ANGLERS LAND NEW IGFA WORLD RECORDS

The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) tracks record sh catches around the globe. eir world record database is a great source to see some of the sh anglers are catching around the world. Here are a handful of catches recently approved for the record books. To see all newly approved IGFA records, visit igfa.org.

Pin’s Snakehead

On Aug. 12, 2022, Ng Yam Pin landed this beautiful 28-pound giant snakehead in Rawang, Malaysia to set IGFA’s mens 20-pound line class world record. Pin caught the big snakehead on a Duo Fangbait lure and released the sh a er recording the weight and proper measurements. e IGFA all-tackle world record for giant snakehead was also caught from Rawang. It weighed 30 pounds. Bluch’s

Rainbow Trout

On Nov. 5, 2022, Aussie angler Frank Bluch was shing the Tekapo Canal, New Zealand, with guide Nicor Sutherland, when he landed this impressive 21-pound, 13-ounce rainbow trout. It set the new IGFA men’s 2-pound tippet class world record. e sh ate a y Frank calls the “Orange Monstrosity.” e all-tackle world record rainbow was caught from Lake Diefenbaker, Canada. It weighed 48 pounds.

Ochmann’s Wels

Joachim Ochmann caught this huge 140-pound, 10-ounce wels from Rio Ebro, Spain on Oct. 1, 2022. It took him nearly two hours to land the new IGFA men’s 16-pound line class world record. He released it a er taking proper weight and measurements. e all-tackle world record wels was caught from River Po, Italy in 2010. It weighed 297 pounds, 9 ounces.

Okuyama’s Grass Carp

Fumiya Okuyama holds several IGFA world records for grass carp, and he recently set another with this 109-centimeter (nearly 43-inch) sh he caught on Oct. 20, 2022, to establish the new IGFA all-tackle length y world record. e all-tackle world record by weight was caught at Piasuchnik Dam, Bulgaria in 2009. It weighed 87 pounds, 10 ounces.

North Central Florida/Nature Coast

Cary & Lynn Crutchfield

ALACHUA, MARION, COLUMBIA, GILCHRIST, BRADFORD, DIXIE, LEVY, CITRUS

April

April 2022, I began by expressing my sorrow for the horrors in Ukraine. I can’t believe that a year later the horrors continue. As I write tonight in late March, we have just warmed again from the latest cold front. I anticipate that we will have maybe one more. Last April, my swamp was full and looked like a lake. This April, it is almost bone dry, with only a few little puddles.

See page 2 for info on Dixie County’s Daddy Daughter Dance and page 10 for info on the Fly In, two very popular Dixie County events.

See page 2 for info on a beautiful piece of land in Bradford County. (I like the cows!). Call Ken Rembert at SVN

This month’s recipe, Garlic Honey Shrimp, page 2 is a little different and very good. I made it again tonight with the left-over sauce. See page 2. It would also be good with chicken and or scallops substituted for the shrimp.

As always, if you have not received your Covid vaccine, it is not too late. People are still getting sick, and people are still dying. Covid is not gone.

Happy Easter April 9th. After church, take the family for a boat ride.

Lynn Crutchfield

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