Fly-fishing 2 kg (4 lb) class tippet, on an Auburn, Ala., USA lake, George P. Mann, of nearby Opelika, landed a bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) on April 15 after an eight minute fight.  Caught on a Grab-a-Holt fly the slab weighed 1.08 kg (2 lb 6 oz). He’s hoping to beat the current IGFA record of 2 lb caught June 2001, in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA. 

On April 22, Cleveland, Tenn., USA angler Eric Maurer, landed a freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) weighing 8.16 kg (18 lb 0 oz).  He used 3 kg (6 lb) class line with threadfin shad for bait while fishing Guntersville Lake, Tenn.  The current IGFA line class record for the species is 16 lb 6 oz caught on Kentucky Lake, Oct. 2003.

Using a sardine for bait while fishing the Rio Amazonas, Brazilian.angler Gilberto Fernandes, of Mao, AM, landed an Amazon pellona (Pellona castelneana) on April 12.  He used 1 kg (2 lb) class line and took 12 minutes to land the fish which weighed 4.01 kg (8 lb 13 oz). The current line class record is 2 lb 12 oz pulled from Brazil’s Guapore River, in Feb. 2003.

Fly fishing the Benguerra Island, of Mozambique Stan Nabozny, of The Woodlands, Texas, USA, landed a doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan) on March 27 weighing 2.27 kg (5 lb 0 oz).  He was guided by Andrew Parsons, using 6 kg (12 lb) class tippet with a Clouser minnow fly. The current IGFA men’s tippet record is 3 lb 6 oz caught off the Christmas Island in Kiribati, Feb. 2003.

Without knowing it at the time Jason "Master B" Land, Florence, Ky., USA, more than doubled the current record for a grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) on April 27, 2008 weighing 19.79 kg (43 lb 10 oz) using 1 kg (2 lb) class line. Fishing his hometown waters he used bread for bait and with poise controlling the very thin line landed the fish in 42 minutes. If his documentation is in order he’ll beat the current IGFA mark of 20 lb 8 oz caught in August of 2005 along the Tamiami Trail in Fla.

Seaford, NY, USA angler Robert Solberg, guided by Stevon Forsberg, landed a goosefish (Lophius Americanus) on April 14 fishing Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, USA. He used a diamond jig for bait and after a 15 minute fight weighed the fish at 23.25 kg (51 lb 4 oz).  The current All-Tackle record for the species is 49 lb 12 oz also caught in the northeast region on July 1991 at Ogunquit, Maine.

Finessing his 1 kg (2 lb) class line John Millar, Vauxhall Dunedin, New Zealand, landed an albacore (Thunnus alalunga) weighing 9.75 kg (21 lb 7 oz). It took him 45 minutes to land the fish using a Cabelas Rip-n-Shad for bait, fishing Jackson Bay, New Zealand on Feb. 21. The current IGFA men’s line class record is 16 lb 6 oz caught in the same bay Feb. 2007.

With an hour gripping her rod and reel to bring in her quarry Faye McDougall, Greerton Tauranga, New Zealand, landed a southern yellowtail (Seriola lalandi lalandi) on Feb. 7, 2008.  She was guided by Ian McDougall using a bonito for bait on 8 kg (16 lb) class line for the fish that weighed 28.9 kg (63 lb 11oz).  Ms. McDougall was fishing Karewa, New Zealand. The current IGFA record from June 1998 is 54 lb 10 oz caught off the Cavalli Island, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.