The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced that multiple state fishing records have been broken as the 2026 fishing season heats up. The new records highlight the exceptional fishing opportunities available across the state as anglers head into … Continued
A new Ohio state record hybrid crappie was caught in April by Ohio angler Jesse Miller. The record setting fish had a length of 18.3, girth of 16 inches, and weighed 4.27 pounds. Miller’s fish marks the first entry into … Continued
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) recently announced that Matt Born of Reedsville, West Virginia, caught a new state record chain pickerel. Born landed the 27.95-inch, 5.65-pound fish on April 21 using a homemade spinner on a 4-pound … Continued
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently certified a new catch-and-release state record lake sturgeon. Caught by Travis Keating April 18 on the Rainy River in Lake of the Woods County, the massive sturgeon had a length of 80 … Continued
In February, 2026, angler Kyle Hatrock landed a 27 inch long Westslope cutthroat trout while fishing on Lake Pend Oreille. Hatrock’s fish set a new Idaho state record for the species in the catch-and-release category. “We’d just got all the … Continued