An area of Bolivia offering what’s being described as the best wild arapaima fishing in the world is being opened up to anglers for the first time. The creation of new Arapaima Paradise Lodge is down to the tireless work of Steve Townson, a Brit who has fished the Amazon over 200 times and who […]

David Utoft holds aloft of massive 18.6 kg (41 lb 1 oz) shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis) that could become the new IGFA All-Tackle world record. Utoft was fishing with Capt. Joe Calandra out of Tanaku Lodge, located in Elfin Cove, Alaska, USA, and needed 15 minutes to land the fish after it ate the squid […]

Armando Giraldo landed what is the second heaviest Orinoco peacock (Cichla orinocensis) every reported to the IGFA – and the heaviest ever recorded on fly tackle – while fishing the remote southern part of Colombia. Giraldo needed approximately 10 minutes to subdue the beautifully colored Orinoco peacock that tipped the scales at a whopping 5.22 kg […]

California angler Brian Fagan landed this monster 33.65 kg (74 lb 3 oz) white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) while fishing nearshore kelp beds from his kayak off La Jolla, California, USA. The sun was just coming up when the live greenback mackerel Fagan had on for bait got crushed. For 30 minutes Fagan battled the fish […]

Nicky Prine set a potential new All-Tackle world record for clown knifefish (Chitala chitala) with this beautiful 6.35 kg (14lb) fish from Lake Iguana, near her home in Delray Beach, Florida, USA. Prine was targeting peacock bass with a live shiner. After a tough five minute fight, she had the specimen subdued and worked quickly to document the catch, […]

Angolan angler Marco Couto has smashed the All Tacklle world record for the Longfin jack cravalle while fishing Barra do Kwanza near the Angolan city of Luanda with this 16.5kg (36lb 6oz) specimen. Couto, who already has several IGFA world records to his name, tempted the brute with a large soft plastic lure and battled […]

This monster Italian zander weighing 25lb 6oz could set a new IGFA all tackle world record. It was caught by Italian angler Marco Turini, who was fishing the River Po, a waterway famed for its huge catfish.Marco was lure fishing with a six-inch Kopyto Shad matched with a 30gr jig head in the Cremona area. […]

Maicon Flex Iscas Artificiais caught and released this massive 107cm Atlantic snook (Centropomus undecimalis) that could earn him the new IGFA All-Tackle Length record. Maicon caught the mighty fish while casting an artificial shrimp along the rocky coast of Ubatuba, a coastal Brazilian city located betweem Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. After a tough […]

When spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) reach the size of the one American angler Luke Ledbetter pulled from Florida’s Indian River, they earn the nickname of “gator trout”. Ledbetter was fishing with Capt. Peter Deeks near the town of Melbourne, Florida, USA when the massive trout crushed the live mullet he was using for bait. The […]

A Kayak angler has landed what may be the biggest fish ever landed from a small boat in the shape of a monster 552lb goliath grouper. Jon Black, who runs the Crazy Lure tackle shop in Cape Coral, was fishing off Sanibel in Florida and his mighty battle was captured on amateur video – see […]

No wonder fourteen year old Adam Szepesi is all smiles after getting the better of this 28.35kg (62lb 8oz) smallmouth buffalo carp (Ictiobus bubalus) while fishing Lake Fork, Texas, USA.  Szepesi was fishing with local guide Austin Anderson, and needed 30 minutes to land the fish after it ate the corn he was using for […]

During an expedition to the famed Marie River, deep in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, female American angler Jimmie Rascoe landed one of the biggest speckled peacock (Cichla temensis) ever recorded by the IGFA on fly tackle. Rascoe was casting a large streamer fly with guide Gerson Kavamoto when the massive peacock hit. After a tough five […]

This incredibly resilient fish has set a new depth record for any fish species, having been photographed on the sea floor of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, at 8143 metres (26,700ft) below the surface. The snailfish was spotted during a 30 day expedition to the deepest place on earth using remote units carrying […]

From wreaking environmental havoc to making new world records, lionfish continue to make the news. The invasion of western Atlantic and Caribbean waters by two voracious lionfish species (Pterois volitans and P. miles) is a continuing concern to anglers, scientists, and resource managers; research has indicated that populations of these venomous predators are growing exponentially […]

On a recent trip to Colombia, angler Rafael Llamozas caught and released this 67cm Orinoco peacock (Cichla orinocensis) that could earn him the new IGFA All-Tackle Length record for the species.  Llamozas was casting a Payavon jig at Vichada, Colombia when the big peacock crushed the lure. The fish was released after it was properly […]