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Record Fish

Record fish stories on every fish species from bluegill to marlin.

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A 12-year-old angler with a state-record rainbow trout.

Angler Unseats Her Sister’s Steelhead Record While Fishing Alongside Her

An angler holds up a massive brown trout in Idaho.

She Missed a Day of Fishing, Then Caught a ‘Megalodon’ Brown Trout. It Should Break the Idaho Record

A crew of tournament anglers hoist up a nearly 1,000-pound marlin.

Nearly 1,000-Pound Blue Marlin Breaks Tourney Record, Nets Almost $900K (and Counting)

A collection of photographs of record North American catfish.

These Are the Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

A photo of Brayden Shaw with his potential world-record bighead carp.

Kentucky Teen Arrows Potential World-Record Bighead Carp with a Busted Arrow

By Natalie Krebs

An angler with a huge lake trout from Lake Superior.

This Guide on Lake Superior Has Helped Break the Minnesota Lake Trout Record Four Times in a Row

Three anglers hold up a giant blue catfish.

Tournament Fisherman Weighs in a Record-Breaking Catfish in West Virginia

Giant shark photos.

The Biggest Sharks of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

a collection of record panfish images

The Biggest Panfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

The new Tennessee state record largemouth bass

‘Now That’s a Fish.’ This Largemouth Bass Was Just Declared the New Tennessee Record

By Natalie Krebs

An angler lies next to a giant, state-record sturgeon.

‘A Bare Knuckles Fight.’ Fishing Buddies Wrestled This State-Record Sturgeon into Their Boat

An italian angler with one of the biggest Wels catfish ever caught.

These 6 Monsters Are the Biggest Fish Ever Caught — At Least On Record

A West Virginia angler with a big pickerel.

Kayak Angler Breaks His Own Fishing Record Using a Lure He Designed

An angler with a big pikeminnow in Washington.

Walleye Fisherman Catches a Pending World-Record Pikeminnow — the Native Fish That Has a Bounty On Its Head

By M.D. Johnson

An Idaho angler with a state-record burbot.

Idaho Angler Just Broke the State Record for This ‘Underappreciated’ Fish

An Ohio fisherman with a record crappie.

Ohio Bank Fisherman Catches a State-Record Crappie on His Way to Work

A teenager with a pending state-record trout.

‘Too Fat to Jump.’ West Virginia Teen’s Massive Golden Rainbow Trout Is a Pending State Record

Side by side photos of a kid with giant catfish

11-Year-Old Battles a 72-Pound Catfish and Just Misses Catching a State Record

A young Texas angler with a pending record crappie.

This 11-Year-Old Angler Took His Record Crappie Home for Dinner

An Idaho angler with a state-record cutthroat trout.

Idaho’s Deepest Lake Kicks Out Another State-Record Trout