Record Fish (Page 3)

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

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This Same Blue Catfish Just Broke the West Virginia State Record — for the Third Time

Slab Virginia Crappie Just Misses World-Record Status Due to a Technicality

‘I Panicked,’ Says West Virginia Fisherman Who Just Caught the New State Record Black Crappie

This State-Record Bass Won’t Make the Books Because Oregon Doesn’t Recognize It as a Game Fish

Lure Maker with Several State Records to His Credit Catches Two Record Sunfish on Back-to-Back Days

Giant Carp Caught in European Pay Lake Could Break the Unofficial World Record … Again?

‘I’ve Finally Got the Record,’ Says Teen Who Arrowed the New Missouri Redear Sunfish Record

By Alice Jones Webb

A Wisconsin Fisherman Just Landed This State-Record Yellow Bass

Minnesota Just Confirmed This Lake Trout as a New State Record

By Natalie Krebs

This Fishing Guide Probably Just Broke His Own State Record with a Massive Bighead Carp

This Pending World-Record Gar Is the Heaviest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught on 2-Pound Test

Father-Son Fishing Trip Nets a New State-Record Tiger Trout in West Virginia

‘All I Do Is Fish Jigs for Lakers.’ Minnesota Man Catches the Pending State Record Lake Trout

‘That Ain’t No Crappie.’ Watch This 13-Year-Old Catch a State-Record Largemouth Bass Through the Ice

Cobia That ‘Acted Like Four Bags of Cement’ Stands to Crush Current World-Record by 40 Pounds

‘Big as a Yellow Submarine.’ Yellow Perch Caught in the Tidewater Breaks 46-Year-Old Maryland Record

Minnesota Boy Says ‘Yes’ to Fishing with Dad, Catches State-Record Black Crappie

By Alice Jones Webb

‘I Just Wanted to Catch a Fish,’ Says Ohio Angler Who Caught the New State-Record Crappie

Kayak Fisherman Catches State-Record Bowfin on His Nephew’s Custom-Made Lure

Landing This 8-Foot Catfish, Possibly the Largest Ever Caught in the UK, Was Like ‘Walking 12 German Shepherds’ at Once

By Natalie Krebs

The Biggest Record-Breaking Fish of 2024

By Alice Jones Webb

Record Chaser Teams Up with Local Fishing Legend to Catch Pending World-Record Muskie

California’s New State-Record Swordfish Was So Huge It Wouldn’t Fit in the Boat

‘I Wasn’t Going to Kill That Bass.’ Tournament Angler Releases New State-Record Smallmouth

Angler Breaks West Virginia’s Blue Catfish Record by a Whisker

Iowa’s Black Crappie Record in Limbo as Officials Try to Verify the Species

‘I Was in Disbelief.’ Fishing Guide Releases Montana’s Pending-Record Smallmouth Bass

Fly Fisherman Lands Pending World-Record Marlin After 3-Hour Battle

‘Godzilla’ Snapping Turtle Is So Huge Virginia Officials Established a New Record Category

Polish Fisherman Catches ‘Unimaginable’ World-Record Sized Carp

Alligator Gar Released in Texas Could Be the Biggest Ever Caught by a Woman

Missouri Bowfisherman Arrows State-Record Grass Carp After Losing It the Day Before

West Virginia Fishing Buddies Break State Crappie Record Twice in One Morning

‘It Was the Craziest Fish of My Life,’ Says 12-Year-Old Who Caught a Pending World-Record White Marlin

By Alice Jones Webb

Teen’s First Tiger Trout from His Home Lake Is a New Wyoming Record

By Alice Jones Webb

Watch: Montana Retiree Catches Pending State-Record Chinook Salmon from His Pontoon

Watch: Indiana Kayak Fisherman Shatters Another State Gar Record on His Quest to Break All 3

West Virginia Angler Smashes State Catfish Record Using His Daughter’s Pink Kiddie Rod

By Alice Jones Webb

South Dakota Diver Spears a State-Record Bluegill

‘It’s What I Live For.’ Angler Breaks Tennessee Cutthroat Record on a Fishing Trip with His Buddies

Fisherman Catches Trophy Smallmouth, Breaks Minnesota Catch-and-Release Record on Guided Trip

Huge Amberjack That Ate Snapper Off Angler’s Line Breaks South Carolina Record

Idaho Angler Lands Record Breaking Tiger Trout

‘Bro I’m in Disbelief!’ Watch This Montana 12-Year-Old Catch the State-Record Sucker

Minnesota Angler Breaks His Own State Record With 17.5-Inch Crappie

By Natalie Krebs

Arkansas Fisherman Catches New State-Record Paddlefish by Accident

7 New Bass Species Just Became Eligible for World Records, Including Florida and Alabama Bass

Huge Pike Caught in Boundary Waters Would Have Broken Minnesota’s State Record, Except for One Technicality

Blackfin Tuna Caught During Miami Dolphins Tournament Should Break the World Record

Freediver Spears Pending Record Pompano During Florida Tournament, Wins First Place

‘Super-Size’ Hybrid Striper Caught on a Crankbait Breaks Ohio Record

Watch: North Dakota Fisherman Snags Giant Paddlefish, Tying the State Record

Michigan’s New Record White Perch Is So Big, It Was Initially Misidentified as a White Bass

Alabama High Schooler’s First Snook Should Set a New State Record

Fishing Guide Makes One Cast with a Fly Rod, Catches New World-Record Striper

Indiana Fisherman Catches State-Record Yellow Perch During Local Fishing Derby

101-Pound Blue Catfish Caught on Jugline Is Officially the New Ohio Record

Idaho Fly Fisherman Lands State-Record Cutthroat Trout, Releases It into Clark Fork River

Georgia Angler Sets State’s First Rock Bass Record

Jumbo Yellow Perch Caught by Pennsylvania Angler Should Tie the State Record

Oregon Angler Lands Potential World-Record Monkeyface Prickleback

Florida Kid Catches 2 State-Record Fish and One Pending World Record in a Day

Utah Fisherman Follows Grandpa’s Advice, Catches State-Record Tiger Trout Through the Ice

Offshore Fisherman Catches Almaco Jack That Shatters the Georgia State Record