You can search all IGFA World Records for freshwater and saltwater fishes in All-TackleLine Class, All-Tackle Length for male, female and junior anglers. South Canterbury could be home to another world-record catch, after Bluch caught the massive rainbow trout on just a 2kg tippet at Lake Ruataniwha earlier this month. An 83 pound Lake Trout was pulled out of Great Bear Lake, a fish that would’ve broken the existing world record by a whopping 11 pounds. Use the search form above to find fishing world records for freshwater fish, saltwater fish, and more. The Konrad brothers aren't just trout anglers, though. In 2009, Sean boated an amazing 48-pound, all-tackle, world-record rainbow. Get this: the record it would beat was his brother's 43-pound, 10-ounce rainbow caught in 2007. Coincidentally, that world record Lake Trout was also caught in Great Bear Lake, the same place the fish at the center of this story was caught. man caught world record fish with his bare hands before eating it. –Images courtesy of Erik Poland. Fishing World Records. list as the all-tackle world record a 72-pound lake trout caught in Great Bear Lake in Canada’s Northern Territories in 1995. Pretest your fishing line, whether braid or monofilament, for potential world record attempts. In the late-night darkness of Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, resident Sean Konrad boated what is now awaiting certification as the new all-tackle world-record rainbow trout. IGFA World Records. Yes, that big fish that Mark Adams caught July 25, initially identified as a rainbow trout, turns out to be a cutbow hybrid trout, which is a mix of a cutthroat and rainbow trout. The IGFA maintains the World Records for all species of game fish. This 42.1lb (19.1kg) brown trout made Tauranga angler Otwin Kandolf a world record holder in 2013. The International Game Fish Assn. B.C. Search for the biggest fish in the International Game Fish Association's database of biggest fish for each species. The brothers have a YouTube channel, aptly named Fishing Geeks, where they have several videos of these fish and others.