Idaho anglers have set 17 catch-and-release state records in 2026, against about seven in each of the previous two years, with Fish and Game expecting the final tally to reach the low 20s. Fisheries manager Joe Kozfkay credits a mix of predator-suppression work on prey-rich waters, hatchery support and stocked alpine lakes.
Greece is paying fishermen up to 5.33 euros a kilo to land toxic silver-cheeked toadfish, a Red Sea invader costing boats about 8,500 euros a year. Not everyone thinks a bounty is the answer.
England match veteran Andy Bennett rocks up to Doncaster's Bank End Fisheries with no prior look at the venue, drawing a reed-lined corner peg and writing his bait plan on the fly.
Davey Nguyen of Davey's World Fishing pulls out two of the brand-new Okuma TCS B Tournament Concept rods - a 6'9 spinning stick and a 7'11 heavy A-rig rod - and explains what is new in the third generation of a series Scott Martin first designed for Okuma more than a decade ago.
Land-based on a flooded mangrove creek in the dark, Bushman Mick fished live mullet and archer fish for barramundi and jacks under the eye of a four-metre croc, then hooked and lost what he called a 15-20 kilo barracuda on an HCO popper at the next change of tide.
Jason Reardon Kayaking unboxes the Newport NK180HD kayak trolling motor, a LiTime 24 V 50 Ah lithium battery and the Wizard steering wheel destined for a Bonafide RVR119 river build - calling out a stern plate from Mark Bivvens Outdoor along the way.
Largemouth in a kettle pond on a Z-Man shrimp, smallmouth half an hour later in the same water, then a five-hour grind from the rocks for the striper that would close the slam. A do-it-yourself Cape Cod bass round-up from a single-vehicle, single-rod day in May 2026.
Cult Aussie sailing-and-fishing channel B2B Castaways drop a 100-day movie tracing Strick and Fran's first season aboard their refit catamaran 'Ramalicious', from a debut Spanish mackerel to a pod of pilot whales and a brush with illegal Indonesian fishing boats off Cape York.
From the floor of the 2026 Saltwater Expo in New Jersey, Davey's World Fishing host Davey gives an early look at Okuma's next limited-edition Makaira lever drag — a yellowfin tuna anodising package across the full 15T-to-130 size range, made in a single production run.
SinghFishing pulls together a Melbourne outer-suburbs pond-hop with subscribers Jeffy, Blake, Lawson, Hudson, Zach and local guide Sammy, ticking off Pakenham Lake, Rowville and a creek beside a golf course. The session ends with a chest-deep stalk on bread for a 59 cm common carp - the fish of the day on six-pound line - and an Australian spin on the US suburban-pond trend.
Brian Flechsig of Mad River Outfitters runs through the books he has been pulling off his shelf this spring 2026 - a Supinski/Deeter coffee-table piece, a Bob Popovics fly-tying classic, two Vincent Marinaro dry-fly books and a Steven Sautner short-story collection that is already on his all-time list.
Two-time Bassmaster Elite champion Takumi Ito told Dave Mercer he is out of secrets, blamed Kyoya Fujita for leaking the Nories Kuyaki, and warned the next Japanese bait, Gira, is on the way.