IRELAND: Biggest shark of last decade

The British media is saying this is the largest fish ever caught on rod and line in the waters of the British Isles. And it was caught by a 70-year old Swiss pensioner. It took Joe Waldis 35 minutes of almighty struggle to bring the 12’ 9” bluntnose six-gill shark to the side of his boat off the coast of County Clare in south-west Ireland, after it took his mackerel bait. This decisively smashes

CHINA: Mysterious monster fish caught

In the morning of January 3, at a reservoir in Zhejiang, China, fishermen caught a big fish, which was 1.92m in length and weighing 104 kg (229 lb)! According to the fisherman who caught it, it’s the biggest fish he had ever seen in the past 60 years. It could be a black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) http://amazingdata.com

CANADA: 911 lb Bluefin Tuna World Record approved

New Zealand’s Eryn Jacobsen definitely had a goal in mind coming to Nova Scotia (Canada) with her fishing gear in hand.
Having already broken 10 big game fishing world records, Jacobson set her sights on the bluefin tuna and record number 11.
At around 2:10 p.m. Sept. 28, she returned to the wharf at Ballantyne’s Cove with a 911 pound catch.
Mission complete.
“Just fantastic, I’m blown away,”

MEXICO: Picante Bluewater Sportfishing | Cabo Fishing Report

Daily Fishing Report:
With the Striped Marlin bite continuing to improve our guys found the fish on the last day of the year. An impressive 28 Striped Marlin were released by the Picante fleet. In addition the in shore bite is picking up with lots of Sierra Mackerel & Red Snapper being caught. Our boat of the day is our fast 32' Cabo Express "Picante Express" with Captain Antonio "Nino" Romero

USA FLORIDA: massive tiger shark caught

LMR Tackle is reporting about the capture of a huge tiger shark in the Miami area.
According to the fishing report published on their website (date: 22nd November 2011), the tiger shark, which measured over 15 feet in length and weighed over half a ton, was caught by the charter boat ‘Striker-1′ in about 100 feet of water. The captain of this vessel is Mark ‘The Shark’ Quartiano.
The killing of

THAILAND: home of giant Siamese Carp

A claim has been made that the world's biggest carp has been caught in Thailand by a local fisherman named Kik. Kik, who works as a guide for mainly European sportsmen, said the monster carp was caught caught on a homemade rod and was too heavy for the angler's scales.
Kik belongs to the Jean-Francois Helias' Fishing Adventures team and was trying to catch a Mekong catfish.
Instead he hooked

IRELAND: ISFC Annual Reports

This year (2011) the ISFC (Irish Specimen Fish Cometee) ratified almost 600 claims and four new Irish records were created. These figures compare favourably with
data for previous years.

In 2011 the ISFC received 674 claims; 587 were ratified, including four new records.
A total of 15 were rejected for non-compliance with the rules and a further 72 will be
queried further.