Tag: Angler

Arkansas angler double snags trophy fish in Greers Ferry Lake

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – “I can’t believe I got two of them that close to the same size,” Mitch Holland said after catching two large trout while fishing in Greers Ferry Lake. Holland, of Cabot, caught a brown trout measuring around 29 inches, which is considered a trophy fish. Just days after, he caught a […]

Wildlife officer thought angler was joking when reporting a rare catch

Justin Wyrick was fishing with a swimbait at Tennessee’s Norris Lake when he made the catch of a lifetime, only it wasn’t what he was targeting. What Wyrick surprisingly reeled in Monday around 5 p.m. was an alligator measuring 3- to 4-feet long, as reported by KnoxNews and WATE. When Wyrick or his fishing companion […]

Angler learns why his record fish was rescinded; it’s not good

A Kansas fisherman who had his state-record white crappie voided and “didn’t understand why,” now knows the reason his record fish was tossed out and the old record reinstated. After an investigation prompted by a tip, officials from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks discovered weights inside the “record” catch, as reported by KSNT. […]

Crews searching for stranded angler on Strawberry Reservoir

This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post with more information as it becomes available. SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Search and rescue crews are searching Friday night for an angler on a large Utah reservoir as a winter storm swirls over the state. Wasatch County Search and Rescue posted on social media […]