FISH RECORDS BY DATE, FROM “POSITIVE CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING - THE FISH OF THE SEA”, BY JEFF MILLER, FEBRUARY 2022
The fish-size data contained herein is fully usable. I will allow, however, that the records-per-year data will be inexact, and merely suggestive, in that it’s not an encyclopedic compendium of records, but rather a collection of records which I embarked upon steadily over time without any particular emphasis on species, or date. However an honest, encyclopedia compendium of records will flesh out patterns discerned in this early but systematic research.
Add to that the thrill that I am basically untrained in research. The meek are inheriting the Earth, as Don Croft used to say.
This data is for marine life. Eventually, I’ll have rainfall data, temperature data, increasing air and water clarity data, decreasing tornado, hurricane, seismic activity and earthquake data, data for the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, and the crawling things that crawl upon the Earth.
The annual number of new fish records documented in this study increased by 2,600% from 2009 to 2021, from 1 to 27.
The peak 2,400% increase in the number of new fish records documented in this study took place between 2009 and 2017.
The 125% increase in fish records documented in this study from 2014 to 2015 is 87.6% greater, or closet to double the 66.6% average annual increase in the number of fish records documented in this study from 2012 to 2015.
The 177% increase, or near-tripling of the annual number of new fish records from 2016 to 2017 is 41.6% greater than the 125% increase documented from 2014 to 2015.
The 37.8% increase in the average annual increase in margins between fish records documented in this study from 2016 to 2017 is the highest in the study, and 88.9% above, or close to double the 20% baseline.
The core years of the peak increase in the annual number of new fish records documented in this study was from 2014 to 2017, and peaked in 2016.
The largest average annual size increase in the study is also from 2016.
This is the metric proof of the existence of the ether. I will now cross reference it, continuously, with the data from my other articles.
Jeff Miller, Honolulu, HI, March 3, 2022
The annual margins or average annual margins between fish records in this study from 1999 to 2022 ranged from a low of 2.3% in 2004 to a high of 37.8% in 2016.
That’s a baseline average annual increase of 20% in margins between fish records documented in this study from 1999 to 2022.
The 37.8% increase in the average annual increase in margins between fish records documented in this study from 2016 to 2017 is the highest in the study, and 88.9% above, or close to double the 20% baseline.
In 1999, the margin between fish records increased 15.5%.
In 2000, the margin between fish records increased by an average of 4.5%.
In 2003, the margin between fish records increased 3.75%.
In 2004, the margin between fish records increased by an average of 2.3%.
In 2005, the margin between fish records increased by 55%.
In 2006, the margin between fish records increased by an average of 34.8%.
In 2007, the margin between fish records increased by an average of 65%.
In 2008, the margin between fish records increased by 11.1%.
In 2009, the margin between fish records increased by 3.6%.
In 2010, the margin between fish records increased by an average of 9.2%.
In 2011, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 16.3%.
In 2012, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 8.4%.
In 2013, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 14.5%.
In 2014, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 16.5%.
In 2015, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 17.9%.
In 2016, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 37.8%.
The margins between fish records increased 949% from 2009 to 2016, from 3.6% to 37.8%.
The margins between fish records suddenly increased 111%, or more than doubledfrom 2015 to 2016, from 17.9% to 37.8%.
In 2017, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 18.1%.
In 2018, the margins between fish records increased by an average of 26%.
The margins between fish records increased by 45% from 2015 to 2018, from 17.9% to 26%.
In 2019, the margins between fish records increased by 22%.
In 1999, there was one record.
In 2000, there were two records.
In 2003, there was one record.
In 2004, there were three records.
In 2005, there was one record.
In 2006, there were four records.
In 2007, there were three records.
In 2008, there was one record.
In 2009, there was one record.
In 2010, there were four records.
In 2011, there were three records.
In 2012, there were three records.
In 2013, there were six records.
Fish records increased by 100%, or doubled from 2012 to 2013, from three to six.
In 2014, there were four records.
In 2015, there were nine records.
The annual number of fish records documented in this study increased by 200%, or tripled from 2012 to 2015, from three to nine.
That’s an average annual increase in fish records of 66.6% per year over each of those three years.
The annual number of fish records documented in this study increased by 125%, or more than doubled from 2014 to 2015, from four to nine.
The 125% increase in fish records documented in this study from 2014 to 2015 is 87.6% greater, or closet to double the 66.6% average annual increase in the number of fish records documented in this study from 2012 to 2015.
In 2016, there were nine records.
In 2017, there were twenty five records.
Fish records increased by 177%, or headed toward tripled from 2016 to 2017, from 9 to 25.
The 177% increase, or near-tripling of the annual number of new fish records from 2016 to 2017 is 41.6% greater than the 125% increase documented from 2014 to 2015.
Fish records increased by 2,400% from 2009 to 2017, from 1 to 25.
The average annual increase in the number of new fish records documented in this study from 2009 through 2017 was 300%.
In 2018, there were twenty three records.
In 2019, there were 22 records.
In 2020, there were eight records.
In 2021, there were 27 records. That’s the most in the data set.
The annual number of new fish records documented in this study increased by 2,600% from 2009 to 2021, from 1 to 27.
The average annual increase in the number of new fish records documented in this study from 2009 through 2021 was 216.6%
The 300% average annual increase in the number of new fish records documented in this study from 2009 to 2017 is 38.5% greater than the 216.6% increase seen from 2009 to 2021. Therefore the peak increase in the number of new fish records took place between 2009 and 2017.
The annual number of new fish records documented in this general study increased 800% from 2009 to 2021, from 3 to 27.
The annual number of new fish records documented in this general study increased by 200%, or tripled from 2015 to 2021 to from nine to 27.
Fish records increased 22.7% from 2019 to 2021, from 22 to 27.
In 1999, the New Mexico State record for catfish from 1996 was broken by 15.5%, increasing from 29 pounds to 33.5 pounds.
In 2000, the all-tackle world record for jack crevalle from 1991 or prior was broken by “nearly” 6.8%, from 54-pounds, 7 ounces to “nearly 58 pounds, 2 ounces.
In 2000, the 1996 Washington state record for walleye was broken by 1.5%, increasing from 16.38 pounds to 16 pounds, 10 ounces (16.62 pounds).
In 2003, the North Carolina state record for blue catfish was broken by 3.75%, increasing from 80 pounds to 83 pounds.
In 2004, the New Jersey white catfish state record from 1976 was broken by 30%, from 10 pounds, 14.88 ounces to 14 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2004, the 2003 North Carolina state record for blue catfish was broken by 2.4%, increasing from 83 pounds to 85 pounds.
In 2004, the 2002 Kentucky state record for white catfish was broken by 2.2%, increasing from 1.78 pounds to 1.82 pounds.
In 2005, the New Mexico State record for blue catfish was broken by 55%, increasing from 33 pounds 8 ounces to 52 pounds, .25 ounces.
In 2005, the Missouri state record for brown trout from 1997 was broken by 3.6%, from 26 pounds, 13 ounces to 27 pounds, 12.8 ounces.
In 2006, the 2004 world record for marbled grouper was broken by 100%, increasing from 13.81 pounds to 27.64 pounds.
In 2006, the 1996 South Carolina state record for Bluefin tuna was broken by 19.4%, increasing from 332 pounds, 6 ounces to 396 pounds.
In 2006, the 1985 Pennsylvania state record for flathead catfish was broken by 11%, increasing from 43 pounds, 9 ounces to 48 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2006, the 1979 Georgia state record for blue catfish was broken by 8.8%, increasing from 62 pounds to 67 pounds, 8 ounces.
In 2007, the 2004 Kentucky state record for white catfish was broken by 184%, increasing from 1 pound, 13.2 ounces to 5 pounds, 3 ounces.
In 2007, the Montana state record for walleye was broken by 6.8%, increasing from 16.62 pounds to 17.75 pounds.
In 2007, the 2004 North Carolina state record for blue catfish was broken by 4.7%, increasing from 85 pounds to 89 pounds.
In 2008, the 2006 Georgia state record for blue catfish was broken by 11.1%, increasing from 67 pounds, 8 ouns to 75 pounds.
In 2009, the 2005 Missouri state record for brown trout was broken by 3.6%, increasing from 27 pounds, 12 ounces to 28 pounds, 12 ounces.
In 2010, the 2000 IGFA World Record for jack crevalle was broken by increased in size by “nearly” 13.7%, increasing from 58 pounds, 2 ounces to 66 pounds, 2 ounces.
In 2010, the 1994 Iowa state record for yellow perch was broken by 13%, from 2.3 pounds to 2.6 pounds.
In 2010, the 2008 Georgia state record for blue catfish was broken by 7%, increasing from 75 pounds to 80 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2010, the 1992 world record for brown trout was broken by 3%, from 40 pounds, 4 ounces to 41 pounds, 7 ounces.
In 2011, the 2001 Lake Worth, Texas record for blue catfish was broken by 31%, increasing from 55 pounds to 72 pounds.
In 2011, the world record blue catfish from some obfuscated date was broken by 10%, increasing from 130 pounds to 143 pounds.
In 2011, the 1995 North Carolina state record for bluefin tuna was broken by 8%, (get weights).
In 2012, the Michigan state bow fishing record for black buffalo sucker was broken by 13%, increasing from 33.25 pounds to 37.5 pounds.
In 2012, the Michigan 2004 rod and reel state record for black buffalo was broken by 8.4%, increasing from 33.25 pounds to 37.06 pounds.
In 2012, the 2010 Iowa state record for yellow perch was broken by 3.8%, increasing from 2.6 pounds to 2.7 pounds.
In 2013, the 2011 Texas state record for swordfish was broken by 45% (get weights).
In 2013, the 2011 Missouri alternative method state record gizzard for gizzard shad was broken by 25%, increasing from 1 pound, 8 ounces to 1 pound, 14 ounces. 2011 was the first year of the alternative method state record for gizzard shad in Missouri, which is Mil-speak for “gizzard shad suddenly winked into existence in Missouri in 2011, as the etheric environment reached a level of health where the species could manifest there”.
In 2013, the Ohio bowfishing state record for black buffalo from 1983 was broken by 10.2%, from 37 pounds to 40.8 pounds.
In 2013, the cod world record from 1969 was broken by 5%, from 98 pounds to 103 pounds.
In 2013, the 2010 world record for brown trout was broken by 1.3%, increasing from 41 pounds, 8 ounces to 42 pounds, 1 ounce.
In 2013, the rod and reel world record for northern snakehead (channus argus) was broken by .72% from 2004 to 2013 (get weights).
In 2014, the lake trout record for Lake Ontario, Canada from 1987 was broken by 30%, from 40 pounds to 52 pounds, 3 ounces.
In 2014, the South Carolina state record for white catfish from 1986 was broken by 22.5%, from 9 pounds, 15 ounces to 12 pounds, 2.9 ounces.
In 2014, the 2012 Michigan bow fishing state record for black buffalo was broken by 11.4% (get weights).
In 2014, the 2013 rod and reel world record for northern snakehead (Channa argus) was broken by 2.1% (get weights).
In 2015, the California state spearfishing record for tuna from 1982 was broken by 76.8%.
In 2015, the 2011 Oklahoma state record for Alligator Gar was broken by 32%, increasing from some obfuscated previous weight to 132 pounds. It is the largest fish of any kind ever caught in Oklahoma.
In 2015, the 2001 Mississippi state record for yellowfin Tuna was broken by 15%, increasing from 205.8 pounds to 236.6 pounds.
In 2015, the Michigan rod and reel state record for black buffalo was broken by 11%, increasing from 37.06 pounds to 41.25 pounds.
In 2015, the Florida state record for bass from 1986 was broken by 11%, from 17.27 pounds to 19.2 pounds.
In 2015, the 2014 Michigan state bowfishing record for black buffalo sucker was broken by 7.9% (get weights).
In 2015, the Vermont redhorse sucker state record from 1981 was broken by 5%, from 8.6 pounds to 9.01 pounds.
In 2015, the 2007 North Carolina state record for blue catfish was broken by 2.2%, increasing from 89 pounds to 91 pounds.
In 2015, the 2003 world record for black grouper was broken by .64%, increasing from 124 pounds to 124.18 pounds.
In 2016, the Lake LBJ, Texas blue catfish record from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 79%, increasing from 40 pounds to 71.4 pounds.
In 2016, the 1993 Missouri state record for white crappie was broken by 75%, from 12 ounces to 1 pound, 5 ounces.
In 2016, the Lake Jackson, Georgia blue catfish record from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 44%, increasing from 30 pounds, 7 ounces to 43 pounds, 11 ounces.
In 2016, the West Point lake, Georgia blue catfish record from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 44% (get weights).
In 2016, the 2007 Kentucky state record for white catfish was broken by 42.4%, increasing rom 3.7 pounds to 5.27 pounds.
In 2016, the 2015 North Carolina state record for blue catfish was broken by 28.5%, increasing from 91 pounds to 117 pounds.
In 2016, the 1992 Pennsylvania state record for yellow perch was broken by 18% (get weights).
In 2016, the 2013 Lake Oconee, Georgia record for flathead catfish was broken by 7.3%, increasing from 45 pounds, 12 ounces to 49 pounds, 1.28 ounces. The average annual increase in size of the Lake Oconee Georgia record flathead catfish from 2013 to 2016 was 2.4%.
In 2016, the Lake Jackson, Texas record for flathead catfish from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 2.4% (get weights).
In September 2017, the July 2017 Washington state record for blue shark was broken by 79%, increasing from 27.63 pounds to 49.5 pounds
In 2017, the Maine state record for rainbow trout from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 60%, increasing from 8.42 pounds to 13 pounds, 7 ounces.
In 2017, the Delaware state record for blue catfish from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 43%, increasing from 25 pounds, 5.6 ounces to 36 pounds, 3.2 ounces.
In 2017, the North Carolina state bluefin tuna record from 1995 was unofficially broken by 40%, from (X - get weight) pounds to 1,045 pounds. It was ruled ineligible for the state record because it was sold commercially, but it’s real and actual, and I’m using it.
In 2017, the Georgia blue catfish state record from 1979 was broken by 37%, from 62 pounds to 93 pounds.
In 2017, the 2011 North Carolina state record for bluefin tuna was broken by 29% (get weights).
In 2017, the Missouri alternative method state record for gizzard shad was broken by 27%, increasing from 1 pound, 14 ounces to 2 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2017, the world-record grass carp from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 21%, increasing from 18 pounds, 3 ounces to 22 pounds.
In 2017, the Texas hammerhead shark state record from 1980 was broken by 18%, from 871 pounds to 1,033 pounds.
In 2017, the 1992 Michigan state record for cisco, or lake herring was broken by 17.6%, from 5.4 pounds to 6.36 pounds.
In 2017, the 2010 Georgia state record for blue catfish was broken by 16% from 2010 to 2017, increasing from 80 pounds, 4 ounces to 93 pounds.
In June 2017, the Idaho Tiger Trout state record was broken three times on Free Fishing Day. The record went from 17.5 inches to 17.6 inches to 18 inches to 19.5 inches. That’s an 11.4% increase.
In 2017, the 2006 world record for marbled grouper was broken by 10.6%, increasing from 27.56 pounds to 30 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2017, the 2002 New York state record for channel catfish was broken by 7.4% from 2002 to 2017, increasing from 32 pounds, 12 ounces to 35 pounds, 3 ounces.
In 2017, the (insert year) Minnesota catch-and-release state length record for flathead catfish was broken by 7.1%, increasing from 49 inches to 52 1/2 inches.
In 2017, the 2008 Louisiana state record for Warsaw grouper was broken by 6.5%, increasing from 359 pounds, 383 pounds, 2 ounces.
In 2017, the 2015 Washington state record for Opah was broken by 6.4%, increasing from to 35.67 pounds to 37.98 pounds.
In 2017, the 2012 West Virginia state record for perch was broken by 6%, increasing from 1.93 pounds to 2.04 pounds.
In 2017, the Arizona hook-and-line state record for channel catfish from 1987 was broken by 3.4%, from 32 pounds, 4 ounces to 33.36 pounds.
In 2017, the 2016 Maryland state record for sheepshead was broken by 3.2%, increasing from 13.3 pounds to 13.73 pounds.
In 2017, the 2005 Wyoming state record for channel catfish was broken by 1.9%, increasing from 27.99 pounds to 28.52 pounds.
In 2017, the 2016 Montana state record for smallmouth bass was broken by 1.5%, increasing from 7.4 pounds to 7.51 pounds.
In 2017, the 1983 Tennessee state record for muskellunge was broken by 1.17%, from 42 pounds, 8 ounces to 43 pounds.
In 2017, the 2010 Lake Blackshear, Georgia record for flathead catfish was broken by 1.1%, increasing from 39 pounds, 8 ounces to 39 pounds, 15 ounces. The article says the new record broke the old “by nearly a half pound”. I used 7 ounces as “nearly half a pound”.
In 2017, the U.K. record carp from some obfuscated prior date was broken by .63%, increasing from 68 pounds, 1 ounce to 68 pounds, 8 ounces.
In 2018, the 2016 Mississippi state record for the tiger shark was broken by 73%, increasing from 390 pounds to 675 pounds.
In 2018, the women’s 20-pound line world record for Barramundi from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 66%, increasing from 23 pounds, 10 ounces to 39 pounds, 3 ounces.
In 2018, the world for record rainbow trout from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 65% (get weights).
In 2018, the Texas state record for dog snapper from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 58% (get weights).
In 2018, the women’s IGFA tippet class world record for blackfin seabass from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 53%, increasing from 2 pounds, 3 ounces to 4 pounds, 5 ounces.
In 2018, the women’s 16-pound tippet-class world record for northern pike from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 36.4%, increasing from 13 pounds, 3 ounces to 16 pounds.
In 2018, the 2012 Wyoming state record for freshwater drum was broken by 31% from 2012 to 2018, from 17 pounds, increasing from 4 ounces to 22.58 pounds.
In 2018, the all-tackle Male Junior world record for great barracuda from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 27.5%, increasing from 23.4 kg (51 lb 9 oz) to 29.85 kg (65 lb 12 oz).
In 2018, the Michigan state record for black buffalo was broken by 26%, increasing from 37.06 pounds to 46.54 pounds.
In 2018, the 1999 Washington state record for channel catfish was broken by 24%, increasing from 36.2 pounds to 45 pounds.
In 2018, the Tennessee state record for black crappie from 1985 was broken by 23%, from 4 pounds, 4 ounces to 5 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2018, the 2005 world record for bass was broken by 19%, increasing from 8.28 pounds to 9.82 pounds.
In 2018, the all-tackle world record for snubnose pompano from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 18.4%, increasing from 5.05 kg (11 lb, 3 oz) to 5.98 kg (13 lb, 3 oz).
In 2018, the 2016 Lake Jackson, Georgia record for blue catfish was broken by 16%, increasing from 43 pounds, 11 ounces to 46 pounds.
In 2018, the South Carolina state record for gag grouper was broken by 12.3%, increasing from 48 pounds, 5 ounces to 54 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2018, the 1968 world record for skate was broken by 11.6% (get weights).
In 2018, the 2015 rod and reel world record for the northern snakehead (Channa argus) was broken by 8.6% (get weights).
In 2018, the New York state record for black crappie was broken by 8.3%, increasing from 3 pounds, 12 ounces to 4 pounds, 1 ounce.
In 2018, the Arkansas state record for cutthroat trout from 1985 was broken by 5.8%, from 9 pounds, 9 ounces to 10 pounds, 2 ounces.
In 2018, the Ohio state bowfishing record for buffalo sucker was broken by 5.4%, increasing from 40.8 pounds to 43 pounds.
In 2018, the 2015 Michigan bowfishing state record for black buffalo sucker was broken by 4.4% (get weights).
In 2018, the 2006 world record for black crappie was broken by 3.75%, increasing from 5 pounds to 5 pounds, 4.6 ounces.
In 2018, the men’s 6 kg (12 lb) line world record for great barracuda from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 2.8%, increasing from 29.03 kg (63 lb 15 oz) to 29.85 kg (65 lb 12 oz).
In 2019, the 2012 Washington state record for bluefin tuna was broken by 152% (get weights).
In 2019, the 2015 Vermont state record for cisco, or lake herring was broken by 106%, increasing from 1.09 pounds to 2 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2019, the 2017 Delaware state record for blue catfish was broken by 89%, increasing from 36 pounds to 47 pounds.
In 2019, the Missouri state record for brown trout from 1997 was broken by 51%, from 26 pounds, 13 ounces to 40 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2019, the world record for oceanic puffer fish from 1991 was broken by 38%, from 7 pounds to 9.65 pounds.
In 2019, the 2007 Maryland state record for bullhead catfish was broken by 37%, increasing from 3.6 pounds to 4.94 pounds.
In 2019, the 1998 Kentucky state record for saugeye was broken by 30% (get weights).
In 2019, the 2018 Minnesota state record for sturgeon was broken by 28%, increasing size from some obfuscated weight to 120 pounds.
In 2019, the 1994 Iowa state record yellow perch record was broken by 21.3%, from 2.3 pounds to 2.79 pounds.
In 2019, the 2009 Missouri state record for brown trout was broken by 20.2% (get weights).
In 2019, the 2015 Minnesota state record for the golden redhorse sucker was broken by 20% (get weights).
In 2019, the Lake Superior lake trout record from 1955 was broken by 18.6%, from 43 pounds, 8 ounces to 51.6 pounds.
In 2019, the 2009 Montana state record for channel catfish was broken by 16.7% (get weights).
In 2019, the 2015 Vermont state record for redhorse sucker was broken by 16.5%, increasing from 9.01 pounds to 10 pounds, 8 ounces.
In 2019, the Irish Tope record from 1979 was broken by 13%, from 30.2 kg to 34.02 kg.
In 2019, the 2017 Missouri alternative method state record for gizzard shad was broken by 10.5%, increasing from 2 pounds, 6 ounces to 2 pounds, 10 ounces.
In 2019, the Colorado state record for black crappie from 1990 was broken by 8.4%, from 3.22 pounds to 3 pounds, 7.84 ounces.
In 2019, the 2010 Iowa state record for yellow perch was broken by 7.3%, increasing from 2.6 pound to 2.70 pounds.
In 2019, the 2006 Pennsylvania state record for flathead catfish was broken by 4.2%, increasing from 48 pounds, 6 ounces to 50 pounds, 7 ounces.
In 2019, the 1972 bowfishing world record for paddlefish was broken by 3.5%, from 86 pounds to 89 pounds.
In 2019, the 2006-to-2017 world record for marble grouper was broken by 1.6%, increasing in size from 30 pounds, 6 ounces to 31 pounds.
In 2019, the 2011 Texas junior state record for catfish was broken by 1.4%, increasing from 66.2 pounds to 67.1 pounds.
In 2020, the 1979 Georgia state record for blue catfish was broken by 78%, from 62 pounds to 110 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2020, the 2019 world record for marble grouper was broken by 52.4%, increasing from 31 pounds to 47.25 pounds.
In 2020, the Texas state record for marble grouper was broken by 25.6%, increasing from 37.6 pounds to 47.25 pounds.
In 2020, the 2017 Georgia state record for blue catfish was broken by 18.6%, increasing from 93 pounds to 110 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2020, the 2015 Virginia state record for bluefin tuna was broken by 17%, increasing from 606 pounds to 708 pounds.
In 2020, the 1998 New York state white catfish record was broken by 14.2%, (get weights)
In 2020, the 2019 Pennsylvania state record for flathead catfish was broken by 14%, increasing from 50 pounds, 7 ounces to 57 pounds, 8 ounces.
In 2020, the 2019 IGFA women’s world record for smallmouth bass was broken by 4.9%, increasing from 4 pounds, 14 ounces to 5 pounds, 2 ounces.
In 2021, the world record for the roving coral grouper from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 88%, increasing from 16-pounds, 12 ounces to 31 pounds, 7 ounces.
In 2021, the 1999 Connecticut state record for white catfish was broken by 66%, increasing from 12 pounds, 12 ounces to 21 pounds, 3 ounces.
In 2021, the 1999 New Mexico State record for blue catfish was broken by 64%, increasing from 33 pounds, 8 ounces to 55 pounds.
In 2021, the 1998 Kentucky state record for saugeye was broken by 37%, from 6 pounds, 9 ounces to 9.05 pounds.
In 2021, the Georgia state record for red grouper was broken by 36%, increasing from 19 pounds, 7 ounces to 26 pounds, 6.4 ounces.
In 2021, the 2014 small fry world record for tripletail was broken by increased in size by 22.8%, increasing from “just over 15 pounds” (I used 15 pounds, 1 ounce) to 17 pounds, 24 ounces.
In 2021, the tiger trout world record from 1978 was broken by 17.7%, from 9.44 kilograms to 11.11 kilograms.
In 2021, the men’s IGFA 80-lb line world record for black grouper from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 17.5%, increasing from 91 pounds to 107 pounds.In 2021, the 2018 IGFA 12-pound tippet-class world record for blue catfish was broken by 17%, increasing from 26.4 pounds to 31 pounds.
In 2021, the Montana brown trout state record from 1966 was broken by 11.6%, from from 29 pounds to 32 pounds, 6 ounces.
In 2021, the 1993 Florida state record for peacock bass was broken by 10%, from 9.08 pounds to 9.11 pounds.
In 2021, the 2005 world record for white catfish was broken by 10% (get weights).
In 2021, the 2019 New York state record for black crappie was broken by 9.2%, increasing from 4 pounds, 1 ounce to 4 pounds, 7 ounces.
In 2021, the 2017 Idaho catch-and release state record for steelhead salmon was broken by 8.2%, increasing from 36 inches to 39.25 inches.
In 2021, the women’s spearfishing world record for halibut from some obfuscated prior date was broken by 8%, increasing from 66.1 pounds to 71.4 pounds.
In 2021, the 2019 IGFA women’s world record for smallmouth bass was broken by 7.7%, increasing from 4 pounds, 14 ounces to 5 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2021, the 2004 IGFA world record for Pacific white snook was broken by 7.3%, increasing from 47.8 pounds to 51.3 pounds.
In 2021, the bowfishing paddlefish world record from 1972 was broken by 7%, from 86 pounds to 92 pounds.
In 2021, the 2011 Colorado state record for smallmouth bass was broken by 5.6%, increasing from 6 pounds, 11 ounces to 7 pounds, 1 ounce.
In 2021, the 2005 New Mexico state record for blue catfish was broken by 5.2%, increasing from 52 pounds, .25 ounces to 55 pounds.
In 2021, the 2013 world record for brown trout was broken by 5% (get weights).
In 2021, the 2020 North Carolina state record for blue catfish was broken by 4.6%, increasing from 121 pounds, 9 ounces to 127.1 pounds.
In 2021, the 2019 bowfishing world record for paddlefish was broken by 3.3% from 2019 to 2021, increasing from 89 pounds to 92 pounds.
In 2021, the Michigan Chinook salmon state record from 1978 was broken by 2.7%, from 46.6 pounds to 47.86 pounds.
In 2021, the 2020 IGFA women’s world record for smallmouth bass was broken by 2.4%, increasing from 5 pounds, 2 ounces to 5 pounds, 4 ounces.
In 2021, the 2020 Pennsylvania state record for flathead catfish was broken by 2.3%, increasing from 56 pounds, 3 ounces to 57 pounds 8 ounces.
In 2021, the Georgia state shoal bass record from 1977 was broken by 1.5%, from 8 pounds, 3 ounces to 8 pounds, 5 ounces.
In 2021, the 2007 Montana state record for walleye was broken by 1.46%, increasing from 17.75 pounds to 18.02 pounds.
In 2022, the South Carolina state record for jack crevalle from 1983 was broken by 54%, from 38 pounds to 58 pounds, 8 ounces.
