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Minnesota state record black crappie.

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

By Natalie Krebs

collage of record bass snapshots

The Biggest Bass Ever Caught

By Ken Perrotte, Dac Collins

Two Arkansas men with a paddlefish.

Arkansas Fisherman Catches New State-Record Paddlefish by Accident

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

A Minnesota angler with a massive pike.

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

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

Spearfishermen hold up their catches.

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

An angler holds up a hybrid striped bass.

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

Angler fights paddlefish from shore; angler weighs paddlefish.

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

The new state-record white perch caught by Scott Smith in Michigan

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

Alabama angler holds snook.

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

Fly angler with striped bass.

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

An angler holds up a record-sized yellow perch.

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

Jaylynn Parker holds a blue catfish.

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

A fly fisherman holds up a state-record cutthroat trout.

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

Jeffrey Forester holds a Georgia record rock bass.

Georgia Angler Sets State’s First Rock Bass Record

Chuck Main holds a potential state record-tying yellow perch.

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

Rebecca Jones with a record monkeyface prickleback.

Oregon Angler Lands Potential World-Record Monkeyface Prickleback

Two anglers with a new youth state-record cobia.

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

A Utah fisherman with a giant tiger trout.

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

An angler holds up an almaco jack.

Offshore Fisherman Catches Almaco Jack That Shatters the Georgia State Record

Angler with a giant striper-white bass hybrid.

Watch: Giant Hybrid Bass Caught on Fly Could Set a New World Record

A Missouri angler with a bighead carp.

Missouri Man Catches Likely World-Record Carp, Turns It into Fertilizer

A West Virginia angler holds up the new state-record bowfin.

College Student Catches State-Record Bowfin on Her Second Cast of the Day

angler standing on bank holds huge largemouth bass up toward camera

California Dreaming: How Nintendo Led Oliver Ngy to Big-Bass Superstardom

A group of anglers hold up the world-record paddlefish.

Guide Who Puts First-Time Angler on World-Record Paddlefish Says It’s a ‘Dream Come True’

kody king idaho record tiger trout

State-Record Tiger Trout Disqualified Because Angler Didn’t Have a Fishing License

Lynn Bumgardner with his record yellow perch.

Tennessee Fisherman Catches Kentucky State-Record Perch

An angler holds up a smallmouth bass in a parking lot.

Huge Smallmouth Bass Caught in Indiana Should Break 32-Year-Old State Record

Angler releases giant king salmon in Argentina.

Watch: ‘Absolute Beast’ of a King Salmon Proves Why the Next World Record Will Come from Argentina

A teenager kneels with a fat tiger trout held in his hands, an dholds the fish by his tailgate.

West Virginia Teen Lands New State-Record Tiger Trout That Barely Fit in the Net

An x-ray image of a crappie with ball bearings in its gut.

Investigation Reveals Kansas Record Crappie Was Stuffed with Ball Bearings

A white crappie caught in Kansas.

“I Caught That Fish Legally and Honestly.” Kansas Officials Seize State-Record Crappie, Strike It From Record Books

A fisherman holds up a fat rainbow trout caught from a creek in Maryland.

Fat Rainbow Trout Caught from Historic Creek Shatters Maryland State Record

A white crappie caught in Kansas.

Kansas Angler Catches New State-Record Crappie

A kayak angler holds up a state-record crappie caught in Colorado.

Kayak Fisherman Breaks Colorado Crappie Record Using Forward-Facing Sonar

keith pazour with south dakota record walleye

South Dakota Walleye Record Broken for the Second Time in 3 Weeks

idaho record steelhead

Idaho Fly Fisherman Lands New State-Record Steelhead

megan gray with a large brook trout

Arkansas Angler Releases What Could Have Been the New State-Record Brook Trout

texas gator gar world record

Nearly 300-Pound Alligator Gar Caught in Texas Should Break the World Record

cook islands marlin record

Solo Angler Breaks Cook Islands Fishing Record with a Blue Marlin Over 1,000 Pounds

ak state record rockfish

State-Record Rockfish Could Have Outweighed the World Record

alabama record tiger shark

1,000-Pound Tiger Shark Should Smash Alabama Record

Kayak Fisherman Catches New Maryland State-Record Snakehead

Kayak Fisherman Catches New Maryland State-Record Snakehead

female angler record carp britain

This Is the Largest Carp Ever Caught by a Female Angler in Britain

ny fishing guide world record muskie

Fishing Guide Lands World-Record Muskie on His Day Off

arizona record tiger trout

Arizona Tiger Trout Record Broken for Second Time in 6 Months

texas world record bass

Texas Angler’s Largemouth Bass Officially a New World Record

nebraska common carp record

Nebraska Has a New State-Record Common Carp

pennsylvania record flathead catfish

Giant Flathead Catfish Confirmed as New Pennsylvania State Record

montana green sunfish record

8-Year-Old Montana Angler Catches State-Record Green Sunfish

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

Italian Angler Catches Pending World-Record Wels Catfish Over 9 Feet Long

pennsylvania record-sized rainbow trout

Angler Didn’t Weigh Record-Sized Rainbow Trout Because He Had Dinner Plans

world record lake trout enloe CO

Colorado Man Catches Pending World-Record Lake Trout While Fishing with His Son

catch and release record chinook

Angler Catches Pending World-Record Chinook Salmon in Argentina

louisiana top ten bass edited

Huge Louisiana Largemouth Is One of the Top 10 Biggest Bass Ever Recorded in the State

release record shark 1

Florida Surf Fisherman Catches and Releases Potential State-Record Bull Shark

spears sturgeon

Wisconsin Ice Fisherman Spears One of the 10 Biggest Sturgeon Ever Taken From Lake Winnebago

giant thresher shark NC record

Carolina Fisherman Sets New State Record with Giant Thresher Shark

giant gator gar alabama record

Giant Alligator Gar Caught in Alabama Certified as a New State Record

world's biggest goldfish? 1

Is This the Biggest “Goldfish” Ever Caught?

aussie teen catches country's oldest tuna

Australian Teen Catches Record-Breaking, 29-Year-Old Bluefin Tuna

international catfish collage

The Biggest Record Catfish from Around the World

By Ken Perrotte

Missouri shortnose gar world record from Lake of the Ozarks

Bowfisherman Takes World-Record Shortnose Gar in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks