New Worlds Record Brown Trout
I can remember when Rip Collins caught the first brown trout weighing over 40lbs on the Little Red River in Heber Springs a long time ago, it was a huge deal, and an even bigger fish. Rip Collins has since passed away but replicas of his fish and the infamous photo of him holding it are still on display all over the Greers Ferry Lake area. If you are interested, fishing guide Duane Hada has Rip Collin’s information on his site.. To the best of my knowledge no one has came close to topping his record until now.
I was watching CNN this morning and a headline caught my attention of a man in Michigan who caught a 41lb Brown Trout, I think that Rip’s fish was just slightly over 40lbs. If that is true, that would make this catch a new worlds record.
Back from Vacation!
As bad as I hate to say it, the Vacation is over! My wife and I just got back from a fun filled week in Destin, Florida with about 20 of our closest friends. We pretty much did everything you can imagine while we were there, including snorkeling, swimming, sunning, and of course eating. On the last day of the trip Donna and I went on a fishing trip with my cousin Craig on his fishing boat about 3 miles off the shore. We managed to take in some awesome scenery including at least 4 gigantic sea turtles. I caught a Kingfish (photo below) and a Dolphin Fish that was actually larger than the Kingfish but it got off before we could get the gaff stuck into it to bring it in. Donna also hooked a Kingfish and fought it to the boat. It was a real treat and we had a blast! Can’t wait until next year!
Of course today when I walk into my office, the phone is ringing, I have approximately 119 emails in my inbox, and my Internet dies about the time I sit down in my chair. My Internet connection, which is a Static IP Address from ConwayCorp wouldn’t get back online until around 9 tonight so if that tells me anything, it tells me that the Vacation is Over!!!!
Oh yeah, if you are interested, here are some pics from the vacation. I will be posting some of the Wedding Photos once I have had a chance to go through and photoshop them a little bit more…
Snakehead Fish in Arkansas
My wife and I were watching the news last night and saw this news report about the Snakehead Fish being spotted in Arkansas. I did a little research and found out that this predator fish is pretty vicious to other fish, there are some videos on YouTube showing them devouring largemouth bass. Not really a funny story like the other videos I post on here, I Just thought this was pretty interesting…
They have even spotted about 100 of these in Lee County (which is close to where my parents live). A unique characteristic of this fish is that they can live out of the water with little oxygen and they even reproduce rapidly, looks like this could be a serious issue for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
Also, in doing my research on this species of fish I found out that this is also the notorious “walking fish” that you use to hear a lot about as a kid. Just thought this was an interesting story, wonder if this is a cousin to another fish I blogged about a while back, click here
There is also some pretty good info on www.agfc.com (Arkansas Game & Fish Commission) website, click here
Invasive Fish Species Spreading in Arkansas – FOX16.com
Rare Fanged Fish!
This fish was found in a pond in Utah. I don’t know why but found this pretty interesting.
More Bill Dance Fishing Bloopers
This is a follow up to my last entry of Bill Dance Bloopers, I was looking for the one where he drowns the camera guy by knocking him off in the lake and also ran across this one where he ends up launching the boat and trailer at the same time, this guy is hilarious!
Bill Dance Fishing Bloopers
I grew up watching Bill Dance on the weekends with my dad. Needless to say, Bill Dance isn’t the most graceful fisherman in the world and has had his share of mishaps on the water, here are a few that I ran across today on Break.com that I couldnt resist posting here. There’s another one floating around somewhere on YouTube where he accidentally knocks one of his camera guys off into a lake that’s hilarious, I will try to find it and post it here also..
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