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The IGFA maintains records for nearly 400 species around the world. The records are categorised, with separate records for juniors, for the type of tackle and line used, for fly fishing, and locality records. [5] The IGFA also organise the world saltwater championship tournaments, the saltwater fisherman's equivalent of the Olympics. [6]
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) is the leading authority on angling pursuits and the keeper of the most current world record fishing catches by fish categories. Fishermen who are sport fishers and anglers are careful to follow their stringent rules for fair play and line requirements in order to receive the honor of being listed ...
Fishing paradise, Pielachtal Austria [16] Adriatic sturgeon - Adriastör / Adriatisk stör / Esturgeon de l'Adriatique / Storione (Acipenser naccarii) Note 1: 19 kg: 41 lb 14 oz: Josef Hotzl: 2012: Fishing paradise, Pielachtal Austria [32] Sterlet - Kleiner Stör / Sterlett / Esturgeon du Danube / Storione sterleto (Acipenser ruthenus) 7.85 kg ...
Angling records. Record weights of all species of fish caught on rod and line. Subcategories. ... Lists of fishing records of places in the United States (2 P)
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While the average size of a blue marlin is typically 250 to 400 pounds (110 to 180 kg), big fish inhabit these waters. North Carolina was home to the former all-tackle world record Atlantic blue marlin, a 1,128-pound (512 kg) fish that also stood as the world record for 80-pound (36 kg) class tackle for over 17 years.
Léon Marchand of France set a short-course, 25-meter world record on Friday with a time of 1:48.88 in the 200m individual medley at the World Aquatics World Cup in Singapore.. Marchand's winning ...
The species is also a target for light tackle saltwater fly fishermen, and can push 6-weight fly tackle to its limits. [40] The IGFA world record for Blue Runner stands at 5.05 kg (11 lbs 2 oz) caught off Dauphin Island by Stacey Moiren in 1997, [41] previous records have also come from the eastern North Atlantic. [42]