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IGFA Hot Catches for April 2010
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4/20/2010
Huge record book fish are lining up in this month's IGFA Hot Catches. Check them out.
by the International Game Fish Association
Orinoco Peacock

Guided by Adolfo Martinez Purada, while fishing Cano Bocon, Colombia, on January 28, Alejandro Linares, of Medellin, Colombia, landed a orinoco peacock (Cichla orinocensis) weighing 3.63 kg (8 lb 0 oz) using a Mepps Spinner tied to 6 kg (12 lb) line. The current IGFA record is 6 lb 8 oz (2.95 kg) caught from Masparro Lake in Venezuela, Oct. 2008.