t’s a question Capt. Skip Smith posed in one of his back-page departments in : Where will the next world records come from? It’s a question that gets batted around among fishermen on the docks and in the bars from time to time, and one we felt was worthy of a deeper dive. One invaluable resource is the IGFA’s annual publication, . Because history is most likely to repeat itself, a check of the existing records is a good starting point. There are also those up-and-coming fisheries that have potential but might not be ready for prime time just yet and others that have sadly seen their glory days come and