Author: Dac Collins

Old-fashioned detective work reveals the man bought his license after he caught the fish, then told a game warden he caught it at night Posted on Mar 11, 2024 6:38 PM EDT Kody King (pictured) with the state-record tiger trout he illegally caught in May. Photo courtesy of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game There has been a shakeup in Idaho’s fishing record books, as state officials have been forced to revoke an angler’s record nearly six months after it was certified. Unlike other recent fishing record scandals, there is no doubt about the true weight of Kody King’s…

Travis McIntosh caught some leftover minnows from the ice fisherman minutes before he fell through the ice Posted on February 13, 2024 Travis McIntosh (left) uses the bag for his ice-fishing tent to pull the angler out of the water and onto the ice. Photo courtesy of Travis McIntosh The kindness of strangers was in full force in Nebraska last month when a good Samaritan rescued a fellow fisherman who fell through the ice. The unidentified angler had just shared some minnows with his neighbor, Travis McIntosh, when the man fell through the ice. McIntosh pulled the angler from the…