The 1,000 fish that DIDN'T get away: Angler breaks ultimate fishing record
An angler has broken the ultimate fishing record by becoming the first person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of fish.
Californian Steve Wozniak, 47, has spent 10 years pursuing the astonishing quest that has seen him fish in 63 different countries.
He has spent 20,000 hours on riverbanks, piers, beaches and boats waiting for a nibble from fish ranging from a tiny minnow to a 900lb shark.
Steve has forked out more than £50,000 and racked up over one million air miles criss-crossing the globe with his rod and tackle over the last decade.
The record rodman has fished on every continent bar Antarctica, including places as far flung as Cambodia and the exotic Isle of Wight.
He has snared virtually every freshwater fish native to Britain and spent two years and 4,000 pounds alone trying to capture an Atlantic salmon in Scotland.
Steve has also broken 12 International Game Fishing Association records along the way and has another five pending.
His mammoth efforts finally paid off when he snared a 2lb coalfish in a Norwegian fjord to net the record, that is being dubbed the Cast of a Thousand.
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That is crazy but the more I read the more I enjoyed it. I did catch that earlier when a friend was talking about it as there is another Steve "WOZ" who I am pretty sure is not the fishing type.
Wow, that is pretty cool. I really admire how he stuck with it and did so much hard work. He really did put a lot of hard work in to that record. Good for him.
The 1,000 fish that DIDN'T get away: Angler breaks ultimate fishing record 
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