Record-breaking fish: Huge catches that made headlines in 2022

Record-breaking fish: Huge catches that made headlines in 2022
0 0 votes
Article Rating

Fishing tournaments may be exciting …

Yet the record-breaking catches that are caught by unsuspecting recreational anglers are moments that could inspire new fishing hobbyists and professionals for years to come.

As 2022 nears its end, here are 10 fishing records that made headlines.

Check out this list. 

Boramy, a stingray that was found to be the world’s largest freshwater fish, weighed 661 pounds in June 2022. She was measured and tagged before she was released back into the Mekong River of northern Cambodia.
(Sinsamout Ounboundisane/FISHBIO/Handout via REUTERS)

A group of fishermen caught a 661-pound freshwater stingray in the Mekong River of northern Cambodia on June 13, according to Reuters.

MINNESOTA MAN’S RECORD-BREAKING FISH CERTIFIED MONTHS AFTER CATCH AND RELEASE: ‘STILL OUT THERE’

The 13-foot-long stingray was reportedly named Boramy (meaning “full moon” in Khmer) by locals, and she was deemed the world’s largest freshwater fish by Guinness World Records.

Matt Smiley, an angler from Lake City, Colorado, holds up his record-breaking brook trout, which he caught from Waterdog Lake on Oct. 8, 2022.

View Original Article

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x
FishRook
Logo