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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

An angler holds a purple snakehead in spawning colors.

These Anglers Are Breaking Records (Almost) No One Cares About

By Michael Carr

An angler and a fisheries biologist with a massive muskie.

Pending State-Record Muskie Rejected Over a Border Dispute

a world-record carp on a mat

This Fisherman Caught a New World-Record Carp in His Neighborhood Pond

A Georgia angler with a big gar.

Guide Catches State-Record Gar While Fishing Solo on His Home Lake

An ice angler with a record-sized yellow perch.

‘Our Jaws Just Dropped.’ Jumbo Perch Caught Through the Ice Should Break a 44-Year-Old State Record