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6 years ago today, Hector Brito set the new IGFA All-Tackle World Record with this huge 2.61-kilogram (5-pound, 12-ounce) redear sunfish! 🐟The record fish ate a nightcrawler that Hector was fishing with in Lake Havasu, Arizona. This catch defeated the previous record by 4-ounces, which was also caught in Lake Havasu! 🥇
Rod: Shakespeare Fishing
Reel: Shimano North America Fishing
Line: Trilene by Berkley Fishing
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It has been 7 years since Thomas Gibson set the IGFA All-Tackle and Men’s 60-kg (130 lb) Line Class World Records with this beast of a Guinean barracuda. Tom was trolling a Rapala CD 18 off of Barra du Kwanza, Angola 🇦🇴, and landed the 46.4-kilogram (102-pound, 4-ounce) cuda’ after a 10-minute fight. The fish measured in at nearly 6.5’ in length with a 27” girth and bested the previous record by Just 1-pound and 1-ounce 🏆.
Rod: Shimano North America Fishing
Reel: Fin-Nor
Line: Ande Monofilament
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16 years ago today, Maddalena Martinengo set the IGFA Women’s 60-kg (130 lb) Line Class World Record with this massive 91.8-kilogram (202-pound, 6-ounce) dogtooth tuna 🎣. She was trolling live rainbow runners around Latham Island, Tanzania 🇹🇿, and landed the fish after a 15-minute fight. The bite was described as hot with baits lasting less than 10-minutes and every fish coming up between 80-100 kilograms. These are the days on the water we dream of 🙌🏼!
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