A 12-year-old boy from Weston, Massachusetts, reeled in a massive white marlin off the coast of Nantucket on Aug. 16. Stone Fornes caught the 118.2-pound fish, potentially breaking a junior world record, while fishing with angler Elliot Sudal. The current record for a white marlin is 102 pounds, which was caught off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts,...
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...
Fishing season is officially here! If you’ve always wanted to try fishing but have no idea where to start, we’ve lined up 10 items beginners need to get started. We can help you find the right fishing pole, the right bait and everything in between. Before you get started, always make sure you have a...
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....
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...
