Kootenai River yields Idaho record burbot for Troy angler

Caleb Wilson, a local angler from Troy, hauled up the Kootenai River's most legendary fish. And not just any legendary fish, a new Idaho catch-and-release record. Burbot—also known as cusk, ...
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Smith: By hook-and-line or ‘noodling,’ Wisconsin fish records are impressive

Fishing records come along rarely in Wisconsin. It's not for lack of effort. About 1.7 million anglers hit the waters of the Badger State each year to wet a line or fish by other means. And everyone ...
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Utahns set 5 new fishing records in 2025. Here were the biggest catches

Jesse Pashia couldn’t leave well enough alone. The angler from Delta broke open 2025 by hooking a state-record fish in the Gunnison Bend Reservoir. The white crappie, which he caught and released on ...