CAPE VERDE: June blue marlin fishing report

In Cape Verde Islands in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, the blue marlin action was hot during all the month of June.

Here some highlights of the last week:

Captain Simon Bracey on "Happy Hooker" 2 caught a 500 lbs Blue Marlin yesterday and a 750 plus lbs today so far.

Captain Marco Canu on "Nha Crêtcheu" caught two on two marlin on pitch bait. 1 Marlin with 350 lb. The second fish came to the right teaser and we hooked him on the 50 lb line with 200 lb leader. They realized that Marlin was much bigger than our 950 lb from last week.
Anyway they fought him for six and half hours and we had him five times on the leader but no chance to put the gaff in. At the last try we we broke the leader.

Captain Olaf Grimkowski on "Smoker" caught a Blue Marlin around 550 lb on stand-up 80 lbs tackle.

Captain Zak Conde on "Amelia" caught the last 8 days ten Blue Marlin from 250 to 600 lb. They raised 3 marlin at a time twice and we had two marlin on (double hook ups). Twice out of the three double strikes. On day 3 they raised around 15 marlin though we only caught 2 of them.

On 19 June on Nha Crêtcheu was caught a big blue marlin with 935 lb

PANAMA:hot yellowfin tunas feeding frenzy in this video

Hot yellowfin tunas feeding frenzy in this recent Youtube video filmed out of Panama Pacific coasts by Team Pelagic.

IRELAND: hot pike action this month

On Corrib lake in Ireland the pike action is hot this June. Fishing guide Tomi Kurman from the "Corrib Predator" guiding team reports on an improvement in pike angling.

After the recent hot spell with high water temps ended, the water temp went down to 15 degrees, and pike became more active.

Pike fishing has been very good recently with many fish over 10 kg - 22 lb caught from the start of June. The best fish was landed on the 19th of June, when client Maciej Krajewski, hooked a monster pike of 14 kg - 30 lb 9 oz, which measured 117 cm!

The same day they had several more fish, mostly mid-doubles and one more fish at just over 9 kg -20 lb.

www.fishingireland.pl

BERMUDA: giant 145 lb black grouper

Angler Richard Pereech from Bermuda Island caught this big big black grouper weighing 145 lb -65 kg on hand line.

During the fish with this giant size fish he broke his finger on the line bringing it in!

ALASKA: Homer $ 50.000 Halibut Derby

Here the report from Alaska operator Tim Berg of: "Tim Berg's Alaskan Fishing Adventures"

"Bigger Is Not Always Better!!

Captain John McLeod on the right helps angler Del Parks hold up his Derby winner he caught on Friday morning. John is displaying the Homer Halibut Jackpot Derby Ticket in one hand as both men are grinning ear to ear. You can see the spaghetti tag in the neck area of the halibut. This was the first fish caught on Friday morning onboard Tim Berg's vessel the Grande Alaska.

"We had just dropped the lines in the water and I went to the restroom really quick before all the action started" recalled Capt. McLeod. Before I got back on the deck my deckhand Jason was hoisting this tagged halibut over the side -it all happened in less than 3 minutes!!."

"When I saw the halibut was tagged, I did not even have time to ask Del if he wanted to keep the fish or not, as we typically release smaller sized fish and hold out for bigger ones. BUT...when I saw the tag - well that was all it took and I pulled it onboard!!
Two days before on Wednesday, June 19th an angler onboard Captain John McLeods vessel had just dropped his line over the side and as soon as it hit bottom hooked onto a feisty halibut. After a short battle the fish was brought boatside and landed. The crew noticed it had a TAG, and they also knew that the angler did not have a Derby Ticket. The halibut had Homer Halibut Jackpot Derby tag #1561 attached to it.

Sadly, this angler had failed to get a Derby Ticket prior to the charter, and as a result had to release this fish.

We are not sure if any boat has ever accomplished this feat before - capturing two Derby Fish in 3 days. Captain John on the vessel Grande Alaska is on a roll right now and if you are looking to win the Derby you better call right away and get a spot on his Charter. John knows where this released halibut is hanging out - and wants to get him again."

http://www.alaskanfishing.com

ALASKA: halibut attacks in this underwater video

Out of  Homer in Alaska a school of medium size halibut attack a GoPro HD camera dropped on a fishing rod close to the bottom.

NEWS: discovered the strangest and rare fish of the world

Discovered the strangest and rare fish of the world, a Northern Rhino Pike (Esox lucius photoshopped).

More info about this catch soon......   :)

VIDEO: Alaska halibut attacks in this underwater HD video

A short underwater HD video showing some of the sensational footage of an halibut that attacks a soft lure trolled in shallow water.

MEXICO: kayak video fishing a 300 lb marlin

This video was filmed in Baja California Mexico while striped marlin fishing from a kayak.

ARGENTINA: Jurassic Lake - 1,100 trout in only 6 days!!

The famous lake Strobel or Jurassic Lake in Patagonia, Argentina has a reputation unlike almost any other fishing destination.

Stories of almost unlimited numbers of Rainbow Trout abound! Myth, marketing hyperbole or fishermen's fantastical ego's at work?

Flyfishers kick off their two week expedition to Argentina with a week at Jurassic Lake in 2013...and what a week...1,100 trout in 6 days...average 6 to 10 lb...by 3 anglers!!!!!

Three fish were landed for the week that went over 20 lbs, many were lost at the net.

It was so common raising fish to the fly literally every cast and about every third or so cast would end in a fish smashing it and powering off into the lake. The average size of fish was rising too as I nailed fish after fish in double figure range.

http://www.wherewisemenfish.com

USA: hot swordfish action off Texas coasts

Top team "Booby Trap" usually go fishing of Freeport off Texas coast and they are just back from their 3 and half day adventure and they found a grea swordfish action.

The  team "Booby Trap"  went an incredible 30-38 on Swordfish, releasing 26.
On their top day, they caught a total of 14 swordfish. Most of these fishes wern't "small", but with twenty of these sworfishes over 200 lb - 90 kg and five of them well over 300 lb -135 kg!

ANGOLA: giant size guinean barracuda

Top angler Thomas Gibson caught this huge size Guinean barracuda while trolling a Rapala lure at Barra du Kwanza in Angola, Africa.

The big barracuda was  102 lb 4 oz - 46.4 kilo; it is probably one of the largest barracuda caught in all Africa.

HAWAII: 240 lb yellowfin tuna

This 240 lb - 108 kg yellowfin tuna was caught by Heather Masunaga while fishing  on the "ROD BENDER" out of Kona, Hawaii with her Dad, Capt. Kerwin Masunaga.

A great catch, well done.

USA: landed in Virginia the new world record snakehead

Angler Caleb Newton caught the biggest  northern snakehead ever caught in USA. Also this fish could be the new world record for the specie.

He was fishing on the Potomac River tributary, Newton caught what appears to be the fish of a lifetime

The huge snakehead was  36 inches long and weighing in at 17 pounds, 6 ounces (7.9 kg), is determined to be a record catch by IGFA (International Game Fish Association), it would beat the current hook-and-line record of 17 pounds, 4 ounces, caught in Kagawa, Japan back in 2004.

 Caleb  fought the fish e about a minute to get it in the boat; he Landed it on 15-pound-test monofilament line on a light rod.

Next morning, he took his snakehead to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ office in Fredericksburg. Fisheries biologist  identified the fish as a northern snakehead as a courtesy to help Newton with his pending IGFA certification.

ALASKA: killer whale attacks an halibut close the boat in this video

Alaska fisherman has a great surprise when he was fishing for halibut.... a killer whale when it approached their boat and grabbed a halibut from the end of a fishing line..

See this great video:

CAPE VERDE: giant 1,222 lb Atlantic blue marlin

In Cape Verde islands, in the middle of Atlantic Ocean angler Alexander Trukhachev caught an impressive huge female blue marlin of 1.222 lb - 553 kg.

He was fishing on board 33' Bertram Happy Hooker I with Capt. Simon Bracey trolling a Bonze Mongrel Dog lure on a 130 lb tackle.

The fight time was more than 3 hours.

Unfortunately the fish died and so was boated and weighted on the shore.

USA: 493 lb swordfish caught off Texas coasts

An huge swodfish was landed off Texas coasts and this catch could be the new potential state record catch. In fact this is the largest swordfish ever caught here, the previous record was 341 pounds back in 2011.

The 493 lb - 225 kg catch was made about 100 miles off Surfside and weighed. It measured over 9 feet long. The lucky guys are the "Booby Trap" crew, specializes in catching swordfish and blue marlin.

Last year the "Booby Trap" fishing team caught 172 swordfish in only 41 days.

Here the video of the catch:

http://www.Boobytrapfishingteam.com

IGFA: June 2013 world record news

In the past weeks, almost 50 World Record applications were received at IGFA headquarters

Anglers catching southern bluefin tuna, great barracuda, tarpon, musky and more in Angola, Australia, Brazil, Christmas Island, Norway, Mexico, and Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Michigan and many more.

Tasmanian angler Jonah Lee Yick landed a massive 107.5 kg (236 lb 12 oz) southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) on April 30, 2013 while fishing out of Eagle Hawk Neck, Australia. Yick’s potential men’s 15 kg (30 lb) record tuna hit a trolled Tasman Prowler lure and tested Yick’s tackle for an hour and 15 minutes. The current IGFA record is 106.5 kg (234 lb 12 oz).

On a recent trip to Baja, Mexico from his home in Idaho, USA, Capt. Gary Boyer landed a potential men’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class California yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) that tipped the scales at 16.33 kg (36 lb). Boyer was casting a custom sardine fly off Los Barriles on March 20^th when he fed a fly to the weighty yellowtail, which gave him a tough 45 minute fight. The current IGFA record is 14.06 kg (31 lb).

Junior angler Lydia Nicolson, co-winner of last year’s Top Female Junior Angler award, shows no sign of slowing her record setting pace. The most recent submission from the UK based angler is a 36.9 kg (81 lb 15 oz) Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) that she caught on March 8th while trolling a skirted ballyhoo off Lobito, Angola. Using only 3 kg (6 lb) line, Nicolson needed a full hour to best this potential Female Junior record fish under the watchful eye of her father and captain, IGFA Representative Iain Nicolson. The current IGFA record is 31.2 kg (68 lb 12 oz). 

 

Light tackle angler Maureen Klause landed a potential record black drum (Pogonias cromis) while fishing with Capt. Ricky Wheeler in the Delaware Bay on May 27th. Klause, a native of New Jersey, USA, needed 20 minutes to subdue the 28.04 kg (61 lb 13 oz) fish on only 2 kg (4 lb) line after it ate the clam she was soaking. With the current record at 18.37 kg (40 lb 8 oz), Klause’s catch qualifies her for the potential new women’s 2 kg (4 lb) line class record. 

Light tackle fly angler and IGFA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dotty Ballantyne recently caught and released a 10.21 kg (22 lb 8 oz) tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), besting her own record of 7.71 kg (17 lb) and qualifying for the potential new women’s 3 kg (6 lb) tippet class record. Ballantyne, a native of Bozeman, Montana, was fishing with Capt. Chris McCreedy out of Key West on May 22^nd. The experienced angler needed twenty minutes to best the silver king after it ate a custom tarpon fly.

German angler Micahel Eisele may have broken the All-Tackle world record for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhus), which has stood for more than 40 years. Eisele pulled the enormous 47.03 kg (103 lb 10 oz) specimen from the icy waters surrounding Soroya, Norway on April 28^th after it decided to eat the custom soft plastic/jig-head combo he was working. After a 36 minute fight on 20 kg (40 lb) tackle, Eisele subdued the massive cod and was on his way to the scales. If approved, Eisele’s fish will replace the men’s 24 kg (50 lb) line class record as well as the All-Tackle record which has stood since 1969!

Angler Conrad A. Proctor landed an 8.16 kg (18 lb) tiger muskellunge (Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius) on May 17th while working a Yamamoto worm on Lake Luena, Michigan, USA. Proctor, a retired doctor from nearby Attica, Michigan, needed 30 minutes to subdue the potential 3 kg (6 lb) line class record tiger musky, which he released alive after properly documenting the catch. The current IGFA record is 6.8 kg (15 lb). 

On a recent trip to Argentina, three members of the de Almeida family of Sao Paulo, Brazil, recorded potential record catches on beautifully colored but tempered dorado (Salminus brasiliensis). On May 4th, Tacito de Almeida landed a 17.41 kg (38 lb 6 oz) fish – heavy enough to qualify for the 10 kg (20 lb) line class record which currently stands at 16.8 kg (37 lb). Then his daughter and son, Manuela and Guilherme, joined him with two potential Junior record catches the following day. Manuela’s fish weighed in at 13.52 kg (29 lb 13 oz) and Guilherme’s at 17.38 kg (38 lb 5 oz). All three potential record catches were caught in the Uruguay River on Rapala plugs with local guide Alejandro Differding and released alive after being properly documented. 

www.igfa.org

CHRISTMAS ISLAND: world record size barracuda landed

Canadian angler Christian Loranger was trolling along the sharp drop-offs surrounding Christmas Island on September 23, 2012, when his musky plug was inhaled by a massive fish that tested both his tackle and wits for nearly two hours. A 39.55 kg (87 lb 3 oz) great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), and potential new All-Tackle record, was the result of Loranger’s two hour battle. The current IGFA record for this toothy species stands at 38.55 kg (85 lb 0 oz).

www.igfa.org

THAILAND: huge 100 lb Chaophraya giant catfish

Here the last fishing report from top fishing guide Jean Francois Helias:

"It is a 100 lb -45.00 kg Giant Pangasius aka Chaophraya giant catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei), a Thai native predator catfish from the same Pangasianodon family as the Mekong giant catfish.

It was caught recently, on May 8, 2013, at the Ratchaburi lake, by 81 years old American angler Dale Fischer, from Minnesota, USA. Dale is a regular return client to Thailand where he fishes twice a year since the year 2000. He is a 3 times IGFA world record holder for trophy fishes he caught in southeast Asia with well known top guide Jean-Francois Helias.

The 45.00 kg catfish captured while bottom fishing failed for a live Tilapia bait hooked on a VMC hook. Dale’s rod & reel combo was a St-Croix baitcasting rod coupled to a Shimano Calcutta reel. It took almost an hour and a half for the veteran angler to subdue the beast.

From left to right on the photo: French angler Bruno Andre helping Dale Fischer displaying the giant predator catfish.

Jean-Francois Helias
IGFA Lifetime Achievement Award
258 IGFA World Records
www.anglingthailand.com 

HOLLAND: northern pike of 127 cm

Angler Sean Wit caught this huge pike yesterday while fishing with an Esox V2 lure on a very tough lake.

Last year ago he lost a big pike on the same spot but now the 50 inch -127 cm pike was for him. Of course this great fish was released quickly!

USA: mako shark of 1,323.5 pounds caught

A lucky angler the past Monday spent more than 2 hours battling an enormous mako shark off Huntington Beach. Jason Johnston weighted the fish in 1,323.5 pounds and measured 11-plus feet.

The huge catch will shatter the world record if it's approved by the International Game Fish Association.

See the video:

Read more about at: http://worldsharksnews.com

PANAMA: world record size snapper cubera

This huge Pacific snapper cubera was caught in Panama off Pendasi. No information about the exact weight and how was caught. Probably a monster size fish of over 120 lb - 55 kilo.

NORWAY: world record size halibut landed

In North Norway, an other huge Atlantic halibut was caught! Also this time was a German angler named Christian Johannsen to caught this monster size fish.

At the beginning of the afternoon, Christian's wife asked him to come home with fish as he left for his trip. He responded by landing a 193 kilo - 427-pound Atlantic halibut

Christian  needed the help of 2 friends in the 4 hour fight to reel in the huge halibut. 

This is the second monster Atlantic halibut caught in Norway by a German angler in recent weeks.

GERMANY: giant pike of 55 inch and 52 lb

It is confirmed...in Germany there are very huge big pikes!! This monster fish was caught by angler Uwe Schwirten on a 18 cm Rapala wobblers on Lake Biggesee.

This mega pike was 55 inch -140 centimetres long and with a weight of 52 lb - 23.8 kilo.

Not reported if was released or not.