Any doubt about bluefin was erased the first day of the Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club’s Bluefin Open when the three biggest fish were brought in to the scales. The heaviest fish was 132.8 pounds and caught by the crew of In Deep, a 32-foot Cape Horn. Miss Mikayla Ann Two was next with […]
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Anglers ‘snatch’ mysterious sea creature from jaws of sharks
Part of the allure of deep-sea fishing is that you never know what you might encounter at sea. But one can be reasonably certain that nobody would expect to encounter a 10-foot oarfish under attack by sharks. The oarfish in question, a serpent-like denizen with crimson fins, was spotted floundering near the surface on May […]
Anglers catching this peculiar fish are urged to ‘kill it on sight’
A fisherman in Missouri caught what he thought was an odd fish that refused to die, even when left on the pavement for several hours. The angler was fishing below Wappapello Lake Spillway in Wayne County on May 25 when he reeled in what turned out to be a northern snakehead, the fourth ever recorded […]
Angler’s discovery leads officials to 14 huge invasive fish in CO. See the pond monsters
An angler discovered a huge invasive species while fishing in a Colorado pond, and video shows just how big the monster-size fish are. Wildlife officials removed more than a dozen 3-foot-long bighead carp from the Jack B Tomlinson Park pond in Arvada, according to a May 13 news release. Arvada is about a 10-mile drive […]
Giant Octopus Releases Itself After Being Caught by Anglers Off California Coast
The giant Pacific octopus is one of the smartest creatures in the ocean, and this short viral clip is definitive proof. The video, originally filmed in June 2023, shows a 50-pound octopus slithering across the deck of a deep sea fishing boat somewhere off the California coast. With a small bit of coaxing from the […]
Giant Octopus Releases Itself After Being Caught by Anglers Off California Coast
The giant Pacific octopus is one of the smartest creatures in the ocean, and this short viral clip is definitive proof. The video, originally filmed in June 2023, shows a 50-pound octopus slithering across the deck of a deep sea fishing boat somewhere off the California coast. With a small bit of coaxing from the […]
Missing angler’s boat found far off North Carolina — with no one aboard, officials say
The disappearance of an angler off North Carolina took a more mysterious turn when someone discovered his boat moving across the Atlantic Ocean with no one aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard says. Jeffery Kale of Clover, South Carolina, remains missing and the discovery jump-started a second search to find him, the USCG said in an […]
Why Did Game Wardens Seize an Angler’s Record-Setting Crappie and Scrub it From the Record Books?
In April 2023, an angler made national headlines after the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks (KDWP) announced that a giant white crappie he’d caught was the biggest ever recorded in Sunflower State history. Bobby Parkhurst’s four-pound panfish broke a 60-year-old state record, according to a press release issued at the time, but it would […]
Kansas wildlife officials remove angler’s trophy catch from state record list
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Bobby Parkhurst had cause to celebrate in 2023 after he broke a nearly 60-year-old Kansas state fishing record dubbed a “catch-of-a-lifetime”. That is, he did until his catch was taken off the record list by wildlife officials. What happened to Parkhurst’s supposed record? KSNT 27 News investigated this question by reaching out […]
Anglers battle huge fish on Florida beach — and reel in 1,200-pound surprise, video shows
For many, catching a massive shark is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. For Blaine Kenny, it’s his day job. Kenny is the owner of Coastal Worldwide, a shark fishing outfitter and fishing tour group out of Pensacola, Florida. Most of the time Kenny and his partner, Dylan Wier, create the perfect environment for guests to fish for […]