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 ...

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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 ...