Tag Archives: Record Catch

64-pound Fish Smashes Kansas State Record

June 9, 2023 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Garrett

Thayne Miller, a resident of Topeka, Kansas, has made history by breaking the state record with his remarkable catch in a local reservoir. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks announced that Miller successfully caught a massive smallmouth buffalo fish …

Record-Sized Catfish Sends Italian Angler into Panic

June 5, 2023 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Garrett

Italian angler Alessandro Biancardi may have set a new world record after catching a massive catfish from a flooded river. Biancardi, a professional fisherman with the MADCAT fishing team, embarked on a solo fishing trip on the Po River in …

5-Year-Old Girl Smashes Idaho Fishing Record

March 9, 2023 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Garrett

Akeley Fahnholz, at just five years old, has already made a name for herself in the world of fishing by breaking Idaho’s catch-and-release length record for peamouth with her 14.125 inch catch. The catch was made in the Snake River …

Minnesota Anglers Sets New State Muskie Record

November 1, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Kelly

Recently, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified a 58.25-inch muskie caught by angler Eric Bakke as a new state record catch. Bakke caught the record fish on Mille Lacs Lake and broke the previous record that stood for three …

Father and Son Catch 500-pound Swordfish Breaking State Record

September 7, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Garrett

While fishing off the coast of Morehead City a father-son fishing duo landed a swordfish that broke a state record weighing over 500 pounds. Cary Carney and his son Brandon were fishing with 65-pound line when they caught the huge …

Angler Catches Massive Sturgeon, Breaking Idaho Record

August 19, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Kevin

While Greg Poulsen usually jokes that he catches the smallest fish on fishing trips, all that changed recently when he landed a record-breaking sturgeon at the C.J. Strike Reservoir in Idaho. Poulsen was able to catch a sturgeon that measured …

Colorado’s Longest Standing Fishing Record Broken by Angler

August 5, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Garrett

A 75-year-old record was broken in Colorado recently at Monarch Lake. Tim Daniel of Granby landed a 7.84-pound brook trout which measured 23ΒΌ inches in length, had a 15-inch girth. This narrowly beat out that last record that stood since …

Angler Breaks 22-Year-Old Kansas Fishing Record

July 1, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Sarah

Tami Sanderson broke a Kansas state record that stood for 22 years in a local farm pond in Sherman County. She landed a yellow perch which weighed in at 1.46 pounds and was 13.66 inches in length. She was using …

661-Pound Stingray Caught in Cambodia

June 23, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Kelly

Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River recently caught a 661-pound female stingray which researchers say is the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded. After being named Boramy, which means full-moon, the 13-foot fish was electronically tagged and released back into the …

Angler Pulls Largest Fish Ever Caught in Tennessee from Cherokee Lake

April 19, 2022 | πŸͺ Baitshop Life | Baitshop Rob

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, Chad Collins caught a record-setting paddlefish on Cherokee Lake. The fish is now the largest fish ever caught on record in the state, coming in at a whopping 120 pounds. Collins’s catch measured …