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Ice fishing alone on a pond in Rhode Island, Zachary Taylor landed a huge trout and exclaimed, “I think I got the state record, baby!”

Species Spotlight: Northern Pike Scientific Name: Esox lucius Nicknames: Gator, Hammer Handle, Water Wolf Current State Record: 46 lbs. 2 oz., Great Sacandaga Lake (Fulton County), 9/15/40 Identification: elongated, torpedo-shaped body with light bean-shaped spots on dark background. The cheek and upper half of gill cover are scaled (this variation changes for each member of the Pike family). Where […]

Anthony Burke caught a 14-pound, 3.6-ounce burbot to shatter the previous record by nearly three pounds.

Eric Allee was targeting bass when he reeled in perhaps the largest crappie ever caught in the state.

The Maryland fisherman had to send a photo of his catch to his friends to figure out what it was, officials said.

Lots of angling records were broken in 2023. Here are five of the most impressive catches

Michael John Drake becomes the fourth West Virginia angler to establish a blue catfish state record in as many years.

Anthony Rozniak was fishing for catfish with his brother on the Missouri River earlier this month when he made a lucky catch.

‘I hate to cancel our fishing trip, but we got a state record! We got to go!’”

A St. Peters man reeled in a state-record-matching fish from the Missouri River earlier this month.