Fisherman reel in 220-pound catfish!!

This is crazy these two Slovakian guys caught this enormous catfish. The thing that is even more amazing about it is that they caught it on a homemade rod and reel. This is an amazing story!! It looks like a wells catfish from the video. You can see the video below. Don't forget to subscribe for more fishing info. Thanks.

Man Sues Fishing Group Over $1M Prize!

Apparently this man was cheated out of a one million dollar fishing prize. The company that was going to pay out the prize said he was breaking the rules by having a home made lure. Even to me that seems a little shady I mean come on people does it really matter? Why is this company willing to spend all of this money to cheat this man out of his prize money? It seems ridiculous to me all they are going to do is make their attorneys rich. So everybody looses. Nice. What a huge mess and a bunch of drama caused by someone trying to be chintzy and cheat this man out of his prize. Just look at the fish he deserves the prize. They must be taking economic lessons from China or something. He should extra for creating his own lure for creativity or something. Look at the size of that fish! Don't forget to follow or subscribe to us. Thanks.

Big Lionfish Found at Disturbing Depths!!

Yet more problems with this invasive lion fish. They have found them down at a ship wreck at 300 feet deep. These fish are a growing problem for the ecosystem in our ocean. They are an invasive species and should be managed accordingly. If we fail to manage these we may have the same situation we have with the Asian carp in our rivers with the lion fish in the ocean. If you see these you should catch them and kill them. I don't care if you eat them or not. Just use caution they are venomous. I have heard some people are starting to eat them but just use caution as the spines are full of poison. If this is possible fish is a good source of protein. Well either way they are invading the environment at an astonishing rate and the sharks cannot control them due to the spines. Since we caused the problem to start with we will have to fix it I am certain. Don't forget to subscribe or follow us for fishing news and stories. Thanks. Here is the original story from live science.
by Megan Gannon, News Editor July 14, 2013 

The relentless scourge of lionfish has crept to unexpected depths: Off the coast of Florida, researchers say they found the venomous invader thriving around a sunken ship at 300 feet (91 meters) below the water's surface.
"We expected some populations of lionfish at that depth, but their numbers and size were a surprise," researcher Stephanie Green, of Oregon State University, said in a statement.
Last month, Green and colleagues investigated the seafloor near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in a deep-diving Antipodes sub. At 300 feet (91 m) deep, the team witnessed a large number of the spiny fish near the intentionally sunken Bill Boyd cargo ship, an artificial reef created in 1986. [See Photos of Lionfish & Other Freaky Fish]
While lionfish are typically between 12 and 15 inches (30 to 38 centimeters) long, the Oregon State researchers say they saw unusually large specimens as big as 16 inches (40 cm) long.
"This was kind of an 'Ah hah!' moment," Green said. "It was immediately clear that this is a new frontier in the lionfish crisis, and that something is going to have to be done about it. Seeing it up-close really brought home the nature of the problem."

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A popular aquarium fish and invasive predator, lionfish have a fan of soft, waving fins and venomous …

Native to tropical Indo-Pacific waters, lionfish were introduced to the Atlantic by humans in the 1990s, likely through the exotic pet trade. Now found in reefs from North Carolina to South America, the rapidly reproducing invasive fish have voracious appetites, gobbling up native fish and competing with other species for food resources.
Worse, lionfish have no natural enemies in Atlantic waters, except spear gun-toting humans. Another study, detailed online July 11 in the journal PLOS ONE, found that not even sharks can curb red lionfish populations in Caribbean reefs.
Researchers are trying to figure out what is keeping lionfish in check in the Pacific so that they might stem the Atlantic invasion, which thus far has looked to be unstoppable. Prepared correctly, lionfish are said to make a tasty meal, but one prick from the fish's venomous spine can cause excruciating pain. Lionfish derbies to bring in big catches of the predator have been held in Florida and the Caribbean.
"A lionfish will eat almost any fish smaller than it is," Green said in a statement. "Regarding the large fish we observed in the submersible dives, a real concern is that they could migrate to shallower depths as well and eat many of the fish there. And the control measures we're using at shallower depths — catch them and let people eat them — are not as practical at great depth."
Lionfish also can produce far more offspring when they are large. A big, mature female in some species can have up to 10 times as many offspring as a female that's half its size, researchers say.

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Tuna capsizes boat, drags fisherman into Pacific!!

This looks like it was a bad formula from the start. You have a large fisherman plus a large tuna plus a small boat. Well you don't really have to do a lot of math to figure out this one. I think it was a matter of simple physics here. I do however have to give the guy respect for catching such a large fish. I am sure he is happy that he did not become part of the food chain when he got pulled in that water. Did he or the fish win? Well lets call this one a close draw. Don't forget to follow me. Thanks!

Bird learns to fish with Bread! Amazing!

I think this is some sort of genius bird or something! This is an amazing video. Thanks for watching and don't forget to follow us. Thanks again.

Meet the Man Who Stalks the World's Biggest Fish!

I love this guy he is awesome! He goes after the worlds biggest fish and seems fearless the whole time I love his shows. Check out what live science had to say about him. I wish I had his job!!

By Douglas Main, Staff Writer 4 hours ago 
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One of the largest fish in the world, the Mekong giant catfish grows to 10 feet (3 meters).

In the slow-motion depths of Southeast Asia's Mekong River lurks the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish, one of the world's biggest freshwater fish. When biologist Zeb Hogan first spied this shadowy goliath as an exchange student to Thailand in 1997, he knew he had to learn more about them.
Since then, he's branched out and begun studying other huge fish as a biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a National Geographic Explorer. Now, he travels the world to find these beasts as a part of Nat Geo WILD's "River Monsters," which airs on Fridays. The next episode will air tonight (July 19) at 10 o'clock ET.
LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet got Hogan on the phone to hear more about his adventures.
Livescience: What's the biggest fish you've ever seen?
Zeb Hogan: A 15-foot-long [4.6 meters] giant freshwater stingray. I've come across catfish in Southeast Asia that weigh 600 pounds [272 kilograms]. I've seen sturgeon that weigh 500 pounds [227 kg] and are 8 to 9 feet long [2.4 to 2.7 m].
There are about 30 species that weigh at least 200 pounds [91 kg] and are at least 6 to 7 feet long [1.8 to 2.1 m]. I've seen 20 of these species.
LiveScience: What's your favorite fish?
Hogan:  One of my favorites is the Mekong giant catfish. I spent about 10 years trying to tag a live one in the wild. We started trying in 1998 and tagged our first fish in 2007. That speaks to how rare they are. [Photos of the Largest Fish on Earth]
LiveScience: How did you finally tag one?
Hogan: I made friends with fishermen in two areas where they are still caught regularly, in Cambodia and Thailand, on the Mekong River. I made a deal with them that I would buy the fish off of them if they caught one; they would keep it in good condition.
They finally caught one in Thailand and we were there within 15 minutes to put a tag on the fish, and released it.
LiveScience: What's tonight's show about?
Hogan: Green sturgeon. They occur about 100 miles [160 km] from where I live (in Nevada). I doubt anybody has seen them, and very few people know about them. To film one I dove about 30 to 40 feet [9.1 to 12.2 m] down, in a current, and actually found one.
LiveScience: Have you ever felt in danger or had "close calls" with one of these fish?
Hogan: We were working on a project recently with an arapaima, a South American fish that weighed 200 pounds [91 kg]. They have a hard bony head. We were trying to net it. It jumped and hit my colleague in the chest and knocked him back. He couldn't breathe for a while or talk the rest of the day. He thinks he broke his rib.
Some close calls haven't had to do with the fish but being in remote areas. For example, we were in a car crash in Mongolia while we were studying the world's largest trout.[Image Gallery: Freaky Fish]
LiveScience: What's the most endangered fish?

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Hogan: The Chinese paddlefish may be extinct. None have been seen for several years. About 70 percent of large freshwater fish are threatened with extinction, and they are threatened by overfishing, pollution, habitat degradation and dams.
There is a plan to dam the Mekong that's going forward. It's a very serious threat and could conceivably cause the extinction of two of these large fish.
LiveScience: What can people do to help preserve these fish?
Hogan: I'd encourage people to learn more about the rivers and streams near them and donate to conservation organizations.
People in Las Vegas, for example, could encourage their leaders to conserve the fish and waters of the Colorado River, which supplies the city with water.
LiveScience: What's the weirdest of all the fish you've encountered?
Hogan: The American paddlefish is very strange. It has a scale-less, sharklike body and fins and a bulbous fat body. And they have a large, frown-shaped mouth. It feeds like a basking shark, opening its mouth and filtering out plankton. Its paddlelike snout is covered with receptors and it has very small eyes. It's also a very awkward fish, and can't swim well in captivity.
Another one is a goonch. There are rumors of these large predatory catfish feeding on corpses in India. It's an unusual-looking fish with camouflage-looking skin, brown and black, with a slender tail and long, wispy, almost featherlike fins. A full-size one has almost nail-like teeth, up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. Very small,  catlike eyes.
I was snorkeling near the border of India and Nepal and saw one and dove down next to it — it didn't eat me.
LiveScience: Are they easy to approach once you find them? 
Hogan: Every species is different. Some species are very skittish. Others are indifferent, like sturgeon. They are ancient and primitive and you get that sense when you're in the water with them. They don't pay much attention.
Some are curious. Arapaima will come right up to you. It can be a little bit unnerving, a 7- to 8-foot-long fish with a powerful mouth right in front of you — you're not exactly sure what the intention of the fish is.
Baramundi will do the same thing — I've been in water with them and they have a sense for where you're looking. They come up and sit right behind your head — I'll turn around and there's a fish a few inches away.
LiveScience: Is there ever any conflict between you and fishermen, since you are trying to save these fish?
Hogan: Not really. The fish I'm focusing on are critically endangered and extremely rare. For the most part, my experience in Southeast Asia shows that fishermen get it and respect what I'm doing. "We used to catch these all the time," they'd say, and now "we're lucky if we catch one once per year." In Southeast Asia there's also a tradition of sometimes releasing fish back into the river.
LiveScience: What is your proudest career achievement?
Hogan: When I first started this work, I would be in very remote areas, like with fishermen in middle of the night in Cambodia, catching Mekong giant catfish. They were the only ones who saw this fish. Now, millions of people have seen this and other fish like it.
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10 Fish You Should Avoid (and Why) | Yahoo! Health

I know as fisherman we all love to eat fish. Well sometimes the risks of eating a certain type of fish may out weigh the benefits. This is a good solid guide from yahoo health that has some sound guidelines that you can follow when it comes to eating that high protein food. Check it out.

 

10 Fish You Should Avoid (and Why) | Yahoo! Health

Australian firm creates world's first shark-proof wetsuits!

This is some cool stuff. Why hasn't this been created already. Seals are dark colored and every wet suit I have seen up until this point is dark colored. These suits seem to rely on two tactics. The first is camouflage. The second is a biological warning system. Make yourself look like a poisons fish and the shark will not want to touch you. Don't think this works just ask the lion fish.  It has helped them for millions of years. Any way this is very cool stuff. Check it out I have posted the link bellow. Don't forget to follow us! Thanks.


Australian firm creates world's first shark-proof wetsuits

Hundreds of stingrays found dead on Mexican beach!

Why do people do what they do sometimes I will never know. These greedy Mexican fisherman just destroy there oceans ecosystem all in the name of greed. These look like bat rays to me not stingrays but whatever. There is no need to just kill all of them and waste them like this. What the $#@&. I can't stand things like this someone is always constantly exploiting the environment to try to fix there stupid insignificant "problems". Maybe we should just throw the fisherman off there boats instead. What a bunch of jerks. You can follow the link to read the whole story here.http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/hundreds-of-stingrays-found-dead-on-mexican-beach/

Sharks No Match for Invasive Lionfish!

  Will lion fish take over American waterways? They have been a growing problem. They are to the salt water what the Asian carp is to our rivers and lakes. These fish are a serious problem that needs serious attention. They have a huge advantage over any predators that comes in the way of poison spikes on there fins. No wonder the sharks are having a problem with them. Here is what live science has to say about this growing problem. This is a good article.  Do not forget to follow my site via Google plus or e- mail. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

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The eye-catching red lionfish is eating its way through Caribbean reefs, and nothing, not even a toothy shark, seems able to stop the voracious fish, a new study finds.
"Lionfish are here to stay, and it appears that the only way to control them is by fishing them," said researcher John Bruno, professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The research, detailed online July 11 in the journal PLOS ONE, focused on the effect of natural predators, such as sharks and groupers, on the population of two species of red lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) on 71 reefs of the Caribbean over three years. [See Photos of Lionfish & Other Freaky Fish]
The thought was that these predators could keep the invasive lionfish species in check by out-competing them for food or by directly eating the fish, which are covered in venomous spikes.
Result? The red lionfish, which sport striking rust-colored lines on their bodies and a fan of soft, waving fins, seem to pay no attention to such predators. "Our results suggest that interactions with native predators do not influence the colonization or post-establishment population density of invasive lionfish on Caribbean reefs," Bruno and his colleagues write.

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Lionfish, native to the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean, have made big splashes in the news recently, as they invade "foreign" seas, including parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean. Humans first introduced them to the Atlantic — their good looks make them popular aquarium fish. In their new homes, they have no real predators, a fact strengthened by the new study.
"When I began diving 10 years ago, lionfish were a rare and mysterious species seen deep within coral crevices in the Pacific Ocean," said study lead author Serena Hackerott, a master's student in marine sciences at UNC. "They can now been seen across the Caribbean, hovering above the reefs throughout the day and gathering in groups of up to ten or more on a single coral head."
To keep the lionfish from decimating reef fish, in Florida and the Bahamas, authorities have even organized fishing derbies.
In the new study, the researchers found lionfish numbers were lower in reefs where managers removed the lionfish daily. And while the researchers support restoration of large-reef predators to keep the invasive lionfish in check, they aren't optimistic about the outcome.
"Active and direct management, perhaps in the form of sustained culling, appears to be essential to curbing local lionfish abundance and efforts to promote such activities should be encouraged," they wrote in the PLOS ONE paper.
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Fish beats man and breaks his rod!

That fish is totally owning this guy. It ever breaks his rod this is crazy!!! Very funny

Swimming with the sharks of La Jolla!?

 I guess these guys want to include themselves as bait. Crazy if you ask me. What do you think?

 

 

Swimming with the sharks of La Jolla

By JOHN MARSHALL | Associated Press – Mon, Jul 8, 2013 2:41 PM EDT

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LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — Just beyond the breakers at La Jolla Shores Beach, hundreds of dark figures cruise through the sandy shallows like a scene in a horror movie.

In most cases, the sight of one shark, much less hundreds, would spark panic.
The leopard sharks of La Jolla induce a different response.
Instead of racing toward shore, visitors here head out toward the deeper water to get a closer look.
And for those who get the chance to swim with the sharks, the experience is unforgettable.
"I've been doing it for years and I still go out and swim with them," said Ezekiel Morphis of HBK Sports, which offers kayaking and snorkeling tours with the sharks. "I think it's awesome."
The leopard sharks come close to shore from June to early December, peaking between August and September, when hundreds congregate along a small stretch of this beach north of San Diego.
The sharks are mostly pregnant females and juveniles are rarely seen, so scientists believe they gather here to help with the gestation process.

Because of a submarine canyon just offshore, the waves at La Jolla Shores tend to be smaller, which keeps the colder water of the deep from mixing with the warmer water of the shallows. With the small waves and warm water, it becomes a perfect place for the cold-blooded leopard sharks to hang out before giving birth someplace else.

"What these females are essentially doing is incubating," said Andrew Nosal, a postdoctoral researcher at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. "They've developing embryos like a mother bird would sit on the eggs to keep them to warm."

That's all interesting, but we know what you're thinking: Isn't it dangerous to swim with sharks in the open ocean?
No, at least not with these sharks.
Leopard sharks, unlike larger, fear-inducing species like the great white, are non-aggressive and actually a bit timid, darting away whenever there's a commotion in the water.
Leopard sharks also have small mouths and teeth — they feed on crustaceans, shrimp and bony fish — so even if they did bite, it wouldn't cause nearly as much damage as some of the larger fish swimming around.
It's still the ocean, though, so there's always the chance larger sharks might come in to feed, but attacks on leopard sharks near La Jolla are almost unheard of.
"There's always a small risk of danger when you swim with animals," Nosal said. "But leopard sharks are generally non-aggressive. They're actually quit skittish and can be quite difficult for snorkelers to approach. The best way to swim with these animals is to float because kicking or any kind of noise tends to scare them away."
Despite knowing the sharks are docile, it still can be a bit unsettling on the first encounter, even for the adventurously inclined.
On days with calm winds and waves, the water is exceptionally clear, making it easy to see the distinctive dark stripes and spots on the backs of the sharks as they swim around people's legs or underneath those who are floating on the surface or in kayaks.
When the water gets rougher, the sand and seaweed stir and swirl around, sometimes dropping the visibility to a few feet (meters). The cloudy water creates an eerie underwater scene, the shadowy figures of the leopard sharks that reach up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) long seeming to appear out of nowhere and disappearing just as quickly.
Clear water or not, the reaction for first-timers hits a wide spectrum.
"We get everything from not much reaction to absolute terror to absolute elation," Morphis said. "I think people have a lot of interesting views on sharks whether they've been educated that they're fairly harmless or not."
Whatever fear people might have usually doesn't last long.
After a few minutes of watching sharks swim around their legs or below them, the fear is usually taken over by amazement, almost a feeling of one with nature as these majestic animals cruise around in the open ocean.
"I like to think of leopard sharks as a friendly ambassador for sharks in general," Nosal said. "It's a really great way for people to overcome their fear of sharks, to see that not all species are potentially dangerous, that this one really is harmless, yet they really do look like sharks. These are not rinky-dink animals. They look like sharks, they're rather large and to see so many at one site is really impressive. I've been out there and been surrounded by easily 50 of these animals at once and it's very impressive."
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If You Go...

LEOPARD SHARKS IN LA JOLLA: Prime viewing season for leopard sharks at La Jolla Shores Beach, located north of San Diego, peaks between August and September. From downtown San Diego, take Intrastate 5 north to the Highway 52/La Jolla Parkway exit. Follow La Jolla Parkway west until it merges with Torrey Pines Road, then go north on La Jolla Shores Drive. Turn left on Calle Frescota, which dead ends into La Jolla Shores Park. There is a public parking lot or you can park on the residential streets above the beach. The prime spot for the sharks is in front of the Marine Room restaurant at La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.

BIRCH AQUARIUM: http://aquarium.ucsd.edu

HBK SPORTS: http://www.hikebikekayak.com

Huge world record Bass!!!

Dinosaur fish!!!! What the @#$%!!!

Here is a video of alligator gar these things are truly living dinosaurs!!!

World largest catfish!!! This thing is huge!! Over 600lbs!!

Asian carp invade Mississippi waterways!!!

This fish is invading our water ways and threatening to destroy our ecosystem!!! We have to find a solution to this problem before it is too late!!!

Man Swallowed by catfish while noodling!!!!Crazy!!

Man Swallowed by catfish while noodling!!!! This is crazy!!!

Cheerleader, 19, wrestles in a 72-pound catfish with her bare hands to win noodling competition

Former Texas cheerleader, 19, wrestles in a 72-pound catfish with her bare hands to win noodling competition

Lucy Millsap of Lake Tawakoni, who won this year's Okie Noodling Festival, has been practicing the sport since she was just 5. The fiery brunette revealed a colossal catch outweighing the 200 competitors

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Draw-dropping doesn't even begin to cover it.
A 19-year-old former Texas cheerleader has been named champion of Oklahoma's 14th annual Okie Noodling Festival after wrestling in a 72-pound catfish with her bare hands.
Marching on stage in a pink tank-top and cowboy boots with a massive catfish wriggling over her shoulder, Lucy Millsap of Lake Tawakoni, Texas, turned more than a few heads Saturday.
Slapping the fish on a scale, the fiery brunette revealed a catch outweighing the day's other 200 competitors’, which earned her a check for $1,500 and made her the first woman to win the competition's Big Fish category.
"My dad asked me if I wanted to fish in the women's division, and I said, 'Heck no.' I don't want to fish in the women's division. I want to beat the men," Millsap, a self-described "daddy's girl," told NewsOK after her big win.

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The colossal catch earned the former high school cheerleader a mutually enormous check for $1,500.

As the competition's rules go, each contestant was given 24 hours to "noodle" a fish — no bait, hooks or nets allowed — and bring it back to the Pauls Valley weighing station no later than 6pm.
It was Millsap's first competition, she said, though she's been noodling since she was just 5 years old.
Today she's also a proud member of the Bare Knuckle Babes, a group that showcases stunning women like herself in the sport.
"There's nothing like a catfish latching onto your hand and taking it with him. You don't have to look for him; he finds you. That's the best part," Millsap told NewsOK of the sport.
When Millsap pulled into the festival's parking lot Saturday afternoon with her dusty pickup truck carrying a red tub sloshing in its bed, she emitted an air of confidence. She had this.

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This was Millsap's first noodling competition though she says she's been doing it since she was only 5-years old, with this picture showing one of her earlier catches.

Only hours earlier, around 3 that morning, Millsap said she wrestled in her mighty catch, which is fittingly nicknamed "dinner," from the waters of Lake Texoma.
It's those late-night excursions that especially thrill and get the 19-year-old going, she said, after first practicing the sport under the cover of darkness when noodling was illegal in Texas.
Another competitor described the sport Saturday as a "romantic way" to interact with nature.
It's more than a challenging sport, said Millsap, who has had trips to the emergency room for injuries stemming from rusty nails in the water.
"If she's not noodling, she's fishing for crappie, getting muddy on a four wheeler, getting warm by a campfire and listening to Texas Country," her Bare Knuckle Babes profile reads.
"'If you like your food burnt put me in the kitchen,'" she added to the website.
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Man catches 200-year-old, 40-pound fish!!! Amazing!!!

Man catches 200-year-old, 40-pound fish

Henry Liebman holds his record-setting rockfish (AP)

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A fisherman in Alaska took home a catch for the ages recently when he reeled in a 40-pound shortraker rockfish that experts believe is at least 200 years old.
The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported that Henry Liebman of Seattle was deep-sea fishing off the coast of Alaska on June 21 when he hooked the record-setting shortraker fish from a depth of approximately 900 feet.
“I knew it was abnormally big (but I) didn’t know it was a record until on the way back we looked in the Alaska guide book that was on the boat,” Liebman told the paper.
Shortrakers, which have hues of orange, pink or red on top of their white bodies, are one of the most commonly sought fish in Alaska and can live at depths of more than 2,500 feet.
Troy Tidingco, Sitka area manager for the state Department of Fish and Game, said the fish is still being analyzed but he believes it is at least 200 years old. Tidingco said that would beat the current record of 175 years. Researchers are able to determine the age of a shortraker by the number of growth rings along its ear bone.
However, a previously caught rougheye rockfish, similar to the shortraker, was believed to have been 205 years old. Still, Tydingco said that record-setting fish “was quite a bit smaller” than the 41-inch specimen Liebman caught.
In 2007, a commercial fisherman caught a similarly sized rockfish that turned out to be 115 years old. Amazingly, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association say that fish was still fertile at the time of its capture. "The belly was large," NOAA researcher Paul Spencer told The Associated Press. "The ovaries were full of developing embryos."
Liebman told the paper he plans to have the fish mounted back home in Seattle, but he did provide the Alaska Department of Fish and Game with a sample so its age could be determined.
Tidingco noted that if the fish is actually as old as believed, it would easily predate the Alaska Purchase in 1867.
Scientists say they still don't fully understand animal longevity. Normally, smaller animals tend to outlive larger ones, though that does not necessarily appear to be true with the rockfish. The oldest known animal on record was a clam believed to have been 400-years-old.

Man in Australia has a trained attack/Guard fish!!!!

Don't come by this guys place or his fish will protect him !!!!

Man catches fish longer than him !!!

This guy catches a wells catfish much longer than him. Good job. That takes some skill especially to get that large of a fish in the boat.

Woman free dives with great white sharks !!!! Crazy!!

Someone needs to tell her that is no dolphin!!! What a crazy thing to do!! I guess dinner is served :)

The most gluttonous fish ever!!!

This is a video of the most gluttonous fish ever. What a crazy thing to see this was definitely a crazy situation that unfolded. the two fish are almost the same size. This just proves that large mouth bass are just eating machines!! Check it out!

Enormous New Zealand brown trout is possibly a world record!!!

'It looked to me like a submarine,' angler says

March 28, 2013 by Pete Thomas

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Otwin Kandolf said the brown trout he caught recently in New Zealand looked like a submarine because it was so long and abnormally fat. The behemoth, caught in a canal near a salmon farm, weighed 42 pounds, 1 ounce. It’s the heaviest brown trout ever caught in New Zealand and could land Kandolf in the book of world records.

Images of record brown trout caught in New Zealand are screen grabs from Channel 3 News. At 42 pounds, 1 ounce, it’s the heaviest trout caught in New Zealand and could become a world record.

The weigh-in can be viewed here, via Channel 3 News.
“I just couldn’t believe it. It looked to me like a submarine,” Kandolf told the news station. “Very ugly, small head, big belly … Just amazing.”
The Channel 3 News report states that the fish is three pounds short of the world record. However, that report is erroneous as the International Game Fish Association, which keeps world records, lists a 41-pound, 8-ounce brown trout as the all-tackle world record.
That specimen was pulled from Lake Michigan in 2010.
If Kandolf submits his catch to the IGFA, and it’s approved, Kandolf will be recognized as the world-record holder.
[Related: The biggest fish ever caught from a kayak.]
The trout measured 36.6 inches long and 10.6 inches wide. Apparently it got so plump, and heavy, by feeding on pellets that drifted downstream from the salmon farm.
Kandolf plans to have the catch mounted to hang on his wall.

Crazy carps!!!

This is an extremely easy way to fish. The fish actually jump into your boat. When carps get startled they jump out of the water and often times land in the boat. Check it out!!

Girl catches large fish while juging!!

This is a not so new video but it is a good one. A girl catches a good sized fish while jugging. It is an interesting twist on traditional fishing.

How to make home made catfish chum!!

This is a video tutorial of how to make cat fish chum. It is not terribly complicated but it is a question that some people have had. Check it out.

Man gets fish stolen of his line!!!

This video is funny. This poor guy is all excited to get his fish and there goes his fish and his net!!!! Maybe you should fish were you don't have to worry about competition. Out smarted by an animal that must hurt?

40 lbs. Barracuda jumps into fishing boat!!! Crazy!!

I decided to post a video of the week for all the readers on the blog between stories and fishing tips. If you have any ideas or suggestions feel free to let me know. If you have a video in mind that you think would be good pleases let me know. Thanks.

Asian carp spawning areas wider than expected!!!

 By JOHN FLESHER | Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Asian carp are reproducing in more places and under more varied conditions than experts had believed they could, yet another reason to worry about the greedy invader's potential to infest waterways and crowd out native species, scientists said Tuesday.

Several varieties of carp imported from Asia have migrated steadily northward in the Mississippi River and its tributaries since escaping from Southern fish farms and sewage treatment ponds in the 1970s. They've been spotted in more than two dozen states. Bighead and silver carp gobble enormous volumes of plankton, a crucial link in the aquatic food chain, while silver carp sometimes collide with boaters by hurtling from the water when startled.

Research based largely on data from their homeland has indicated the carp can spawn successfully only under the right circumstances, including temperatures of about 70 degrees and long stretches of continuously flowing water where fertilized eggs can drift while incubating. But a study led by Reuben Goforth of Purdue University has found their eggs in places that previously were considered unsuitable.

"We need to recognize that these species have greater flexibility ... than perhaps we originally thought, so we probably need to be prepared for them to become established in a wider range of ecosystems than we originally expected," Goforth said in a telephone interview.

The findings are particularly sobering for the Great Lakes, where scientists say the carp could threaten the $7 billion fishing industry if they spread widely. None are known to have reached the lakes, although their DNA has been found in Lake Erie and in Chicago waterways a short distance from Lake Michigan. A federal study last year identified three rivers that flow into Lake Erie as good candidates for Asian carp nurseries.
Goforth, an assistant professor of forestry and natural resources, said he and his colleagues focused their study on the Wabash River in Indiana. Authorities have built a fence in the Fort Wayne area to prevent the carp from migrating from the Wabash to the headwaters of the Maumee River, a Lake Erie tributary regarded as ideal spawning habitat.
The Purdue team, assisted by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey, collected water samples containing Asian carp eggs in 2011 from sections of the river that were much shallower and narrower than had been considered necessary for spawning, Goforth said. Some were found 50 miles upstream from known spawning areas.
Another surprise was the discovery of drifting eggs as late as September, contrary to previous belief that the spawning season ends in July.
"What's particularly interesting to me is that they're showing more flexibility here than in their native range," Goforth said. Ironically, while Asian carp are spreading rapidly in the U.S., they're declining in China, where dam projects are reducing their habitat.
Further research is needed to determine whether eggs laid in more remote stretches of the river are surviving to adulthood, he said.
Duane Chapman, a USGS research fisheries biologist and Asian carp expert who didn't participate in the Purdue study, said the new findings were important because Asian carp have been widely regarded as "large river spawners."
The Wabash is "probably the smallest river in which we are aware of Asian carp spawning," Chapman said. "One of the big questions we're dealing with, particularly in the Great Lakes, is which tributaries might be potential spawning sites or what reservoirs are potentially at risk ... and how far upriver it goes."

Shallow water = Big fish!!

I know when you go out to fish you always have this nagging desire to go to the deepest waters possible. It is natural to think that the biggest fish will be lurking in the deep. Right? Well sometimes this is completely wrong. I just caught a five pound tilapia in about two feet of water just the other day. You would never thing that this huge fish came from such shallow water. But it did. So do not count out an area simply because it is not deep enough for what you think is deep enough. Just after catching this fish I actually stopped and thought about this a little more and I realized that most of the truly large fish that I have caught where in relatively shallow water not deep waters.  So don't limit yourself by sticking to the same deep areas. You should hit them all. Good luck and happy fishing.

Fish and Game rules make good sense!!!

You might sit here and ask yourself why there are so many fish and game rules? Well I know you know this is coming but the rules are there for a very important reason. They keep the fish around. Just imagine if there were no rules. There would be entire fish species going extinct due to extreme over fishing. Then no body would be able to enjoy fishing because there would be no fish to catch. Not to long ago here in Florida they had a ban on fishing for red snapper all together because of something just like this. The fish was being over fished and the population was extremely low. So for the entire season you were not allowed to catch any red snapper. What a bummer. I like to practice catch and release most of the time anyway. But I do like to keep my freezer stocked with various kinds of fish. I am not greedy once I have enough then I just continue with catch and release regardless of the fishes size. It kills me to see these people who will go and just catch and keep anything that bites there hook no matter the size, species or what ever. They are ruining it for the rest of us. So use some common sense and don't be greedy!!! Good luck and happy fishing!!

Salmon fishing basics

Salmon Fishing Salmon is the usual name for assorted species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Various other fish in the same family are called trout ; the divergence is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are nonmigratory, but this differentiation does not strictly hold true. Salmon live along the sea coasts of both the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and have also been inserted into the Great Lakes of North America. Salmon are intensively created in aquaculture in many parts of the world. Generally, salmon are birthed in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to procreate. However, there are populations of various species that are cut back to fresh water through their life. Folklore has it that the fish coming back to the exact spot where they were birthed to engender; tracking written reports have shown this to be true, and this homing behavior has been shown to depend on a variety of factors. Use a lure that has color and a green one is a solid choice. Greens, blues and blacks show up best in deep waters with any color working in the first fifty feet. Use flashers or rattle plugs to create sound and add scent to your lure. Sharp hooks and quality bait will also do the trick. salmon fish

Fishing for walleye

Walleye is a freshwater fish native to the majority of of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relation of the European pike perch. The walleye is often also called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the blue walleye, which happens to be an extinct subspecies at one time seen in the southern Great Lakes. Genetically, walleyes show a just amount of fluctuation across watersheds. Generally, fish within a watershed are rather alike and are genetically distinguishable from those of next watersheds. The species has been unnaturally spread for over a century and has been planted on top of existing populations or presented into bodies of water naturally destitute of the species, often reducing the overall genetic difference. Second only to the largemouth bass, the walleye is a favorite for anglers in North America. Not only do they put up a solid fight, they are great to eat fresh out of the pan. Walleye Fishing Equipment Walleye fishing consists of three items the rod, reel and line. Knowing the right equipment and lures to use will pay off in quantity and quality of fish, making fishing much more fun and enjoyable. A spinning rod and reel is the first part in the equipment process. This type of rod will allow you to work both jigs and light cranks. A medium action graphite rod between six or seven feet long is the right choice, add a quality spinning reel with eight or ten pound test line and you are ready to go.