Australia - the land where there's more or less something around every corner that could kill you in five seconds flat. You'd think fishing would be one of the few safe havens in the country, especially if the fish in question was a cod you had just caught, but you'd be dead wrong. The cod in ...

From the IGFA: While fishing off Soroya, Norway on March 13th with guide Johann Mikkelsen, angler Marica Eriksson potentially broke the women’s 37 kg (80 lb) line class world record for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) with this massive 38 kg (83 lb 11 oz) specimen. Eriksson battled the huge cod for ...