Overall, 2024 was a big year for big fish. The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) approved an impressive 471 conventional and fly tackle World Records from 35 countries—a fine demonstration of ...

The all-tackle record warmouth weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces and was caught on October 19, 1985 by Tony Dempsey at Guess Lake, ...

Art Weston with another monster from Lake Mille Lacs he caught the night before. Earl Gill’s tuna weighed a reported 443 pounds on shore. Earl Gill North Carolina angler Earl Gill IV landed a ...

On February 13th, 2025, renowned fishing record-chaser Art Weston reeled in a world-record spotted bass on Toledo Bend Reservoir in Texas, guided by Austin Anderson. While perhaps not as visually ...

A fishing record can always be broken, but some prove particularly challenging to beat. The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) has been clocking fishing accomplishments since its beginnings.

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DANIA BEACH, Fla. After an intense investigation of documents, many from 50 years ago, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA),the organization which among its duties maintains world records ...

Sharks rule the water in terms of sheer weight, but there are plenty of other big fish in (and excluded from) the record ...

For about a decade Tim White has fished Virginia’s Occoquan Reservoir, where he owns a lake house near the town of Woodbridge. He regularly catches catfish and bass, along with some giant crappies ...

A rule change recently implemented by the Florida-based International Game Fish Association regarding how the organization will now interpret and classify world record largemouth bass is getting the ...

This past summer, the IGFA reviewed new findings published in the American Fisheries Society journal, which focused on genetic distinctions among black bass species. Following this research, the IGFA ...