(updated whenever new information arrives)

World record or not? Oddly you might think that a world record is one of those undisputable facts, however it appears that certain clubs, organizations and or countries all want to be the exclusive authority on what the world record really is. Personally I do not consider a world record to be broken or made unless it includes who caught it, as well as the year it was caught, and some legitimate proof of its size and measurements.

We are only interested in one question, what is the record in fly-fishing, rod and reel, and of course what is the biggest of its species ever recorded regardless of how it was acquired.

We will do our best to find these, supply you with the reference of where we got the information, so you can judge for yourself.

Your help is more than welcome, as we would love to be corrected in any instance where we are wrong, by either old information or by new records being broken.

We would also love it if you send us any "trophy" photo, because we can't all have the record, but we can catch very big fish in our region, and we believe we can beat any other part of our country in averages, so send them photos to us.

All world records shaded in RED are from Canada

NOTE: We have changed the status of some existing world records to "unofficial", for lack of information. Its bad enough not to have a photo, but not even a name of who caught it? Wow, records for fish are cause for some fishy stories. No name, no witnesses, no photo, simply put, no world record.

Fish Species	Method of Catch	Weight	Measurments	Lake or Stream	Caught By & Date	PHOTO
Chinook Salmon	Rod & Reel	45,00 kg (approx. 99 lb)	150 cm (approx.59 inches)	Skeena River, Canada	Caught by: Mrs. Ingrid Oeder 2001 Reference
Unofficial Record Chinook Salmon	other methods	65,00 kg (143 lbs 5 oz)	160 cm (63 inch)	Pacific Coast Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada	1993 Reference	N/A
Unofficial Record Coho Salmon	Rod & Reel	16,30 kg (35 lbs 15 oz)	N/A	Skeena River, Canada	19?? Reference	N/A
Coho Salmon	other methods	17,75 kg (39 lb 2 oz)	105 cm (approx.41 inches)	Manistee River, USA	Dick Boyajian (1973) Reference
Chum Salmon	Rod & Reel	17,00 kg (approx. 37 lb)	100 cm (approx.39 inches)	Kitimat River, Canada	Mrs. Marianna Woodcox 1999 Reference
Unofficial Record Sockeye Salmon	Rod & Reel	7,26 kg (16 lb 0 oz)	80 cm (31 inch)	Kenai River (USA)	No info available Reference 19??	N/A
Unofficial Record Sockeye Salmon	other methods	8,00 kg (17 lb 10 oz)	N/A	Nushagak River, Kwockwock River, Naknek River	No info available Reference 19??	N/A
Pink Salmon	Rod & Reel	6,58 kg (14 lb 8 oz)	75 cm (approx. 30 inches)	Skykomish River, USA	Mrs. Avis Pearson 2001
Rainbow Trout (Steelhead)	Rod & Reel	19,67 kg (43 lb 6 oz)	98 cm (39 inches)	Diefenbaker Reservoir, Canada	Adam Konrad Reference 2007

OTHER FISH OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE

• Record Size Chinook Salmon Found on DFG Survey of Lower Battle Creek  (with photos)

• On May 17, 1985, Les Anderson of Soldotna, AK landed the all-tackle world record king salmon…this 97-pound, 4-ounce beast from the Kenai River. (with photos)

A Note about IGFA, and World Records

Personally I have a problem with the (IGFA) International Game Fish Association, as do many others from many countries including the USA. The reason is primarily this, unless your a member of this primarily American Club, the record you just broke does not count.

You might note that according to them, they hold predominantly all the fishing world records, in spite of vast evidence that larger fish of given species were caught, and verified.

For this reason we do not recognize their record keeping as genuine world records, but rather records set by their membership.

I personally find the requirement to be a paid member before you are allowed to see what they have listed as world records downright disgusting.

Seriously we need to have a newly created authority on how these records are kept, for not only our sake but for the sake of our future generations.