I like thinking outside of the box. I think the record should be for the smallest fish caught and safely released in each category. It takes real tallent to catch and safely release the real small ones!!
Any stiff can catch the big ones! :p Hell if fish are like me the older they get the worse the eyesight they get. If I were a fish I would probably hit on anything that even wiggled a little bit ( or so my wife keeps telling me )
--------------------------------- 1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY