When news began circulating that the North Carolina blue catfish state record had been broken, I immediately had a case of deja vu. It seemed that the record had just been broken a few months ago. During a summer racked by a global pandemic, seeing both the North Carolina blue cat and flathead state records …
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US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District You are invited to participate in a public meeting regarding preparation of a Regional Master Plan and Integrated Environmental Assessment for fifteen projects in the Muskingum River Basin. A Master Plan is the strategic land use management document that guides the management and development of all recreational, …
You Could Win $100,000 if You Catch This Smallmouth Bass! Here are Premier Angler, we often joke that fishing is expensive. Those three words have probably been written more than any other combination since the site’s inception. And for good reason. Of the roughly 46 million Americans who purchase a fishing license each year, the …
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 …