The IGFA has recently approved the use of braided line as backing in order to increase a reel’s line capacity. The IGFA rule book already included many different types of backing, but it required the ...

It has been 25 years since light-tackle angling legend Raleigh Werking set the men’s 4-pound-test line-class world record for Pacific sailfish with this 141.5‑pound fish. He was fishing out of Tropic ...

The annual IGFA World Record Game Fishes book arrived the other day, a January treat that can read like a telephone directory, yet stir a desire to round up the fishing rods and tackle and plan a ...

Fishing isn’t about breaking records. But, even the purest of heart admit that having your name attached to a world record fish is an attractive proposition. But achieving angling immortality is a ...

Record breaking 405-pound tunaLong-range fishing’s most coveted record, one that has lasted more than 33 years, was shattered Monday. Pending approval by the International Game Fish Association, Mike ...

Chalk up another IGFA line class world record alligator gar for light tackle specialist Art Weston. Caught earlier this month at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, the 7.04-footer weighed 188 pounds. The tackle ...

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The following is a press release from the International Game Fish Association: In the June edition of the IGFA Hot News we reported about the February 5th catch and release of a huge 113.5 kg (250 lb ...

Fly fishermen worldwide understandably are a bit envious of an impressive world record cobia catch by an angler fishing out of Acunda Lodge off the West African coast of Guinea-Bissau. The 92-pound, ...

SAYRE, Alabama -- IGFA World Record holder James R. Bramlett with his 69 pound, 9 ounce striped bass. Bramlett received the mounted fish from Centreville taxidermist Jackie Scott. The fish will be ...

On February 13th, 2025, renowned fishing record-chaser Art Weston reeled in a world-record spotted bass on Toledo Bend Reservoir in Texas, guided by Austin Anderson. While perhaps not as visually ...