BlueWater Boats & Sportsfishing – July 2019

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Tournament News

PENDING WORLD RECORDS

EZRAKEENAN’S

SHORTBILLSPEARFISH

EzraKeenan– age 14 – potentially

settheMaleJuniorworldrecord

for shortbill spearfish with this

34.5kg fish that he caught on

March 23 while fishingover the

AldermanRise,offNewZealand’s

NorthIsland.Ezraneeded only

10 minutesto landthefishafter

it took the Bonze lure he was

trolling.ThecurrentMaleJunior

worldrecordis 30.5kg.

The IGFA recently received a flurry of worldrecordapplicationsfor
shortbill spearfish from anglers fishingoffNewZealandandHawaii.

PAM BASCOE’S

SHORTBILL

SPEARFISH

American angler Pam

Bascoe potentially set

the new Women’s 8kg

tippet class world record

for shortbill spearfish

with this 14.5kg fish

that she caught while

fly fishing off Kona,

Hawaii on April 30

aboard Northern Lights,

captained by Kevin

Nakamuru. The current

Women’s world record

in the 8kg tippet class

category is vacant.

HAMISH CARMICHAEL’S SHORTBILL SPEARFISH

While fishing off Gisborne on January 25, on the North Island of New Zealand,

Hamish Carmichael caught this 38.05kg shortbill spearfish which could potentially

set the new Men’s 24kg line class world record. Hamish took 20 minutes to land

the potential record after it ate the Pacific Pearl lure he was trolling. The current

Men’s 24kg line class world record stands at 32.5kg.