French angler Anthony Guenec potentially set the new men’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class world record for cobia (Rachycentron canadum) with this massive 42-kilogram (92-pound 9-ounce) fish that he caught on March 5, 2018 while fly fishing off the Bijagos Islands in Guinea Bissau. How big can a cobia fish get? Cobia are the … Read more
On August 5, 2020, IGFA Representative, Paolo Pacchiarini caught this incredible 19.50-kilogram (43-pound) northern pike to set the new IGFA Men’s 10-kg (20 lb) tippet class world record . Paolo was fly fishing in Centro Cadore Lake, Italy and landed and released the record pike after a 10-minute fight. How big can pike get? What … Read more
McCormack’s Smallmouth Bass Fast forward a couple months on August 6, 2020, he set the new IGFA Men’s 4-kg (8 lb) Tippet Class World Record with a 2.58-kilogram (5-pound, 11-ounce) smallmouth. Just five days later he beat his own record with this incredible 3.66-kilogram (8-pound, 1-ounce) smallmouth bass. What size is a big smallmouth bass? … Read more