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Alexis Virgillito and Taylor Bacot are the first all-female team to win a fishing championship in Louisiana. Together, Alexis, an 8-grader who competes up, and her partner Taylor, a freshman at Parkway High School near Bossier Parish, Louisiana won the high school state championship on Caddo Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana. The duo weighed their limit of 5 fish, totaling 30 …
New State Record Cusk: 35” long weighing 12 lbs 8.48 oz caught by Ryan Scott Ashley of Gilmanton, NH. Caught in Lake Winnipesaukee, Moultonborough on January 13, 2022. New Hampshire Fish & Game via Instagram Ryan Scott Ashely of Gilmanton, N.H. caught the state record burbot while ice fishing on Lake Winnipesaukee. In the video below, you’ll see the tail …
The Georgia state record shoal bass weighs 8lbs, 5 ounces, and it was caught from the Chattahoochee River by Joseph McWhorter on Dec. 23, 2021. Wildlife officials said the new catch outweighed the previous record by only two ounces, a similar margin of victory that oddsmakers predict for tonight’s college football national championship played between Georgia and Alabama. Georgia’s State Record Shoal …
*Editors Note: Originally reported to be the world record meanmouth bass, IGFA officials recently informed Brandon Burks that his record would not count because his Alabama Rig had five hooks instead of the IGFA maximum allowance of three. However, since Texas allows anglers to fish Alabama Rigs with five hooks, Brandon’s bass will be the state record, which now weighs …
The new Montana state record Walleye was caught from Holter Lake by Trevor Johnson of Helena, Montana. Appropriately, Trevor was using a “jig,” according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Weighing 18.02 pounds officially, the fish measured out to 32” inches long with a 22” inch girth. According to the Minnesota DNR, an average walleye will take anywhere from 4-5 years …
Adam Mann of Wisconsin just caught a 16.25-inch long perch that weighed a whopping 3.22lbs, setting a new Idaho state record. The fish came from the famed Lake Cascade, which is undoubtedly the best place in the country to catch a truly giant yellow perch. Adam was fishing a small tungsten ice jig tipped with a nightcrawler when the record-setting …
The fishing was so good that Theron Thompson, his father Jim Thompson and buddy Nate Peressini didn’t want to stop, even though they unknowingly had the next state record smallmouth bass in their boat’s livewell. Ben French of The Billings Gazette Theron Thompson caught a 7lb 10-ounce smallmouth back in October, which has been officially registered as the largest smallmouth …
“It was really weird because I thought I snagged a tree,” Dixon said. “It didn’t feel like a fish but after a while, it was going crazy.” ELKTON, Maryland. (WJZ) — A Cecil County man earned the first-ever state record for the invasive flathead catfish, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Joshua Dixon caught a 57-pound, 50-inch long …
Utah anglers hit the waters hard in 2020, and as a result, Utah fishing records were dropping like flies. From slab crappie to gigantic lake trout – Let’s take a look at ten record-setting fish from Utah in 2020. Thanks to the Utah Department Of Wildlife for keeping records, reports, and photos. 1) Lake Trout 2) Splake 3) Kokanee Salmon …
