Reelin' In the News: Week of May 28th

Extreme angler Vagner reeled in this world record fish. Image: Hobby.cz

Cabela's announced their new Fly Fishing University, available at 13 locations and online. It's free, and taking a class also gets you a Federation of Fly Fishers membership. 

A Minnesota man was busted for exceeding the limit by 443 fish. He won't be fishing again anytime soon.

The trout of the century was caught in Ireland, a 26 lb brown.

60,000 salmon were released into the ocean from the new Pillar Point Harbor pen funded by Coastside Fishing Club. 

It's the 80th anniversary of the largemouth bass world record catch by George Perry. It took four years for the 22 lb 4 oz largemouth to be officially recorded, but George's record still stands and is being remembered in Darien, Georgia this weekend.   

Scientists reported bluefin tuna caught off the coast of San Diego carried radioactive contamination all the way from Japan.

A German tourist is facing serious charges from Austrian officials after fake-catching store bought frozen trout. What started as a prank on his kids could turn in to six months in the slammer. Yikes.

Floating robots are making their way through California waterways to collect data.

Extreme angler Jakub Vagner set a new world record for catching a 192 pound goonch catfish, the heaviest catch on a rod and reel. Not to mention it's known as a flesheater. There's video of Vagner here.

It's no record, but this 85 pound giant blue catfish caught in Nebraska is nothing to sneeze at...

And today kicks off National Fishing and Boating Week. You know what to do to celebrate!