Record Fish (Page 2)

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

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

The Biggest Sharks of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

The Biggest Panfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

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

By Natalie Krebs

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

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

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

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

By M.D. Johnson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Michael Carr

Pending State-Record Muskie Rejected Over a Border Dispute

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

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

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

‘God Sent Him That Fish.’ Tennessee Man Catches Pending State-Record Bass

Angler Pulls Pending State-Record Muskie Through the Ice, Fulfilling a Yearslong Dream

10-Year-Old Catches a State-Record Drum Worth $22,000 in a Family Fishing Derby

This California Mega Bass Might Not Qualify as a Record Because of a Weird Technicality

Iowa Fisherman Skips Super Bowl to Take Kids Fishing, Ends Up Catching a State-Record Crappie

‘It’s a Powerful Thing.’ Texas Fishing Guide Lands Another Lunker Bass, Sets a New Lake Record

‘So Big She Couldn’t Even Jump.’ 76-Year-Old Angler Lands Potential Lake-Record Bass While Practice Fishing for a Tournament

College Student Kicks Off the New Year with a State-Record Cutthroat Trout Through the Ice

‘Those Guys Know How to Fight Fish.’ Florida Angler Lands Louisiana’s Pending Record Yellowfin Tuna

Wisconsin’s Muskie Record Was Broken 3 Times in 2025. This One Took the Crown

‘The Most Amazing Bite I’ve Ever Had.’ Monster Bluefin Tuna Smashes State Record That Was Just Hours Old

Florida Angler Catches World-Record Grouper Right After Breaking a Hook On a Snapper

By Kris Millgate

Perch Fisherman Catches a State-Record Striped Bass on Light Line

Watch: Polish Anglers Say This Enormous Catfish Is a New World Record

‘We Were Hunting for That Fish.’ Nebraska Guide Breaks 21-Year-Old Catfish Record

This Fisherman Might’ve Just Broken a World Record. He Definitely Broke His Rod

Tennessee Fishing Guide Catches Record Bass that Officials Say Shouldn’t Be There

This ‘Beast’ of a Snapper Should Set a New World Record

This Teen’s First-Ever Tarpon Is a Pending World Record

New Jersey Man Spears State-Record Flounder While Diving at a WWII Shipwreck

Fisherman Stripped of His Salmon Record Because of This Odd Technicality

Giant Muskie Caught and Released in Green Bay Is a New Wisconsin Record

‘Marathon’ Angler Who Broke 24-Hour Fishing Record on 9/11 Didn’t Stop Until He’d Caught 2,977 Sunfish

She Just Landed Idaho’s New State-Record Catfish. The Old Record Belonged to Her Husband

This Kid Just Wanted to Catch Something Big. He May Have Caught a World Record

This Kayak Fisherman Found a Bowfin Honey Hole, Then Landed a State Record

Swordfish That ‘Looked Like a Dinosaur’ Should Crush the Alabama State Record by 102 Pounds

California Kid’s Giant Sea Bass Could Be a New World Record, Except for One Technicality

This Giant Gar Weighs 20 Pounds More Than the State Record, But It Won’t Qualify

Texas Kid Catches Record Breaking Bass

Beast of a Brown Trout Caught at Night in New Zealand Is a New World Record

This Record Fish Caught in the Gulf Peeled Off 2,000 Feet of Line Before Anglers Knew It Was Hooked

Monster Largemouth Bass Caught in Tournament Should Be a New State Record

Father and Son Catch Two Bizarre Record Fish on the Same Day

Giant Redear Sunfish that Fought Like a Bass Is a New Arizona Record

Michigan Lake Trout Floors Biologists, Who Say It’s the Oldest Fish They’ve Ever Seen

Kansas Just Certified a New Record Blue Catfish, and It’s a Giant

By Natalie Krebs

Bowfisherman Sticks a State-Record Catfish, Has to Wrestle It Out of the Creek with His Bare Hands

Record Lake Trout Caught in Idaho Is a Sign of a Fishery Reborn

Canoe Tripper Catches Record Trout in the Backcountry, Finds a Creative Way to Preserve It

A Florida Man Caught This Fish During a Tournament. It Broke a 40-Year-Old State Record

This Giant Snakehead Was Just Declared a New World Record. It Was Caught from a Florida Canal

Maryland Man Arrows a World-Record Snakehead on a Charter Trip

This Idaho Record Carp Was So Big It Broke the Bowfisherman’s Arrow

Minneapolis Fisherman Lands State-Record Bigmouth Buffalo from a Bridge in the ‘Burbs