---
title: "Obsessed: 5 Tales of Extreme Angling"
description: "Just how far would you push yourself to satisfy a fishing addiction? This group of anglers knows no bounds, and some have risked it all just to yell, \"Fish on!\""
date: "2016-06-01"
modified: "2016-06-01"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Staff"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-staff/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/fishing/2016/05/obsessed-5-tales-extreme-angling/"
categories:
  - "Fishing"
  - "Freshwater"
tags:
  - "Adventure"
---

# Obsessed: 5 Tales of Extreme Angling

![obsessed fishing](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/VAAOI2TVGJ5SYKXMXAIEPIXYHU.png>)

Just how far would you push yourself to satisfy a fishing addiction? This group of anglers knows no bounds, and some have risked it all just to yell, "Fish on!"

![peacock bass, rio negro, amazon dogfish, freshwater barracuda, extreme angling, angling adventure, amazon fishing](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/PPBAPVUY4OOCY6KKSIFUKSBJGQ.png>)

The Adventurer
 **BATTLING THE AMAZON**
Wherein the author steams up the Rio Negro to take on the world's meanest menagerie of freshwater fish **By John Snow**

![skishing, extreme angling, julio silva, striped bass, wetsuit fishing](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/PU2ULP4Y2TBSNNCFQND7NL4FSI.png>)

The Risk-Taker
[**SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES**](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/freshwater-fishing/>)
There's wading—and then there's wading on a purely absurd level. Meet Julio Silva, the Evel Knievel of saltwater angling **By James Brandt**

![multispecies fishing, steve wozniak, extreme angling, angling obsession, fishing obsession, sport fishing obsession, fish diversity](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/ULGYF5XE3RKLXDXURJ4QMTQLT4.png>)

The Addict
[**CATCHING ALL THE FISH IN THE WORLD**](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/saltwater/>)
Steve Wozniak has a fever, and the only prescription is more fihs. He's likely landed more species than anyone else on the planet **By James Brandt**

![growing largemouth, lake management, record largemouth, Gary Schwarz, lunker largemouth, largemouth bass, bucketmouth](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/EK7GK7P7T3HYUA2V62DHUNDQHQ.png>)

The Patriot
[**BRINGING IT BACK HOME**](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/largemouth-bass-fishing/>)
When Japan's Manabu Kurita tied George W. Perry's world bass record of 22 pounds 5 ounces, Gary Schwarz didn't get mad—he simply decided to grow one even bigger **By James Brandt**

![louisiana swordfish, lousiana daytime swordfish, fishing pioneer, Gulf of Mexico swordfish, deep-sea fishing, deepwater swordfish, Mississippi River Canyon](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/ZICEKKIROCDDE2PVVWA776AJVM.png>)

The Pioneer
 **LIVING BY THE SWORD**
Wresting a broadbill from 1,200 feet deep takes savvy, stamina, and an all-consuming passion that, for Captain Peace Marvel, never gets old **By Gerry Bethge**