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Potential World Records

by IGFA 21 Sep 2018 19:03 PDT
Angler Ricci Chavez caught this potential All-Tackle world record leather bass (Dermatolepis dermatolepis) on August 12, 2018 while fishing out of Los Buzos Panama Kayak Fishing Lodge © IGF

Check out this gallery of recently submitted IGFA world record applications for the following species:

  • Leather bass from Panama
  • Channel catfish from Texas
  • Blue ling from Norway
  • Papuan black snapper from Papua New Guinea
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