diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/config/Messages.java b/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/config/Messages.java
index 3aea166..da63e3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/config/Messages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/config/Messages.java
@@ -147,4 +147,16 @@ public class Messages extends AbstractConfig {
             WINNER_FORMAT = config.getString(prefix, "winner-format", WINNER_FORMAT);
         }
     }
+
+    public static class OTHER_MESSAGES {
+        private static final String prefix = "other-messages.";
+
+        public static String NEW_LEADER = "<green><gold><player></gold> just caught a new longest fish! They caught a <rarity> <fish> <gold><length> cm</gold></green>";
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+        private static void load() {
+            NEW_LEADER = config.getString(prefix, "new-leader", NEW_LEADER);
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/scoreboard/ScoreboardManager.java b/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/scoreboard/ScoreboardManager.java
index d33e97f..d72a8a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/scoreboard/ScoreboardManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alttd/fishingevent/scoreboard/ScoreboardManager.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package com.alttd.fishingevent.scoreboard;
 
+import com.alttd.fishingevent.config.Messages;
 import com.alttd.fishingevent.fish.Fish;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.Placeholder;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.scoreboard.*;
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ public class ScoreboardManager {
     private Objective objective;
     private final String scoreName = "Fish Leaderboard";
     private double tenthLength = 0;
+    private double firstLength = 0;
     private final HashMap<UUID, PlayerScore> playerScores = new HashMap<>(); //TODO save and load this along with the points data
 
     private ScoreboardManager() {
@@ -46,10 +50,22 @@ public class ScoreboardManager {
             return;
         }
 
-        playerScores.put(uuid, new PlayerScore(player, fishLength, fish));
+        playerScore = new PlayerScore(player, fishLength, fish);
+        playerScores.put(uuid, playerScore);
         if (fishLength <= tenthLength)
             return;
         updateScoreBoard();
+
+        if (!(fishLength > firstLength)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        firstLength = fishLength;
+        player.getServer().sendMessage(MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(Messages.OTHER_MESSAGES.NEW_LEADER, TagResolver.resolver(
+                Placeholder.component("player", playerScore.player().displayName()),
+                Placeholder.component("rarity", playerScore.fish().getRarity().displayName()),
+                Placeholder.component("fish", playerScore.fish().fishName()),
+                Placeholder.parsed("length", String.format("%.2f", playerScore.biggestFish()))
+        )));
     }
 
     private void updateScoreBoard() {