Mauritius, Japan, Columbia, Mexico, New Zealand, Brazil are some of the fishing venues of this month’s potential new records as International Game Fish Association World Records Coordinator Rebecca Wright updates us with ten recreational fish catches now before the world records committee.
Guided by Adolfo Martinez Purada, while fishing Cano Bocon, Colombia, on January 28, Alejandro Linares, of Medellin, Colombia, landed a orinoco peacock (Cichla orinocensis) weighing 3.63 kg (8 lb 0 oz) using a Mepps Spinner tied to 6 kg (12 lb) line. The current IGFA record is 6 lb 8 oz (2.95 kg) caught from Masparro Lake in Venezuela, Oct. 2008.
Fishing Minamiboso, Japan, Muneaki Hayashi of Chiba, Japan, and using 15 kg (30 lb) class line, landed a blackfin seabass (Lateolabrax latus) on Feb. 26, weighing 8.8 kg (19 lb 6 oz). The current IGFA men’ line class record is 19 lb 2 oz ( 8.7 kg) caught from Shirahama, Chiba, Japan two years ago.
Using a clouser pattern while fly fishing Puerto Lopez Mateos, Mexico, on Feb. 20, Lance Erik Peterson, Port Angeles, Wash., USA, landed a broomtail grouper (Mycteroperca xenarcha) weighing 2.27 kg (5 lb 0 oz) on 10 kg (20 lb) tippet. The men’s tippet record for the recently added species to the IGFA World Record Game Fishes Book is currently vacant.
While fishing the Rio Inirida Tributary in Colombia, Venezuela angler Antonio Campa G., of Valencia Carabobo, landed a speckled peacock (Cichla temensis) on January 26, weighing 9.98 kg (22 lb 0 oz) using a Caribe lure on 4 kg (8 lb) class line. He was guided by Capt. Sergio Toro in his 25 minute fight of the fish. The current IGFA record is 20 lb 3 oz (9.18 kg) pulled from the Jatapa River, Amazonas, Brazil 18 years ago.
By: Pete Johnson / Johnson Communications
