Exceptional Angling Fisherman’s Reference Manual
he annual book, described by serious recreational fishermen and the world’s fishing writers alike as “the most comprehensive piece of fishing information available anywhere,” is now available.The IGFA’s 2008 World Record Game Fishes, the largest ever at 424 pages, is the mainstay reference book in recreational fishing and continues its legacy as one of the most reliable and complete sources of worldwide fishing records and fishing-related reference materials.
In early January IGFA members received their copies as just one of the many benefits of joining the IGFA.
The popular guide includes 167 updated pages of saltwater and freshwater catches - for nearly 400 species around the world — in all-tackle, line class, fly, men’s, women’s, junior angler and U.S. state records.
Anglers will be pleased to see they have more chances to claim a world record since the addition of more new fish species by the IGFA World Records department.
The eight new species added to the line-class, fly rod and junior record categories include: the barbel (Barbus barbus), blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus); black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci), buri also known as a Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus), hickory shad (Alosa mediocris), and the Orinoco peacock (Cichla orinocensis).
The book also features entertaining and in-depth articles that include:
- Richard Stone and National Geographic researcher Zeb Hogan examining the plight of some of the world largest freshwater fish, in Megafishes.
- Outdoor writer/editor Charlie Levine exploring the magnificent diversity of offshore big game and interior freshwater fishing in New Zealand: An Angler’s Paradise.
- Northeast U. S. Captain Al Ristori’s review of a fish that has gone through bad times but has recovered through proper fisheries management in Metropolitan Striped Bass.
- With amazing photography, Patrick Ford, in No Rules in the Seychelles gives us a taste for fly fishing for one of the world’s hardest fighting inshore game fish, the trevally.
- In Marlin and Sailfish: It’s What’s Not for Dinner, IGFA Conservation Director Jason Schratwieser analyses the billfish trade and how the IGFA is working with other conservation groups to reduce the landings and sale of commercially caught billfish.
- In E.K. Harry Library of Fishes: A Library Unlike Any Other, author Mike Rivkin explores the IGFA’s historical materials and artifacts in its one-of-a-kind library.
The pages also contain listings of IGFA Certified Captains, Weigh Stations, and IGFA Member Discount Program all useful when planning fishing travels.
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