13-Year-Old Girl Breaks Junior World Record Catching Giant Muskie

Learner News | 22.09.2026

Polish Learner News reports on a teenage girl from Arizona whose fishing trip to Wisconsin made sporting history, setting a new junior world record.

13-Year-Old Girl Breaks Junior World Record Catching Giant Muskie

The news in Polish

Madilyn Davis ma 13 lat i mieszka w Arizonie. W lipcu pojechała1 z tatą na ryby do Wisconsin. Złowiła2 bardzo dużą rybę zwaną3 muskie. Ryba miała 132 centymetry4 długości. To nowy rekord5 świata dla juniorów. Organizacja IGFA potwierdziła6 ten rekord.

  1. pojechać
    przemieścić się gdzieś za pomocą pojazdu lub środka transportu ↩︎
  2. złowić
    schwytać rybę lub zwierzę za pomocą wędki, sieci lub pułapki ↩︎
  3. zwać
    nazywać kogoś lub coś określonym imieniem lub nazwą ↩︎
  4. centymetr  (m.)
    jednostka długości równa jednej setnej metra ↩︎
  5. rekord  (m.)
    najlepszy wynik osiągnięty w jakiejś dziedzinie, przewyższający wszystkie poprzednie ↩︎
  6. potwierdzić
    uznać coś za prawdziwe lub oficjalnie zaakceptować jakiś fakt ↩︎

Translation

Madilyn Davis is 13 years old and lives in Arizona. In July, she went fishing in Wisconsin with her dad. She caught a very big fish called a muskie. The fish was 132 centimetres long. This is a new world record for juniors. The organisation IGFA confirmed the record.

Text comprehension

Question 1: How long was the fish that Madilyn Davis caught?

The fish was 132 centimetres long.

Question 2: Which organisation confirmed the record?

The IGFA confirmed the record.

Vocabulary

PolishEnglish
pojechać to travel/go (by vehicle)
złowić to catch
zwać to call/name
centymetr  (m.)centimetre
rekord  (m.)record
potwierdzić to confirm

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A 13-year-old girl from Gilbert, Arizona, has set a new junior world record after catching an exceptionally large muskellunge — a freshwater fish — during a fishing trip in Wisconsin.

Madilyn Davis caught the fish at a commercial fishing venue in Wisconsin in early July, while on a trip with her father. The muskellunge, also known as a muskie, measured nearly 52 inches (132 centimetres), which was enough to earn her an official junior world record.

13-Year-Old Girl Breaks Junior World Record Catching Giant Muskie
13-Year-Old Girl Breaks Junior World Record Catching Giant Muskie

The record has been confirmed by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA). According to American media reports, muskellunge typically reach around 37 inches (94 centimetres), making Madilyn’s catch considerably larger than average.

In a separate record also reported recently, Tyler Harmon, a resident of Ravenswood, caught a giant blue catfish weighing nearly 73 pounds (approximately 33 kilograms) in the Ohio River. That catch set a new state record for West Virginia.

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