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Break a record on a Mustad hook and win a Million!
By djkimmel on Sep 12, 2011 | In News, Products, Bass Fishing, Fishing | 2 feedbacks »
From October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012 Mustad is running the Hook a Million State and World Record contest. Mustad is giving away up to a total of $1,400,000 with the top prize a cool million dollars! You have to register at least 24 hours before you catch an entry and fish with a Mustad hook to be eligible.
Torch Lake Atlantic Salmon Recognized As Land-locked World Record
By djkimmel on Apr 7, 2011 | In News, Fishing, MI Dept of Natural Resources, State Fisheries & Wildlife | Send feedback »
Michigan DNR News
The Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce that the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) has recognized an Atlantic salmon caught at Torch Lake in Antrim County last October as a world record for land-locked Atlantics.
Lake Michigan Brown Trout Reels in New Wisconsin State Record
By djkimmel on Aug 2, 2010 | In Fishing, State Fisheries & Wildlife, WI Dept of Natural Resources | Send feedback »
41 pound 8 ounce monster possible new world record
News Release Published: July 29, 2010 by the Central Office
MADISON – It’s official: the 41 pound, 8 ounce brown trout Roger Hellen of Franksville caught in Lake Michigan on July 16 is now a Wisconsin state record fish.
The Department of Natural Resources received Hellen’s application earlier this week and has confirmed the new state record, which smashes the old record by nearly 5 pounds. The previous record was 36 pounds 8.9 ounces and 40.5 inches for a fish caught August 23, 2004, in Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County.
Largemouth bass caught in Japan ties IGFA All-Tackle World Record
By djkimmel on Mar 2, 2010 | In News, Bass Fishing | Send feedback »
Freshwater fishing’s “Holy Grail” now has dual holders; 22 lb 4 oz bass caught by Japan’s Manabu Kurita matches IGFA record held for 77 years by Georgia’s George Perry
DANIA BEACH, Fla. USA, (January 8, 2010) --- After nearly six months of waiting, Japan’s Manabu Kurita is taking his place along side Georgia, USA angler George Perry in the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA) World Record Games Fishes book as dual holders of the All-Tackle record for largemouth bass each weighing 22 lb 4 oz and caught 77 years apart.
Tom Healy Lands New World Record Brown Trout from the Manistee River, Giant Catfish Record Also Caught
By djkimmel on Oct 25, 2009 | In News | 1 feedback »
Rockford, Michigan, USA angler, Tom Healy, guided by Tim Roller, landed a brown trout (Salmo Trutta) on Sept. 9 weighing 18.8 kg (41 lb 7 oz) for a pending IGFA All-tackle record. It took him 15 minutes to bring in using a Rapala Shad Rap while fishing the Manistee River in Michigan. Giant wels catfish also landed by Czech angler from River Po in Italy. Click more for details and pictures.
IGFA Receives Documentation on Pending World Record Largemouth Bass from Lake Biwa Japan
By djkimmel on Sep 28, 2009 | In News | 3 feedbacks »
Weight matches current IGFA record held for 77 years by Georgia’s George Perry
DANIA BEACH, Fla. USA, (September 15, 2009) --- Documentation for a much talked about 22 lb 4 oz largemouth bass, caught from Japan’s largest lake in July, has arrived into the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) headquarters for world record recognition.
Late Monday, the IGFA, the 70-year old non-profit fisheries conservation, education and record-keeping body, received the application for the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), caught July 2, by Manabu Kurita, 32, of Aichi, Japan. IGFA rules for fish caught outside the U.S. allows anglers 90 days to submit their applications from the date of their catch.
