FEMALE COBIA WORLD RECORD
Four-time tippet class IGFA world-record holder Kate Burke, of Tavernier, Florida, landed another potential record for a new (for her) species on October 21, 2011. With three tripletail and one Spanish mackerel record landed in the past two years, the 19.42kg (42-cobia, 13-ounce) cobia (Rachycentron canadum) she caught while fishing Lanark Village, Florida, with local captain W. Camp Walker would bring her world record total to five.
After the cobia ate Burke's WCW pilchard pattern fly, it took the experienced angler five grueling hours to land this potential women's 8 kg (16-pound) tippet class record. The current IGFA record is 14.74 kg (32 pounds, 8 ounces).
IGFA
The International Game Fish Association, or IGFA, is a not-for-profit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and the promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rule making and record keeping. The IGFA are the official record holders for world-record and line-class records on both fresh and saltwater fish. For more information, visit igfa.org.
