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May 14, 2013
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It’s a phone call I’m sure he’ll never forget.
At 2:00 PM on Monday, May 13 James R. Bramlett received official word that his goliath striped bass is the new International Game Fish Association world record for a landlocked stripers.
James caught the 69-pound, 9-ounce fish on the Black Warrior River, near the Gorgas Steam Plant in Alabama on February 28, 2013. IGFA World Records Coordinator Jack Vitek told James that his fish entered the record books at 69 pounds 9 ounces, 44.1 inches long with a 37.75-inch girth.
To put these statistics into perspective, consider that an average 10-year-old American boy weighs 70 pounds and measures 51 inches tall.
That’s a big fish!
James’ fish tops the previous Alabama state record set in 1959 by 15 pounds and the former IGFA record by about two pounds.
[ Read Full Post ]May 8, 2013
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Oh great. Another bass species I’ll have trouble catching...
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission scientists have announced the discovery of a new bass species. The Choctaw bass first caught the attention of anglers and scientists in 2007 when the fish was pulled from the Chipola River.
[ Read Full Post ]March 28, 2013
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“Very ugly. Small head, big belly. Just amazing,” is how angler Otwin Kandolf described the monster brown trout that many in New Zealand are referring to as the “submarine trout.”
Otwin caught the 42-pound, one ounce brown trout while fishing the Ohau B hydro canal. Kandolf told 3 News that he cast toward the fish after seeing it feeding on pellets. He landed the “submarine” shortly there after.
[ Read Full Post ]March 20, 2013
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It’s the scariest fish that could have made the record books.
Last month Florida state biologist Kelly Gestring netted a huge 14-pound, 3-ounce bullseye snakehead during an electric-shocking expedition in the C-14 canal in Northwest Broward. Had the fish been landed with rod and reel, it would have beaten the International Game Fish Association’s all-tackle record snakehead by 1.5 pounds. This almost-chance-at-glory in the record books doesn’t exactly excite Kelly though. In fact, he sees it as a sign that his state (like much of the rest of the country) is losing the battle against invasive species.
[ Read Full Post ]March 18, 2013
by A major joint operation with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has led to more than 100 citations and or arrests against paddlefish poachers.
Paddlefish, also known as spoonbills, are an ancient species that can reach lengths of upwards of seven feet and attain weights of several hundred pounds. For this reason, they are a coveted game fish. Unfortunately, they are also prized for their roe (caviar) which is often poached and sold in black markets the world over.
[ Read Full Post ]March 11, 2013
by Jim Huson may be the coolest teacher ever.
That’s because the Missouri high school teacher wants to make bass fishing a sport at Republic High School. The Associated Press reports that the proposal to include bass fishing in the curriculum will be on spring ballots for school administrators. The measure needs only a 50 percent vote to pass.
[ Read Full Post ]March 5, 2013
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James R. Bramlett caught what could be the IGFA all-tackle world record for a landlocked striper.
And he has his wife’s scheduled visit to the hospital to thank for it.
Realizing that her husband would be too busy to go fishing once she entered the hospital for scheduled surgery, Janice Bramlett encouraged her husband to head to the waters one last time before she was admitted.
James agreed.
The result of that Feb. 28 outing crushed the Alabama state record striped bass by 15 pounds and will most likely beat the IGFA all-tackle world record for a landlocked striper by almost three. James caught the 45.5 inch long, 70 pounder at one of his favorite spots on the Black Warrior River near the Gorgas Steam Plant.
[ Read Full Post ]February 27, 2013
by Waen Wen Fishery owner Brian Dodson is goody well buggered by the bloody otters that devoured his 22,000 prized carp. So much in fact that he’s suing the British Environment Agency for more than $3,000,000 USD stating that they encouraged the menacing otters to breed near his farm.
Dodson, 60, claims the EA illegally built otter “holts,” or burrows, on the River Cegin less than two miles from his farm. This act basically put hungry otters on Brian’s front door step.
[ Read Full Post ]February 22, 2013
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Not all is golden in Reno. Well, it is but not the good kind. Biologists are worried that Lake Tahoe is becoming overrun by goldfish.
The abandoned pets first started showing up in the lake’s pristine water in the 1990s. In 2011, biologists discovered evidence that the eight-for-a-dollar fish down at the Wal-Mart species were adapting to the lake: They caught a 14.2-inch, 3.4-pound specimen, and many more gargantuan golds have been discovered since.
[ Read Full Post ]February 20, 2013
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The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Carp Madness Tournament will take place March 12-13 at Kentucky and Barkley lakes in the Western Kentucky. The goal is for anglers to secure as much poundage of Asian carp as possible. The five teams that haul in most of this invasive, destructive species will split $20,000. The top team will receive $10,000.
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