IGFA Record

[Red]

My buddy Capt Scott Avanzino's 10 yr old daughter Noelle caught a nice 60.1 lb Wahoo last week ... all by herself, IGFA rules no one assisted her or touched the rod. It's a (pending) IGFA world record for 10 yr's and under.

[Feral]

Wow big fish!

She will Make someone a decent deckie in another 10 years!

[Red]

She's in a fishing family and being tutored for future women's world records.

[Angus]

Nice fish!

That lure does not look to healthy though

[Terry H]

Wow, nice fish.

I can't help but notice how poorly the line is wound onto the reel though Oh well, she is only 10, I'm sure the last thing on her mind was winding on the line properly with that fish!

My question is, how can they prove that she didn't get help?

Once again, wow.

[Red]

Angus

The lure is a Braid Marauder, toothy wahoo eat'em up. He orders four

dozen at a time from Braid with a special paint job .... they're deadly.

TerryH

They can't take a chance, IGFA would band them for life, boat too. The

boats video camera was going the whole time.

[Angus]

Interesting single hook configuration on the Lure Red.

Thanks for that.

[Terry H]

Red, so captures like that have to be video recorded?

I didn't know and was just curious, because I know IGFA are very tight regarding the regulations on records.

[reef_raider]

where was it caught???

[Brian D]

TerryH wrote:

Wow, nice fish.

I can't help but notice how poorly the line is wound onto the reel though Oh well, she is only 10, I'm sure the last thing on her mind was winding on the line properly with that fish!

My question is, how can they prove that she didn't get help?

Once again, wow.

Hey Terry

I think you answered your own question. Have a look at the spool - only a kid would do that!:woohoo: :silly:

[Red]

TerryH

Gday mate, very true about the IGFA with their regulations for records.

The serious anglers are now taking videos, trying to speed it up.

They've also went to tag & release records ... no other way.

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reef_raider

The area is Venice,La ... I've never seen a kayak there, you'd love it.

100's of sq miles of waterways ... plenty fish and no fishermen.

ESPN had it as one of the hottest spots in the world in '04' and then

Hurricane Katrina put a 35 ft tidal surge over it in '05' wiping it out.

It's coming back bigger and better now and very few fished it in '05'

~~~~~~~~~~(Google ESPN fishing Venice,LA)~~~~~~~~~~~

[Cowfish13]

It'd be the last thing on anyone's mind to wind the line on evenly with a fish like that.

Also, what weight drag was set on the reel? My brother caught a couple of wahoo in Vanuatu, 8 and 13kg, and even he, who is 16, had trouble holding onto the reel when they took off. The reel was a Shimano Tiagra similar in size to that reel.

[Red]

Cowfish13

You're right about that ... it's harder than people think, especially for a kid.

Wahoo have a very hard mouth and require heavy drag to set the hook,

you're lucky to get a 50% hookup ratio at 20 lbs of drag after a hit and a

long run. You're pulling 4 or more lines with the rods in the pole holders,

the butt of a 6 ft rod will have about 120 lbs of pressure on it, locking it in

the holder. You have to ease off the drag enough to get it out of the holder,

put it in your fighting belt or chair by yourself .... IGFA rules.

Grown men have got excited, free spooled and it backlashes and breaks.

[Mack_attack]

hey Red saw this post in the random post section and was wondering if she ever managed to get the IGFA record if not show them the picture of the line

[Red]

I don't know if it's still pending or not, maybe another 11yr old girl caught a bigger one.

Here's one caught by a 15yr old girl (Jr Div) that should hold for a while.

IGFA pending 184 pound wahoo by 15-year old Sara Hayward of Nacogdoches, Texas

[img size=498]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/_Hoo_.JPG

[Gazza]

Record or no record WELL DONE what else can you say;)