By Chad Love

Remember Kenny Files, the Maryland teenager who recently caught a record muskie. Well, here's yet another teenager catching yet another monster muskie, this time in Minnesota.

From this story in the Rapid City Journal:
George Eccarius had been waiting most of his 14-year-old life for his “once-in-a-lifetime” catch..."So don’t scoff when you hear the big fish story about how George caught a 51-inch muskellunge at Leech Lake in north central Minnesota early last month. After all, he’s been waiting for it. “The guide helping us was hooting and hollering, because he’s excited we caught such a big fish,” George said. “My Dad was really happy for me, like he always is. I didn’t express anything as much as shock. It looked a lot different outside of the water.” The catch came late in the day on Aug. 8.

By Chad Love

Field Notes readers may recall a recent blog post about the burgeoning popularity among urban bar dwellers of a video game called Big Buck Hunter.

And while it may well be merely a fad, it's a fad that recently awarded some serious coin at the (we're not making this up) Big Buck Hunter World Championship, held at some bar in Chicago...

From this story on timeoutchicago.com:
Never has pointing plastic guns at a screen been more competitive than at the Big Buck Hunter World Championship, which took over the Cubby Bear in Wrigleyville on Saturday. Nick Robbins of Inver Grove Heights, MN took home the top prize of $15,000 while Sara Erlandson of Beldenville, WI won the first-ever ladies tournament.

By David Maccar

In May we reported that billionaire 20-something and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was determined to hunt and kill his own meat in an effort to live a healthier lifestyle. Now, it looks like he’s made good on his word and stocked his freezer with some bison meat.

From this story on mashable.com:

Keeping with his commitment to only eat what he kills, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shot and killed a bison for food.

The answer is apparently yes, he did kill a bison. According to Fortune, Zuckerberg recently obtained a hunting license and killed the bison now featured on his Facebook Timeline.

By David Maccar

The actual weight of this huge blue marlin caught off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is still up for debate. But after a 28-hour fight to land the behemoth, the tale of the catch is nothing short of amazing.

From this story on petethomasoutdoors.com:  
Some reports stated that a blue marlin landed Sunday is the largest billfish ever caught off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, weighing an eye-popping 1,213 pounds. Others claimed the behemoth fell short of "grander" status, weighing only 972 pounds on a marina scale.

Whatever the weight of the billfish, it was an extraordinary catch, especially considering that the struggle to land the behemoth played out for nearly 28 hours, giving this yarn a Hemingway quality that seems more like fiction than fact.