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