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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 official guide to world salt- and freshwater fish records is the World Record Game Fishes, published annually by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), which 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 ...
IGFA's objectives are founded on the beliefs that game fish species, related food fish, and their habitats are economic, social, recreational, and aesthetic assets which must be maintained, wisely used and perpetuated; and that the sport of angling is an important recreational, economic, and social activity which the public must be educated to pursue in a manner consistent with sound sporting ...
List of West Virginia State Fishing Records; W. List of Wisconsin fishing records This page was last edited on 27 August 2024, at 08:18 (UTC). Text ...
(salt water game fish) Morone saxatilis: 1994 [42] New Jersey: Brook trout (freshwater) Salvelinus fontinalis: 1991 [43] [44] Striped bass (salt water game fish) Morone saxatilis: 2017 [45] New Mexico: Rio Grande cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) 2005 [46] New York: Brook trout (freshwater) Salvelinus fontinalis ...
The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is a 3-day long saltwater fishing tournament in the island town of Dauphin Island, Alabama. It has been held every year since 1929, making it the oldest fishing tournament in the United States. Attracting over 4,000 anglers and 75,000 spectators annually, it is also the world's largest fishing tournament. [1]
An 82 lb 3 oz (37.3 kg) fish taken from Athens Lake, Texas on May 6, 1993 by angler Randy Collins stands as the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) all-tackle world record for the species, while a 63 cm (2.07 ft) specimen caught on May 16, 2022 in Livingston Lake, Texas by James Schmid is the current IGFA all-tackle length record. [14 ...
Record Reference Largemouth bass: 1994 24.8 12.28 Grant County: David W. Heeter Weight Largemouth bass: 2001 25.75 9.62 Dog Run Lake: Eli Gain Length Smallmouth bass: 1971 24.25 9.75 South Branch: David Lindsay Weight Smallmouth bass: 1976 25.5 7.5 New River: Franklin J. Elliott Length Rock bass: 1964 13.8 1.75 Big Sandy Creek: Warren Ryan ...