A 13-year-old boy from Kemmerer, Wyoming, caught a tiger trout from the Viva Naughton Reservoir to break a state fishing record. Jaxon Krall reeled in the 12.77 pound fish that stretches 31.25 inches long and has a girth of 16.75 inches, according to a press release from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department (WGFD). Krall...
While kayaking and snorkeling in La Jolla, California, a group spotted a very rare deep-sea fish that had died. The oarfish, also known as a “doomsday fish,” stretched 12 feet in length. Only 20 oarfish have been reported in California since 1901, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. ANGLER CATCHES PREHISTORIC-LOOKING...
A man in Fort Wayne, Indiana, caught a large spotted gar to smash a state fishing record while on Rivir Lake in Chain O’Lakes State Park. Kyle Hammond reeled in the 9-pound, 11-ounce gar, according to a press release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Using a spinning rod and reel with a...
A Georgia fisherman is facing consequences for harboring an illegal number of freshwater fish. Officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division shared news about the retrieval on the agency’s Facebook page. The post said that Game Warden Will Gilstrap was patrolling for fish activity along the Chattachoochee River when he...
An 18-year-old fisherman from Pennsylvania has caught a species that’s not often seen in Lake Erie — an Atlantic salmon. Colton Alex was participating in a walleye and steelhead tournament when he hooked into the large catch, GoErie.com reported. The Atlantic salmon that Alex reeled in weighed 10.4 pounds and measured 30 inches in length....
A man in Wayne County, West Virginia, caughta state record channel catfish in the pond on his father’s farm in South Charleston using an unexpected rod. John Tyler Rutherford reeled in a 43.51-inch-long, 46.70-pound channel catfish, according to a press release from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR). Rutherford reportedly reeled in the...
A shiny lobster, known for its cotton candy-like colors, has been caught in New England. The Atlantic Lobster Company trapped the remarkable pink and blue shellfish off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine. The rare lobster joins two similar-looking lobsters at the Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, New Hampshire....
Something is rotten in the state of New Jersey, specifically a shore township called Little Egg Harbor.Thousands of dead fish have floated to the surface near homes and businesses in the area, filling the lagoon and attracting flocks of seagulls.Findings from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Fish & Wildlife department say that high...
A Massachusetts man is under arrest after illegally catching and keeping a total of 14 oversized striped bass. Authorities had received tips about the angler not releasing catches from his boat while he fished off of the coast of New Hampshire near New Castle and Rye, the Portsmouth Herald reported. “NH Fish and Game officers...
A new fish species has been recorded in Nebraska after a fisherman reeled in the colorful creature. “We hear about new species in Nebraska from time to time, but most of them are unwanted, invasive species,” Daryl Bauer, Fisheries Outreach program manager of the state’s Game & Parks Commission, told Fox News Digital. “I get...
