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Orinoco River: South America's Peacock Bass Paradise
A speckled peacock bass weighing over ten kilograms will chase a surface lure across fifty metres of open water โ one of freshwater fishing's most electric moments.
Lake Victoria: Africa's Inland Sea
The Nile perch of Lake Victoria can exceed 200 kg and have been caught on the same shoreline where cichlid evolution played out over millions of years.
Murray-Darling Basin: Australia's Freshwater Giant
A Murray cod can live for over 80 years, grow to nearly two metres, and weigh more than 100 kg โ the largest wholly freshwater fish in Australia.
Yukon River: The World's Greatest Salmon Journey
Chinook salmon that enter the Yukon at the Bering Sea must swim nearly 3,200 kilometres before they can spawn โ carrying enough fat for the entire journey without eating.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Queensland
A giant black marlin at Cairns can weigh over half a tonne โ and the reef below holds hundreds of other species waiting to be discovered.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in British Columbia
A single Skeena River steelhead can strip a hundred metres of backing in under ten seconds โ and that is just the beginning of BC fishing.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Ontario
The Wabigoon Lake system northwest of Thunder Bay produces northern pike exceeding 115 cm in near-wilderness conditions that few fisheries anywhere can match.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in the Northeast USA
The Catskill Mountains of New York are where the modern dry-fly tradition was born โ on the Beaverkill and Willowemoc, anglers still fish the same pools where Theodore Gordon cast a century ago.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in the Deep South
Weiss Lake in Alabama earns its nickname โ the Crappie Capital of the World โ with year-round catches that routinely exceed a pound and regularly top two.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in the Pacific Northwest
The Hoh River on the Olympic Peninsula produces wild steelhead that have never seen a hatchery โ fish averaging over 5 kg that test every element of a fly fisher's skill.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Texas
Lake Fork produces more bass over 13 pounds than any other lake in the state โ and possibly in the country โ making it the pilgrimage site for serious largemouth hunters.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Montana
The Madison River holds brown trout above 5 lb year-round โ and that is just the beginning of what Montana has in store for anglers.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Alaska
The Kenai River's king salmon can top 45 kg โ fish that fight for an hour and leave anglers arm-weary and permanently hooked on Alaska.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Uzbekistan
Charvak Reservoir holds pike-perch pushing 8 kg and carp that have grown fat on a decade of low fishing pressure โ one of Central Asia's best-kept angling secrets.
Read more โTop 10 Fishing Spots in Kyrgyzstan
Issyk-Kul never freezes despite its altitude โ and its endemic species of chebachok and marinka offer fishing unlike anything else in Central Asia.
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