It’s been a pretty great month for old-school anglers. The end of January saw Florida anglers Bobby Robinson and Randy Stormant win $10,000 at the Crappie Masters 2022 Kickoff event. It wasn’t the win itself that drew national attention, but rather the fact that the pair of veteran crappie anglers managed to win the event …
It’s become a bit of a running joke that every few weeks, North Carolina is going to see a new state record catfish. While that is obviously an embellishment, the Tarheel State has produced more than its fair share of record over the past twenty months. During the height of the 2020 pandemic, anglers broke …
Montana: Where Records Where Made to be Broken If you want to catch a state record fish, here’s a quick tip: move to Montana! While it may not be considered the world’s premier fishing destination, Montana has had a pretty wild year. Between August 2020 and May 2021, anglers had broken six state fishing records. …
Note: The original article has been amended to correct the claim that Franken’s fish was a “meanmouth,” which, according to the IGFA, is actually a hybrid of smallmouth and spotted bass (rather than the combination of smallmouth and largemouth, which Frankens caught). When people think of the world bass fishing records, the instinct is to …
There must be something in the water in western Arizona’s Lake Havasu. That “something,” it turns out, is a world record redear sunfish! In February 2014, an absolutely mammoth 5.8 pound redear was caught in the lake. Many believed this record would stand the test of time. And why would it not? Seriously, who catches …
In early 2021, the ‘eyes have got size! Or maybe anglers are just keeping their ‘eyes on the prize. Ok, enough bad puns. But seriously, there have been some impressive, record-breaking “eye” fish caught over the past month. North Dakota’s Jared Shypkoski recently pulled in a new state record walleye. To the south, a Kentucky …