Christchurch, New Zealand’s Andy Sheppard may break a 12 year-old IGFA record by 56 pounds after landing a 61 lb 8 oz blue shark while fishing the Kaikouri, NZ area with Capt. David Kairns. Andy landed this blue shark on February 25, 2005 using his ’Sheppard’s Special fly" and spent a brief five minutes to capture his now pending men’s record on 2-lb class tippet. The current record for a blue shark on 2-lb class tippet is 5 lb 2 oz.

  Fishing with a fly rod on Alabama’s Tallapoosa River, George Mann’s hand-tied baitfish fly attracted a huge grass carp.  Mann, Opelika, spent the next hour and 40 minutes hoisting his 62 lb bounty to the rivers edge.  The March catch is now entered for a pending record on 12-lb tippet. If the record stands, he’ll beat the current mark by 19 lb.  (Photo: grass carp - 05040006) 

 Marianne Biffel, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was fishing the south Florida area in March when she landed her now pending women’s 12-lb line class record for a 26 lb red grouper. (Photo: red grouper - 05040008)

  Using live minnows, Scott Ruiter, Muskegon, Michigan, landed a dozen perch from the Muskegon Lake. On his next hook set, Scott thought he had snagged a log. The log turned out to be a 15 lb 4 oz walleye which took 30 minutes to land and is now a pending record on 6-lb line class. (Photo: walleye - 05040011) 

 Eleven-year old Alex Ishii, Santa Ana, California, was fishing Irvine Lake with his father on February 8th. On his second cast using a white mini jig Alex landed a 5 lb brook trout and has entered his catch in the male junior division.  (Photo: brook trout - 05040029) 

 On March 2, Fuminori Sato of Miyagi Japan, was bottom fishing with artificial bait when he caught a goldeye rockfish. Fuminori, guided by Capt. Hikoichi Abe, now has a pending All-Tackle record for the 2 lb 6 oz catch.. (Photo: goldeye rockfish - 05040031)  

  Shotaro Ono, Tokyo, Japan has a pending All-Tackle record for a large black porgy caught on March 20, while fishing in Kawasaki with Capt. Keiichiro Okamoto. After photographing and weighing his 7 lb 7 oz catch, Shotaro tagged and released it.   (Photo: black porgy – 05040034)

  Karen Kukolich, Edgartown, California, made a trip to Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica in February. Fishing with Capt. Todd Staley of Crocodile Bay Lodge, she caught a 21 lb 15 oz, Pacific jack crevalle and has entered her catch in the women’s 16-lb tippet class. (Photo: Pacific jack crevalle – 05040041)

  Fishing off a dock in St. Petersburg, Florida, Emily Updegraff, 14, caught a 7 lb 8 oz sheepshead. She has entered her March 18th pending record catch in the female junior division. (Photo: sheepshead – 05040043) 

 Miss Ashley Eslick, Culver City, California, has entered a 3 lb 8 oz spotted bass for the junior female division. Ashley, 16, landed this catch while fishing Folsom Lake with Kevin Kwak in March. She was also featured in the WRAA ceremony in April. (Photo: spotted bass – 05040047)

  Ronnie Vaughn, Garland, Texas has a new All-Tackle pending record of a Spanish hogfish that weighed 1 lb 8 oz Ronnie was fishing the Stetson bank on Feb. 19th using a squid for bait. (Photo: Spanish hogfish – 05040048)

  Nancy Byers, New Albany, Ohio, landed a 24 lb 6 oz gag grouper while deep dropping a pinfish in Marathon Key, Florida this past March. Guided by Capt. Jack Carlin, she landed her now pending record for the women’s 16-lb line class. (Photo: gag grouper – 05040050)

  Fishing Chickamauga Lake, Zachery Lovelady, 14, of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee landed a 109 lb 12 oz blue catfish, a now pending junior and line class record. The determined young man spent three hours to subdue his catch.  (Photo: blue catfish - 05040052)

  Another determined young angler, Cee-Jae Taylor-Mackie of Kamo, New Zealand was fishing the Knights Island area with Capt. Steve Taylor when he landed a 289 lb 3 oz striped marlin in an hour. Cee-Jae, 10, has entered his catch for the male small fry division.  (Photo: striped marlin -  05040054)