Keeping Record of Fish Caught

 

Have you recorded any fish you caught? Perhaps in a notebook or an album like collecting stamps. I have. I started recording a fish I caught in a notebook when my uncle took us (me and my two brothers) on vacation at a resort in Pennsylvania. It was the largest largemouth bass I caught - 7lb 3/4oz. It still is. That was when I was in high school many years ago. I have already forgotten where I placed the notebook because I didn't follow up recording fish I caught until I started Fishbelly.

The urge of recording and collecting fish caught started when Fishbelly's potential customers asked what fish are caught with the lures it designed and produced to show that they catch fish and they work. Especially at consumer fishing trade shows, attendees are always intrigued when there are displays of fish at the booth since it's a dialogue starter for curious fishermen and fisherwomen. Inevitably, consumers asked what kind of fish are caught with each of our lures and how they are used to catch fish consistently. From that point onward, I started taking pictures and record how I use each lure to catch the fish. Here are the fish I caught so far with the Fishbelly lures, mostly with the Hawg Shad:

An alligator gar caught on a 6" Tri-fin Kick-S Shad in Thailand. Rig used: a Gamakatsu 5/0 wide gap worm hook on the Kick-S Shad - weightless and weedless.

 

An arapaima caught on a 5" Hawg Shad in Thailand. Rig used: a Gamakatsu 5/0 wide gap worm hook on the Hawg Shad - weightless and weedless.

 

 An Arowana caught on a 5" Hawg Shad in Thailand. Rig used: a Gamakatsu 5/0 wide gap worm hook on the Hawg Shad - weightless and weedless.

 

A barramundi caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Florida. Rig used: a 3/8 oz jighead on the Hawg Shad.

 

Atlantic cod caught on 5" Kick-S Shad in Rørvik, Norway. Rig used: a modified drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu 5/0 Octopus hook on the Kick-S Shad and a 200-gram jighead with another Kick-S Shad.

 

A Florida largemouth bass caught on 3.5" Hawg Shad at a Disney Lake in Florida. Rig used: a 3/8 oz jighead on the Hawg Shad as shown in the photo.

 

A California largemouth caught on 3.5" Hawg Shad in Clear Lake, California. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A largemouth bass caught on a 3/8 oz Helix Buzz bait (firetiger color) in Lake Guntersville, Alabama.

 

Atlantic landlocked salmon caught on 3.5" Hawg Shad in a lake in New Jersey. Rig used: trolling a Colorado blade with the beaded hook on the Hawg Shad.

 

A black crappie caught on 3.5" Hawg Shad in Vail Lake, California. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A fallfish caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in a lake in Pennsylvania. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A brown trout caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Montana. Rig used: a Carolina rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 1/8 oz snap-on sinker.

 

A black seabass caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad near the Verrazano Bridge in New York. Rig used: a saltwater drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 5 oz lead weight.

 

A giant snakehead caught on a Helix Buzz bait in Thailand.

 

A gray snapper caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Ambergris Caye, Belize. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A pacu caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Thailand. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A redtail catfish caught on a 5" Hawg Shad in Thailand. Rig used: a jighead on the Hawg Shad.

 

A seatrout caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Cape Coral, Florida. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A mutton snapper caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Ambergris Caye, Belize. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A pufferfish caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Cape Coral, Florida. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A redhind grouper caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Ambergris Caye, Belize. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A sander caught on a 5" Hawg Shad in the Netherlands. Rig used: a 3/8 oz jighead on the Hawg Shad.

 

A silk snapper caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Ambergris Caye, Belize. Rig used: a drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a 3/8 oz tungsten weight.

 

A smallmouth bass caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in Lake Erie, Canada. Rig used: a modified drop-shot rig with a Gamakatsu size 6 Octopus hook on the Hawg Shad with a jighead as the terminal sinker.

 

A weakfish caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad on Laura Lee party boat in Captree, Long Island, New York. Rig used: a jighead on the Hawg Shad.

 

A white crappie caught on a 3.5" Hawg Shad in a Disney Lake, Florida. Rig used: a jighead on the Hawg Shad as shown in the photo.

 

As you can see from the pictures, I have started to record a collection of fish caught with the Fishbelly lures, mostly from the Hawg Shad. I still have a lot more to go. My goal is to catch all the predator fish in the world using the Fishbelly lures, perhaps a collection of fish with each type of lures i.e. Bushido Shad, Hawg Shad, Helix Buzz, Popper Shad, Shinai Shad, Tri-fin Kick-S Shad. While I am recording all the fish caught with the Fishbelly lures, it would not hurt to keep a separate record of the largest fish for each species caught with each type of Fishbelly lures. This would be my ultimate goal to achieve in my lifetime.

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