may be a new record for their books.
If reports are to be believed, the 80-pound test record may be broken with an 891-pound swordfish landed on Tuesday, April 10. The IGFA is still waiting for a world record application, but if everything is certified, it would set the record by 78 pounds, which was set nine years ago.

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USA: 240-pound, 125-year-old sturgeon tagged

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has tagged a 125-year-old sturgeon that's bigger than a linebacker. Officials found the over 7-foot-3-inch long, 240-pound female on the Wolf River near Shawano on Tuesday. DNR sturgeon biologist Ron Bruch says she's the largest they've tagged on the Lake Winnebago system since they started the tagging program in 1950s.

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ITALY: massive huge wels catfish of 218 lb

The anglers hooked the huge catfish on the River Po in Italy, but when the creature from the deep took their bait it started to ‘run’ with it.
The men leapt from the bank into a motorised dinghy, but were powerless to act as the Wels catfish pulled them along for an hour.
After taking them one mile the exhausted beast gave up and the fishermen — German anglers Stefan Seuss, 31, Uli Schuppler

IGFA HOT CATCHES APRIL 2012

Catfish fans, take note: a 32 year old record, and the oldest current standing record for blue catfish (Ictalurusfurcatus), is being challenged! Two young female anglers are also making waves with potential records this month, along with catches from Argentina, Colombia, Mauritius, and the Florida Keys, North Carolina, and Tennessee in the United States. Read on for updates on the hottest record

IRELAND: Courtmacsherry Angling News

The beautiful weather we have been experiencing of late has been great for fishing both offshore and in the Estuary.In the bay we have had good catches of Pollack,medium cod, coalfish Ling,Bull huss,Ray,conger and the mackerel making a show but scattered.
The inshore wrecks have produced some good fish lately with a near Specimen Ling for Christy Lane last Saturday and several fish in the 12 to

USA: 124-Pound Catfish caught in Missouri

Brent Nickless caught a huge blue catfish on the Mississippi River near Herculaneum, and his brother, Mark, sent us the pictures.
He was using a trot line, baited with Asian carp.
Mark said the fish weighs 124 pounds. The Missouri Department of Conservation says if that's true, it'll be a new record.

USA: Alabama Blue Catfish State Record Shattered with 120 Pound fish

Not long after dark on the night of March 9, 2012, John Nichols caught a record-breaking 120 pound blue catfish in the Holt Reservoir in Alabama. In an interview with Tuscaloosanews.com, he said, “I was looking for eight or ten this size to eat,” as he held his hands about 18 inches apart. Instead, he managed to reel in a single fish that will likely keep him fed for quite some time.
Nichols had

GABON: Explorary fishing trip by Tourette

Bucket List Destination. This term is frequently used these days, and it seems everyone has such a bucket, filled with imaginary experiences that they hope one day will come true. I have never physically created such a list, but I suppose that subconsciously everyone does create a secret list of things they would like to do before they are wheeled to the big fish pond in the sky.Together with

IRELAND: a 222 pound skate record

While fishing with Capt Hamish Currie, Andy Logan landed a 8-foot long, 6-foot wide, 222-pound common skate, the biggest ever caught in the Irish Sea and only 5 pounds off the British record.
According to the Daily Mail, the fish slammed the bait, and nearly got away.
“I placed my rod in the holder on the boat and normally you have a bit of time to get to it when something bites,” said Logan. “

USA FLORIDA: a monster 637 pound swordfish caught

Another mammoth daytime swordfish -- 683 pounds -- has been caught off the Florida Keys.
Fishing on the Mystique, a 61-foot Viking owned by Katherine MacMillan, Marathon captain Billy Rabito Jr. presided over the catch of the broadbill hooked some 30 miles to the south of Marathon Tuesday afternoon. The fish bit a whole 5-pound bonito hooked to 80-pound braid, spooled on an electric Shimano

NORWAY: a great start for cod fishing

20/3 2012 Finally we have get some better weather. Today we went on the first trip for the skrei this year. It is still a bit early, but we were successful and caught 30 cods over 20kg. The biggest was 27,8kg.
21/3 2012 A new trip for the big skrei today. Perfect weather, no wind and sunshine. The fishing today was fantastic. Four anglers caught 40 cods over 20kg during 5 hours. Everyone caught

PANAMA: Tropic Star Lodge March report

March has historically been one of the better months to catch Black Marlin off the famed Pinas Reef, however the climate change this season has made it very difficult for us; the water temperatures are in the mid to high 70’s and although we are seeing many tailing fish they just don’t seem to want to bite the live bonitos. Some sailfish were caught while trolling plastics and the tunas have

MEXICO: Cabo San Lucas Fishing Report

It is finally a pleasure to write the fish report; we have fish! It’s funny how seasons change, normally if you would ask us when is a good time to fish for marlin, we would answer “not March, it’s windy and the fish aren’t hungry”. Looks like we may have to change our minds; instead of March doldrums we have had fantastic fishing this week at Punta Gorda (literally fat point) on the Cortez

CAPE VERDE: last from Capt. Zak Conde

fish are still around with a mix of sizes.
every boat is getting bites, weather is good.
good people around, good fun on the sea and on shore.
1 april 2012: for the first time in 8 years of fishing i have a group from france. for paul, bernard and his wife and claude sart its their first day in big action. we left mindelo around 5 o clock in the morning to sao nicolau. we arrived at razo bank

USA: Maryland, Kill a Snakehead Fish Win $200

Anglers in Maryland have a pretty good chance at winning a $200 Bass Pro Shop gift card and a host of other prizes between now and the end of November for catching a killing snakehead fish. This is the second year of the popular contest that aims to help put a dent in the invasive species’ takeover.
DNR Inland Fisheries Director Don Cosden explains, “We do not want snakeheads in our waters.

THAILAND: 38 kg siamese carp caught

I've been carp fishing for 3 days at Ratchaburi while guiding clients, catching lots of Rohu (biggest ones around 6.00 kg), and a lovely 6.50 kg Small Scale Mud Carp (aka Mrigal) which is now my PB for that specie. Today I was finally rewarded for my efforts with a 38.00 kg (weighed on certified scales) Siamese carp I caught this afternoon!One of my 3 clients, Nicolas Frutieaux from France,

THAILAND: news from Capt. Jean Francois Helias

Hi all, I've just been out of the hospital for 2 days, where I spent 5 days in bed after having been operated for my left kidney problem.....still weak and not in my best shape, but with a will strong enough to do my job the way I'm well know for... I'm guiding our common friend Steve Wozniak, my ol' buddy, for 2 days here in Thailand....Today was our first day fishing....Steve added 3 more new