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Man becomes first person in world to catch 1,000 different species of fish, San Ramon, California, America - 02 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steve Wozniak/Bournemouth News / Rex Features ( 1222421s )
The Fishy 1,000 That Failed To Get Away
An ace angler has broken the ultimate fishing record by becoming the first person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of fish.
Steve Wozniak, 47, from from San Ramon, California, 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 bite for fish ranging from a tiny minnow to a 900lbs shark.
Steve has forked out more than GBP 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 reaching as Cambodia to the Isle of Wight.
He has snared virtually every freshwater fish native to Britain and spent two years and GBP 4,000 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 2lbs coalfish in a Norwegian fjord to net the record that is being dubbed the 'Cast of a Thousand'.
Steve now intends to temporarily hang up his rod to write a book about his angling adventures.
He said: "It is very humbling to be the only person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of fish.
"It has been an almighty challenge and one where there have been many highs and many lows, like trying to catch a tench fish which seemed to elude me for seven years.
"When I caught the coalfish I think I expected it to be this big fanfare event but I was sat in a boat in a peaceful fjord an hour below the Arctic circle.
"I just sort of sat there with a glow of accomplishment."
Steve caught his first fish at the age...
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