
As luck would have it, that day in 1932 was good enough to put him in the history books.

Perry was not a competitive sport angler, rather just a man enjoying time on the water trying to feed his family. According to legend, Perry fed his family of 6 for two days using the single fish alone. Many people were skeptical of the record because no pictures were found, until 2006 when Perry’s descendants produced the picture below. The fish was 22 pounds and 4 ounces, good enough for a world record which still stands today.

BassĪlmost 100 years ago, George Perry hooked an astonishing Largemouth Bass in Lake Montgomery, Georgia. Anderson’s rod and reel salmon record is a world record that still stands today. He rushed the fish to a scale in town before it dried out, where locals were shocked to see it weighed in at 97 pounds. The King Salmon nearly overpowered Anderson’s small boat, but he masterfully guided it to the shore and landed the fish. 68 year old auto dealer Les Anderson was fishing the Kenai River in May 1985 when he hooked onto the fight of his life. SalmonĬhinook Salmon in Alaska are a target species for many anglers, and the subject of many fishing trips. He was using a heavy tackle with chicken as bait, and after a lengthy battle with the cat he finally pulled it ashore. It was 4.75 feed long, and heavy enough that it took Anderson 45 minutes to land. The 143 pound monster was hauled in by local angler Richard Nicholas Anderson in 2011. The largest was a Blue Catfish caught in Kerr Lake, Virginia. CatfishĬatfish grow astronomically large, and are found in almost every freshwater lake in America. Back then there were over a million sturgeon in the Great Lakes region, though over fishing and pollution has reduced the population to about 30,000 in that area. They estimate that the sturgeon was born in the Detroit River sometime in the 1920’s, though it could be even older. After pulling the monster to the surface, it took about 10 minutes to net and land the behemoth. The three scientists had 5 lines in the water near Grosse Isle when they felt a slight tug. Fish & Wildlife crew on the Detroit River pulled up a 240 pound sturgeon, measuring 6’10 long and almost 4 feet in girth.
