There is no official record-keeping or database of the world's biggest freshwater fish. The Mekong is rich in biodiversity but overfishing, dams and pollution threaten its fragile ecosystem.

On October 29th, renowned fishing record-chaser Arthur 'Art' Weston reeled in a potential world-record muskie on Minnesota’s Mille Lacs, guided by local muskie ...

A world record-holding fisherman from Kentucky has a new record pending after catching a muskie in Minnesota. He is sharing ...

One of Earth’s biggest freshwater fish is bouncing back One of Earth’s biggest freshwater fish is bouncing back Enormous stingray sets world record for largest freshwater fish Enormous ...

This story appears in the October/November 2016 issue of Nat Geo WILD magazine. Zeb Hogan, biologist, explorer, and photographer, is on a mission to document and protect the world’s freshwater fish.

Traveling angler and world-record chaser Art Weston is back at it in Minnesota ... This includes a 283-plus-pound alligator gar he caught in Texas, which is likely the heaviest freshwater fish ever ...

Jason Bair’s 36-pound, 42¾-inch freshwater drum caught at Oneida ... but then I read that the world record is a fish from Nickajack Lake in Tennessee that weighed 54 pounds, 8 ounces.

Big fish hunter Art Weston was back in Texas a few weeks back. Not surprisingly, he was up to his old tricks again.

It turned out to be a record-setting fish — even though it weighed less ... Boyett beat the previous freshwater sunfish record of 11 ounces by weight, set in 2019, according to state officials.

A report has warned of a "catastrophic" decline in freshwater ... Hedge trimmer' fish facing global extinction 'You can't be afraid when fishing for sharks' The report, The World's Forgotten ...

Art Weston caught a 138-centimeter muskellunge, which the International Game Fish Association said could be a world record. IGFA Instagram screengrab Already with dozens of world records to his ...