Fishing Saltwater Fishing Striped Bass Fishing Recent Pending Record Fish From the IGFA By Online Editors | Published Feb 26, 2010 7:01 PM EST Fishing **Frank Bluch Corio, Victoria Arctic Char 2-Pound Tippet Record ** Weight: 7 lb. 12 oz. The Lowdown: Fly fishing in Canada's Coppermine River, Bluch and took 18 minutes to carefully play the fish that beats the former record by exactly one pound. Fly Used: Sparkle Bugger. SHARE **Masakazu Taniwaki Sanbu-Gun, China Asian Yellowtail All-Tackle World-Record ** Weight: 109 lb. 2 oz. The Lowdown: This fish caught off Okinawa, Japan, may best the current all-tackle record by over 50 pounds. Taniwaki beat the yellowtail in 12 minutes. Lure Used: Pencil Bait **Nicole Lund Springfield, Queensland King Threadfin Female Junior Record ** Weight: 19 lb. 4 oz. The Lowdown: Young Nicole had this king threadfin landed in eight minutes. She hooked it in Australia’s Brisbane River. Bait Used: Live Gar Katherine Randup Tauranga, New Zealand Pacific Bluefin Tuna 130-pound Line-Class Record Weight: 619 lb. 7 oz. The Lowdown: It took Randaup 33 minutes to best this beast of a tuna while fishing over New Zealand’s Hokitika Trench. Bait Used: Hoki **James B. Wise M.D Oklahoma City, OK Sorubim 80-Pound Line-Class Record ** Weight: 97 lb. 1 oz. The Lowdown: Wise pulled this heavy specimen from Argentina’s Rio Parana, and after a few photographs and documentation, released it to swim another day. Lure Used: Cucu Trolling Lure **Maureen Klause Ocean City, NJ Striped Bass 2-Pound Line-Class Record ** Weight: 23 lb. 8 oz. The Lowdown: It took 45 minutes of careful finesse for Klause to land this striper on such light line in Delaware Bay. Bait Used: Bunker Chunk Donna Narcizo Newport Beach, Calif. California Corbina 20-Pound Line-Class Record The Lowdown: With the record currently vacant, Narcizo hopes to step in. Bait Used: Innkeeper Worm Andriano Garhantini Rosegg Austria Grayling Weight: 4 lb. 12 oz The Lowdown: Garhantini caught this fish in the Steinfield River. ******Jorge Massulo de Aguiar** Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Speckled Peacock 16-pound Tippet Record Weight: 25 lb. 2 oz. The Lowdown: Massulo de Aguiar wrestled with this fish for 12 minutes before finally landing it. Jeff Storm Harkavy Coral Springs, Fla. Pacific Barracuda 6-Pound Tippet Record Weight: 7 lb.** The Lowdown:** Harkavy landed the fish after eight minutes while fishing Golflito, Costa Rica.** ** Richard C. Keatley Norfolk, Va. Striped Bass 20-Pound Tippet Record Weight: 51 lb. 5 oz.** The Lowdown:** Keatley, while fishing Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, fought with this fish for 30 minutes before he landed it.** Fly Used:** Clouser Minnow Fly Dotty Ballantyne Bozeman, Mont. Jack Crevalle 2-Pound Tippet Record Weight: 3 lb. 1 oz. The Lowdown: After almost an hour Ballantyne brought in this fish, breaking her own record. Stan Nabonzy The Woodlands, Texas Comizo Hybrid Barbel All-Tackle Record Weight: 15 lb. 5 oz. The Lowdown: After documenting and photographing the catch, Nabonzy let the fish swim along. Bait Used: Corn and Halibut Pellets Rhyss Whittred Landsdale, Wash. Samsonfish 16-Pound Line-Class Record Weight: 65 lb. 9 oz. The Lowdown: Whittred used a jig to attract this fish — after half an hour, it was in the boat. Ashley Stout Reno, Nev. Cutthroat Trout Female Smallfry Record Weight: 9 lb. 0 oz. The Lowdown: Stout reeled in this prize in a about five minutes while fishing Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Reinhold Schwarzwaelder Biblis, Germany Leerfish 50-Pound Class-Line Record Weight: 48 lb. 8 oz. The Lowdown: Schwarzwaelder caught this fine specimen while fishing in Spain’s Delta de Ebro. Bait Used: Mullet Emiko Ihara Chiba, Japan Japanese Parrotperch 50-Pound Class-Line Record Weight: 7 lb. 14 oz.** The Lowdown:** After documenting her catch, Ihara released the fish. Bait Used: Sea Urchin Jennifer Mugrauer Jesup, Ga. Black Drum 30-Pound Class-Line Record Weight: 48 lb. 8 oz. The Lowdown: Mugrauer landed this massive fish off the coast of Georgia. Bait Used: Squid Freshwater Fishing Saltwater Fishing Striped Bass Fishing Trout Fishing Walleye Fishing