World's Greatest Fisherman

Posted by Miss Cellania in Sports, World Records on June 1, 2008 at 7:10 am


How do you win the title of World’s Greatest Fisherman? How about being the first person ever to reach the “Holy Grail”, as defined by the International Game Fish Association!

Zyg Gregorek, 65, is the first recreational fisherman anywhere to catch all 27 species in the three so-called “royal slams” set by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) – hooking nine species of shark, including the great white, ten of billfish and eight of tuna.

Gregorek has traveled the world and fished for many years to achieve the title.

Rob Kramer, president of Florida-based IGFA, described Mr Gregorek’s achievement as “totally unique”. He said: “To achieve one royal slam is impressive but to get all three is unheard of. He is the first and maybe the last. These awards are considered the big one – the Holy Grail. They are spectacular – travelling to exotic places and chasing a specific species of fish.”

Mr Kramer stressed: “It is not about luck – you have to research, to know exactly where to go and when. Zyg is, by definition, the world’s greatest fisherman.”

Gregorek, from Halwill in Devon, England, tells a few fish tales to The Scotsman. Link -via Fark

(image credit: Marlin World Cup)


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7 comments to "World's Greatest Fisherman"

  1. Andi
    June 1st, 2008 at 10:02 am

    I think it's just very, very sad that a lot of people consider killing animals for fun as "sports". I have absolutely no objections to go hunting or fishing for food, but just for the thrill of killing or for some obscure titles - that is plain perverse.
    So many endangered species (esp. sharks, e.g.), so many people starving to death, energy crisis, pollution... and still some rich braindeads travel the planet to kill animals for fun.
    Mr. Zyg Gregorek is in my opinion one of the world's greatest idiots.

  2. Christophe
    June 1st, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    I used to do big game fishing in the Mediterranean. My dad had a world record on tuna at some time. You have a technical and scientific optimisation to it, a patient wait looking at the sea, the thrill of the fight, and for some (count me in) the tasty cooking.
    Yes, you have the fun, No, the fish is not wasted. For example, all the Mediterranean big game fishing contests in France were giving the sales benefits to the cancer fighting charities.
    I remember the days when we would cut a tuna, and simply BBQ it + thyme/rosemary/oregano + olive oil and give it around to the happy neighbours.. Good times....

    On a darker note, it's been years we haven't caught anything : pollution, yes, but especially agressive overfishing killed all the big tunas. In the Mediterranean northern fleets are now fishing in Lybia's waters, in tuna's reproduction/spawning areas. Industrial fishing has killed everything.

    Zyg is going to hold his record for a long time, unfortunately.

  3. Pol x
    June 1st, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    If you want to kill animals for fun...try the really common ones, as the sports fiser man items are all uncommon to rare to endangared.

    Try Hunting Politicians, there seems no end to their numbners.

    Would that THEY went the way of the passenger pigeon

  4. DOJ
    June 1st, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    as long as he use sustainable fishing practices, more power to him
    but i would've used a snorkel and spear

  5. El Duderino
    June 1st, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    World's greatest fisherman, eh? Does he have one of those hats?

  6. Stolia
    June 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 am

    Next up: The fascinating world of competitive polluting!

  7. Morgan
    June 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    What a fool, hunting and killing endangered species for sport. Things like this make me sick.


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