Westlake great-grandmother reels in trophy fish off Canada coast 
By Eamon Murphy CA Source: theacorn 9/6/2024
Eamon Murphy
It sounds like a proverbial fish story, but it’s true: an 89-year-old woman from Westlake Village caught a more than 62-pound halibut—just shy of the size limit for keeping—off the northern Pacific coast of Canada this summer.
 

Molly Zimmermann reeled in and boated the jumbo catch with the help of her husband Brian, 88. The couple, coming up on 61 years of marriage, were at the start of their 37th fishing trip to British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands when Molly felt her line stuck on something that would take almost an hour to haul in.

 
Pacific halibut Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
5151Plans for 25,000 tonne cod farm revealedThe Fish Site2019-11-21CA
5152The rising costs of salmon productionThe Fish Site2019-11-22CA
5153What gives a 3-meter-long Amazonian fish some of the toughest scales on EarthCell Press2019-10-16US
5154Thousands of fish and insects killed as unidentified substance pollutes Somerset riverindependent2019-08-05UK
5155Angler Catches 14-pound Bass in TexasWired2Fish2019-11-22US
5156Crappie Angler Disqualified, Banned for Life for CheatingWired2Fish2019-10-29US
5157Why this Ontario angler plans to keep his fishing spot secret, despite Freedom of Information requestCBC Radio2017-08-04CA
5158Catching a dream: Moose Jaw man invents super-Canadian ice-fishing gadgetCBC News2019-11-21CA
5159B.C. offering Cowichan Lake fisherman rewards for catching tagged fishctv news2019-11-20CA
5160Government conflict of interest a threat to fish biodiversity: scientistsctv news2019-11-20CA
5161Canada, Senegal step up to save Atlantic's endangered mako sharkthe guardian2019-11-19CA
5162Here's why Gogama's Makami River 'will never be pristine again'CBC News2016-08-10CA
5163Oil slick on Kenogamissi Lake and dead fish raise concerns for residents downstream of Gogama CN derailmenttimmins today2016-12-12CA
5164Краболовы идут на востокГазета "Коммерсантъ"2019-11-18RU
5165Texas fisherman lands 200-pound alligator gar after 40-minute tussleFox News2019-11-12US
5166Huge 'Prehistoric' Alligator Gar Caught in Oklahoma's Lake Texomanewsweek2019-04-23US
5167Norwegian fish flying onto Saudi tablesArab News2019-10-16SA
5168Advocacy group calls for change as fisheries audit shows decline in healthy fish stocksVictoria News2019-11-16CA
5169No Answers Yet For American Eel Die-Off In Lake ChamplainVPR News2019-08-21CA
5170Inside the secret, million-dollar world of baby eel traffickingCBC News2019-06-25CA
5171Jolting Discovery: Powerful New Electric Eel FoundAssociated Press2019-09-12BR
5172Житель Новосибирска поймал щуку весом почти 10 кгOM12019-11-11RU
5173Goldfish infestations threatening native fish species in B.C. lakesGlobal News2019-11-14CA
5174‘It was amazing;’ Pro bass angler, international group fish the Salmon Rivernew york upstate2019-10-18US
5175Strong sockeye run moving toward Russian Riverpeninsula clarion2019-06-13CA

214 215 216 206 of [217 - pages.]