A Richmond Hill angler has set a new state saltwater game fish record for pinfish, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced. Spencer N. Schutte, 27, caught a pinfish (Lagodon rhombiodes) weighing 2-pounds, 3.2-ounces and measuring 14 and a half inches total length in Kilkenny Creek in Bryan County on March 12. The catch...
On March 21, 2023, Hayden Lake in North Idaho produced a new certified state record northern pike. The record fish weighed a whopping 40.76 pounds, was 49 inches in length and 26.5 inches in girth – a true monster of a fish! Certified state record northern pike caught in Hayden Lake, Idaho. The record was...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 10.15-pound smallmouth bass caught in the Ontario, Canada waters of Lake Erie in November 2022 was a 16-year-old female, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The record fish is the only known 10-pound smallmouth bass caught in a Great Lakes state or province. On November...
An angler caught and released a 46 1/4 inch northern pike on Mille Lacs Lake that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified as a tie with the current catch-and-release state record. Brad Lila caught and released the fish Jan. 22. “I set the hook as the line was quickly peeling out,” Lila said. “Immediately,...
To see all newly approved IGFA World Records since January, 2023, please click here. Pin’s Snakehead On August 12, 2022, Ng Yam Pin was fishing the waters of Rawang, Malaysia when he landed this beautiful 12.70-kilogram (28-pound) snakehead, setting the IGFA Men’s 10-kg (20-lb) Line Class World Record. Pin was casting a Duo Fangbait lure when...
Dania Beach, Fla. – The International Game Fish Association (IGFA), a global conservation nonprofit that manages world records for all game fish species worldwide, recently debuted a new category for junior anglers to compete in World Record fishing. Beginning March 1, 2023, the new IGFA All-Tackle Length Junior Category will be open to all anglers...
A Davenport angler made quite the surprising catch while fishing for walleye at Lake Roosevelt on the afternoon of Feb. 11. Gavin Boggs, who spends a lot of time fishing at Lake Roosevelt — a vast impoundment stretching more than 150 miles from Grand Coulee Dam into Canada — was out with his college buddy...
Jason Conn Fishing caught a top 50 largemouth bass from O.H. Ivie on Monday, February 13. ShareLunker 642 weighed in at 17.03 pounds and is one of the largest Lunkers to hit the scales in Texas history! His Legacy Class Lunker is the 8th heaviest Texas largemouth bass of all time. A video of the...
To see all newly approved IGFA World Records since December, 2022, please click here. Carter’s Golden Dorado IGFA Trustee Gary Carter took a trip to South America late in 2022 and added a few more IGFA World Records to his already impressive angling resume. Gary was fishing the Uruguay River, Uruguay, on November 5, 2022, when...
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is tasked with managing freshwater fisheries across the state of Virginia using best available science. Our biologists utilize a variety of fisheries methodology to collect information on the health of our fisheries. Data derived from scientific fisheries methodology is known as fishery-independent data and is key to managing...