What the biggest fish you ever caught?

[Ash]

I got into fishing recently and my friend caught a 1 ft and a half long snook YUMMY and I caught a 8-10inch long catfish. Whats the biggest fish you guys ever caught?? (Oh and whats the tastyest fish you've ever eaten?

[piranha45]

~1 lb trout, that was like 15 years ago too :(

[Caveman]

I am not to sure on the size of the Salmon I catch because I dont weigh or measure them but I would say they are as big or bigger then the salmon this lady is holding.
http://www.alaskanadventuretours.com/fishing/images/a%20Silver%20Salmon%20Kimberly.jpg
Some of the King Salmon I catch are WAY bigger then the pictured fish but I only gt 2-3 of them a year. And smoked Salmon is the best tasting fish I have ever had.

[joel]

12 lb. bluefish, 10 lb. red drum, 7 lb chain pickeral

[SteveO]

26" blue channel cat 13lbs, 33" carp (dunno weight)

[Tainted Glory]

~750lbs black marlin this past year. The fight lasted over 3 hours. I was soooo worn out after that.

[Oddball]

The largest I ever caught was a 1,089lb female mako shark off the rip at Montauk, Long Island back in 1976. It was the last fish I caught, as a civilian, before going into the navy. It took 8 hours to land it and I couldn't even lift my arms enough to wipe the sweat from my face after it was gaffed and chained to the float boom next to the boat.

[Killduv]

A Muskie close to about 4 feet.

[rayman45]

i dono

got some biggies in my lake

and a 25lb salmon

[bluedempsey]

a 2 inch chad j/k
nothing that ^ big
i think like a 10 bass :(

[fishnthings]

73 lb flat head out of lake barkley.... i can post pics later

[bluedempsey]

i take it back!
i caught a 15 inch channel cat
with a casting net..... i cheated :ROFL:

[fishnthings]

i take it back!
i caught a 15 inch channel cat
with a casting net..... i cheated :ROFL:

hahaha :ROFL:

[Ash]

26" blue channel cat 13lbs, 33" carp (dunno weight)
haha I own a blue channel =)

[Ash]

i take it back!
i caught a 15 inch channel cat
with a casting net..... i cheated :ROFL:

:ROFL: hahahaha thats funny. I caught a 4 inch flounder in a casting net, along with a blue crab.

[MidasMan]

10lb black drum 18in flounder 23in rockfish 32in bluefish 4ft cobia

[finsandfangs]

this was when i was almost 16

[FlammingWoodChuck]

biggest would probly be a 1ft or more Carp. I just pulled it out of the water but its not that hard when u put a pice of bread in the ater and get a pack of 50 or more trying to eat same thing:D

[Ash]

Those are some BIG fish. I want to go to lake okachobee and catch an oscar and bring it home =)

[FlammingWoodChuck]

Sounds fun. mind if i come along :)

[Ash]

Sounds fun. mind if i come along :)
haha want a get an oscar for your self eh?

[sleepyflight]

I am not to sure on the size of the Salmon I catch because I dont weigh or measure them but I would say they are as big or bigger then the salmon this lady is holding.
http://www.alaskanadventuretours.com/fishing/images/a%20Silver%20Salmon%20Kimberly.jpg
Some of the King Salmon I catch are WAY bigger then the pictured fish but I only gt 2-3 of them a year. And smoked Salmon is the best tasting fish I have ever had.
Never really took weights but tack on about 6in. to a foot to the fish the lady is holding on the first page, and I've nailed down plenty of steelhead and cohoe out of lake Ontario, Sodus Bay, that were gorgeous.

[guppy]

!4' sixgill shark, 10' barndoor skate, 7+' blue fin tuna, 6'2" sturgeon. 8' wolf eel, 6'+ halibut.

[guppy]

I go fishing a lot, yesterday I caught six fish but the biggest was an 8" brown bullhead.

[piranha45]

oddball, what did u do w/ the mako?

[guppy]

Caveman, those silvers are beauties, bigger than any silver I ever caught and tastier than Chinook, even if the blackmouths are bigger.

[AmazonPredator]

The most impressive catch I can brag about was a a largemouth bass about 14-15'' or so right by the bank. It was during the night, he was asleep and it was too easy. :grinyes:

[magic]

45 pound pacific halibut. I caught it in alaska which rules!!!!!! :headbang2

I also once caught a 12 pound california halibut on a little kid rod with 5 pound or less test!!! It took me 1/2 hour to bring it in cause i had to keep lettin it run with the line or it would break it instantly. I casted 2 jigs in a row b4 catching it and each cast broke the line!!! :ROFL: Ive caught some good size lingcod too.

[M|L]

a 2" flounder of some sort LOL couldn't even take it home. :(

[Ash]

45 pound pacific halibut. I caught it in alaska which rules!!!!!! :headbang2

I also once caught a 12 pound california halibut on a little kid rod with 5 pound or less test!!! It took me 1/2 hour to bring it in cause i had to keep lettin it run with the line or it would break it instantly. I casted 2 jigs in a row b4 catching it and each cast broke the line!!! :ROFL: Ive caught some good size lingcod too.

lol nice, I have a kiddy pole with 5 pound line I thought about using once, but never bothred... maybe I shouuld try :lol2:

[Oddball]

oddball, what did u do w/ the mako?

The shark was caught on my grandfather's boat. He and my dad basically took over the disposition of the shark. The fins and skin were sold to an oriental processing company, One side was sold to several restaurants. We kept the other side of meat (mako is my 2nd favorite shark to eat). My grandfather kept the jaws until he passed on. My dad got the jaws until my mom ordered it gone. Now, the jaws are back in my possession.

[piranha45]

does make have a 'fishy' flavor like pollock and cod, or does it taste like tuna or tilapia?

[cooldude123]

by hand: an american eel bout as long as my arm
on hook'in line: 0 pounds 0 ounces (it was invisible i couldn't tell what it was)

[CHOMPERS]

WOW!!! Talk about digging up old threads. This one is two years old :nilly:

To play the game: 5ft black tip shark.

To not play the game: Worse tasting fish ~ Atlantic Sharp Nose shark:barf:

[Cross127]

10' Lemon Shark off the Keys last summer along with 4-5' barracuda and some big yellow fin tuna. Was on a charter and the guy next to me caught a 13' tiger shark almost at the same time I caught my Lemon. We didn't keep them though as we didn't want to and we didn't know what to do with them if we had. Kept some cudas and tuna though.

[Ash]

lol yah I just read this after I got notified it was moved, this thing is old haha. Well now the biggest fish I caught is a bowfin -_- and the tasty fish I caught is still a catfish =[

[Kobi9019]

I might as well add my behemoth, My biggest is a 6' 40 lb sailfish, and the tastiest Mahi-Mahi of course. Hopefully next week I will get a nice fish Drift fishing or private chartering. I would LOVE a nice swordfish.

[Cross127]

I might as well add my behemoth, My biggest is a 6' 40 lb sailfish, and the tastiest Mahi-Mahi of course. Hopefully next week I will get a nice fish Drift fishing or private chartering. I would LOVE a nice swordfish.

My tastiest was a Mahi-Mahi as well. I think the meat kinda tastes like chicken. It sure is dense enough lol. Where did you catch your Sail. Also are you starting a charter? If you are I live in CT and will be the first aboard lol.

[fishingaddict]

heres a king mackerel i caught last summer
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heres a bull redfish caught spring of 06 i think
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[Kobi9019]

My tastiest was a Mahi-Mahi as well. I think the meat kinda tastes like chicken. It sure is dense enough lol. Where did you catch your Sail. Also are you starting a charter? If you are I live in CT and will be the first aboard lol.

I caught the sailfish off of West Palm Beach in Florida. I would love to do a charter sometime up here, they're just so expensive though. I'm going to Florida next week, but I will keep this in mind and let you know if I plan anything for fall.

[Opiate]

nice catches peeps!

[Moo]

Few big fish caught here in Port Philip Bay - Victoria Australia.

14 foot - 7 gilled shark - Got it next to the boat, cut the shark off because we had no real way of getting it in to an 18 foot boat - Just me and my dad.

23 pound Snapper (Australian Snapper - Red Bream) - Measured 114cm

80 pound stingray in the bay.

1 kilo King George Whiting.

94cm - 2 kilo flathead.

3 kilo calamari squid.

55 kilo thresher shark.

Dad caught a huge gray nurse shark in the bay and released it as it's an endangered species.

My sister years ago caught an 11 pound Australian Salmon in Lakes Entrance, Victoria back on the Eastern Beach - Monster of a Thing.

Brother once caught an 11 kilo Murray Cod.

I also caught a 2 kilo puffer-fish once LOL

[Liam]

Wow, Those flatheads and snapper are HUGE, The largest flat head i've ever caught was 63 cm and the biggest snapper i caught was a little 40cm feller.

The flat head tastes real gooood. ;)

[soggysandwich]

12lb king salmon what a fight at 600ft out, well i was 14 so it was a pretty big fight

[FishRfine]

3 pounds, 20 inches trout (see thread "trout party" for pics)

[jtrotter77]

largest was a flathead at 62lbs
also 12lb 03oz LMB, 49lb Stripe bass, 47lb Channel cat
8lb 6oz Smallmouth and 2lb 8oz rock bass :)
lots of drum,bass,cats ect.. between 2-30lbs

[tetracanthus]

A 10# burbot and a 15# carp

[JD7.62]

jrotter, where did you catch those monsters?! All of those are traphy fish indeed! Next time Im in Nashvegas you need to take me fishing!

My biggest include"
24" LMB est. 8-10lbs
8-10ft Nurse shark fought for 3hrs on 15lb line in Cape San Blas Florida.
Several flat head in the 30-40" range
A couple gar over 40"

BTW if youve caught a big fish on a chartered trip it doesnt count! You have to have done everything yourself!!

[stotty]

42lb Carp fresh water

[myster619]

cool!

[Mikeberg]

My biggest salt water fish is a 275 lb White tip Shark.
My biggest Freshwater fish is a 30 lb Chinook Salmon out of Lake Michigan.
I also shot a 31 lb Carp with my bow and arrow, also from Lake Michigan.
Mike

[bombay_biorb]

atm a 10lb carp but ive only been fishing onlocal waters and for 6 months

[Druu]

12 lb. bluefish, 10 lb. red drum, 7 lb chain pickeral

Nice, mine top out at 7.5 lb bluefish and 6 lb weakfish, but those are from a pier.

[FisHaRNekEd]

40+ lb striper

[jredner]

While fishing off a charter boat out of Homer, Alaska I caught this 115 lb halibut. I think that we were using smelt or some other bait fish like it.

As far as the largest fish that I caught off of my boat, I don't have any pics but I caught about a 30lb salmon in Lake Michigan out of Charlevoix, Michigan.

[muckieman]

i cought some big bass 11 3/10lbs and 10.5 lmb and a 25 barracoda on a skidder walk in 5feet of water.....i'm jelois my dad cought a 90lb nurse shark off the same place as barrcoda.

[ghostknifefish0909]

in salt water i caught black tip shark (don't know the weight)
fresh water 30 lb channel cat (pregnat)

-GKF

[likestofish]

8 pound channel cat and a 25 pound wahoo.

[likestofish]

oh yeah was 1 once off GA state record green sunfish.

[fishingaddict]

thought this thread would be loaded with pics???

[FisHaRNekEd]

^ c'mon man, you know the big one was > this < big and the camra broke while you was reelin it in...

... thats always how it is right?

[groovitudedude]

I once caught my own tinfoil barb with a net. He's about 7 inches.

[mbhw]

Biggest - blue shark that was around 5' and 100+ lbs, hard to say exactly because I released the fish.

Plenty of 20-30 lb stripers.

[Rivermud]

13'3" White Sturgeon.. Though I have to admit I handed the pole off a few times.. My arms were long enough to scratch my shins. 11lb LMB, 7lb SMB, 3lb 13oz Black Crappie, 13lb Rainbow Trout, 27 lb Channel Catfish, 37lb Carp < was my favortie catch, caught him on a white crappie jig with 6lb test line.. woot woot.. not bad when you are actually trying for crappie.. heh. Best eating is Surgeon by far

[The TRUST]

13'3" White Sturgeon.. Though I have to admit I handed the pole off a few times.. My arms were long enough to scratch my shins. 11lb LMB, 7lb SMB, 3lb 13oz Black Crappie, 13lb Rainbow Trout, 27 lb Channel Catfish, 37lb Carp < was my favortie catch, caught him on a white crappie jig with 6lb test line.. woot woot.. not bad when you are actually trying for crappie.. heh. Best eating is Surgeon by far

Damn! where in ID is all this??????

[Vicious_Fish]

The biggest fish I ever caught was a 46 inch Striped Bass (aka Rock Fish) in the Chesapeake Bay.

[Rivermud]

The Sturgeon was caught below Swan Falls Dam on the Snake River south of Boise. The Catfish was caught below CJ Strike Dam while trying for sturgeon.. makes for a boring catfish on thos big rods.. The Rainbow, Crappie, and SMB were all caught in Oxbow Reservior about 2 hours NW of Boise, and the LMB was caught in a small pond on the outskirts of Boise. Every one of these fish was caught within 2 hours of my front door. Oh yeah and the Carp was caught this past spring while fishing for crappie on memorial day weekend in Oxbow.. the coolest part was I caught a 20+ lb carp the day before on the same type of jig. heh woot crappie jigging for carp..

[FisHaRNekEd]

3lb 13oz Black Crappie- man thats a huge crappie you eat it or mount it !
you lucky Ba$tAr!) all those types of fish within 2 hours...

[Rivermud]

The Crappie is a horror story. I was with my family on a weekend trip to Oxbow. This was like 13 years ago now.. and I was getting ready to go in to the military and it was my last trip. I walked down the face of the dam (you could still do that back then) and started casting for smallies. Those are trophy smallmouth waters, catch and release most of the year and a slot limit the rest. Anyway I was having a ball catching 2-4 lb smallies all day.. infact it got to the point I just sat down and didn't fish for awhile.. my poor thumb was tore up from bass lips. Anyway when it started to get close to the time to quit i decided to try casting into a much deeper hole with a bit of an eddy in it. I was using 3 inch watermellon tubes with 1/4oz lead heads.. anyway i let it sink till i figured it had to have hit bottom cause the current made it hard to tell and started a very fast and long jerk retrieve.. boom.. fish on, and man did it fight.. i thought i had a state record smallie. Anyway, I got it to shore and about fell in when I saw it was a crappie.. I'm sure you could hear my whoops all the way back at camp about 3/4's of a mile down river.. anyway I threw him on the stringer and made a mad dash to hit the same hole.. boom.. another.. boom another.. I caught 5 in a row then nothing.. my step dad was in a boat just about 100 yrds from me and came over to see what I was fussing about. He saw one of the fish I caught and yelled it was the biggest he had ever seen. Now coming from him this got my blood racing, he was the best fisherman I knew. Anyway, he picked me up in the boat and we went back down river (so much easier than climbing back up the dam). When we got to camp we measured and weighed them. The biggest was 17 3/4", the smalled just a shade over 15'. We had a digital scale and the big one read out a 3.13.. It read lbs and oz's not the percentage. Anyway, I told him I wanted to take it to the Gateway Store to have them weighed since they had a regulation scale and to turn it in for a state record. He said we'd do it in the morning. The next morning I had to haul the boat so he said he'd stop on the way and have them officially weighed and measured.. He never did, they took them home, snapped a few photos and then ate them. It would have been a record, thought it would have been beat 3 years ago by a 12 yr old kid.. but yeah.. oxbow is an anglers heaven..

[FisHaRNekEd]

^ man that is an awesome story to tell the grand kids...
my friend back in cali just sent me pics and said he caut over 60 crappies in 4 hours !!!
but none over 3 lbs.

[Rockbass6]

32''walleye 33''steelhead 14 1/2'' perch all are from lake erie..

[Cammo X]

Mate i caught a 90cm flathead rock fishing, NSW Australia

[FisHaRNekEd]

^ What is that, do you have a pic of it, or just any pic of one, so we can see ?

[stotty]

^ What is that, do you have a pic of it, or just any pic of one, so we can see ?


they look like this

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200706/r151902_542239.jpg


There are more than 40 species of Flathead found in Australia. Most of these are found from southern QLD, south around the southern half of Australia to South West Western Australia.

I know about them as i watch Paul Worsteling & Lee Rainer from the ‘I Fish’ TV show catch them;)

[kiLLz kC]

those are bad ass....

[kiLLz kC]

78 lb. sturgeon and 21 lb. channel cat in winneconne, wi. off the winneconne bridge. 30 ft drop to the surface of the wolf river. dnr was constantly on the bridge so we clipped the line before we were in hot water. clipped it long enough to get a good weigh in.:naughty:

we used river rigs and flathead minnows during the white bass spawn. same trip a few of my dad's friends took the boat out to lake winneconne and came back with over 500 white bass.

[FisHaRNekEd]

Thats oneother ugly fish, I like it, thanks

[nativelover]

biggest from the surf. 5ft leopard.

ive caught bigger Makos though

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i214/katguy/fishing/12-25-2007-15.jpg

[Stone Like Fish]

5' hairtail. Can't post a pic cause this comp is not too good (doesnt like uploading pictures!), but i can get some of the internet so here you go.

http://fishing.hojusports.com/pics/hairtail2.jpg

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0003/115833/hairtail.jpg

[arowana man]

a 2'' blue gill.lol
realy though i woult say a 1' spotted sea trout. yummy

[Nate_N_Nicole]

21 inch large mouth about 4lbs!!!

[Plecosterone]

6-1/2' & 4-1/2' sailfish off North Miami Beach within 1 hour of each other in the 80's. I still remember the fight those guys put up, what a rush.

[bangerang103]

best post oddball~

Close, back in 1979... thats when they would still catch great whites in numbers.. off of montauk thats awesome.

[convict94]

the largest fish, uhhh oh a 50"+ tiger muskie while icefishing in michigan and it was soo big that its head wouldn't fit through a 15"x8" hole in the shanny we had. but we eventually got him out. he was soo big that we couldn't weigh him. the largest bass a 21" 7lbs 8oz largemouth on my grandma's lake. i ain't telling what lures i used, they are my own recipe for destuction:naughty:

[lmartelli77]

6 1/2 foot, 85 pound White Marlin. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.:headbang2

[FisHaRNekEd]

^ Ha hA you were scered of getting stabbed by the fish !

[Cammo X]

yer i caught that flethead on a ball of mullet. and IFISH is awsome i got one of there dvds.i was hoping to go cod fishing o the holidays but right now we got bad weather!!

Cammo X

[lmartelli77]

^ Ha hA you were scered of getting stabbed by the fish !


:ROFL:That was a good one. So this forum is where all of the Hollywood writers have come to work on new material since the strike? Sir...you stink.

Anyway, the mate who gaffed the fish put the bottle on there IMMEDIATELY after getting it on the boat. They must have had something happen on a previous charter. It was thrashing around pretty good, as can be expected I guess.

[FisHaRNekEd]

^
I got attacked by a Gar when it was in the boat, maybe We shoulda electrictal taped its mouth shut. Its understandable, nobody wants another hole in them besides the ones that are supposed to be there.

[proaquatics]

70lb sturgeon in sf bay off of the ale. rock wall, pretty intense trying to get it on the rocks.

[Kobeclone]

7-8 lb channel cat
:(

[GetInMahBellay]

Best Line Class: 12lb Largemouth on 2lb test
Heaviest: 18+lb Blue Cat
Longest: 36 Inch Muskellunge

[GetInMahBellay]

oh yea i also caught a 5ft bonnethead shark

[Danyal]

12lb channel cat

[GTFADED]

thats exactly why I signed up!

[RBE17]

There a lot of nice fish here, folks. My personal bests are: two LMB a tick over 20" and 4lbs, numerous Chain Pickerel around 24" and a couple of SMB around 19" / 3.5lbs. Most of the time I catch and release now. We have small slot that we keep for food.

[JD7.62]

Best Line Class: 12lb Largemouth on 2lb test
Heaviest: 18+lb Blue Cat
Longest: 36 Inch Muskellunge

Damn is that 12LB LMB is a world line class record?

[liljoe0985]

7lb largemouth bass, 26lb channel cat, 27lb blue cat

[Kobeclone]

Damn is that 12LB LMB is a world line class record?


Not even close....

I personally know a guy that caught a 20.5 lb. channel cat while crappie fishing with 2 lb line. There was not even a mention of this being close to any records. I have no idea what the record would be though.

[JD7.62]

Line class (and all other records for that matter) are listed by species.

A 12lb LMB on 2# line, if not a world records its damn close and for sure a state record assuming he caught it in his home state of NJ as its all tackle records is just 10lbs.

[alex2158]

mine was a 42" 22 pound northern pike caught in manatoba canada as a lodge called elbow lake lodge my friends dad owns it i caught it on 8 pound test on a mepps 5 spinner i saw him below the boat and so i jigged it infront of his face then BAM!!!!! hes on and pullin out line like its nothing i got him in and took a few photos and then released him and im getting a fake mount of him its suppose to look just like him i gave them a picture of it its being made in winnipeg made by the number 1 taxidermist in the world they did the 76" fake muskie for the ford commercial but it was my biggest fish and the best moment of fishing in my life also caught a 29 inch walleye there and on the kankakee i caught a 26 inch walleye and a 20 inch small mouth here are the walleye and smallmouth from the kankakee i had to take a pic of a pic on the wall to show u the pike because the photo wasnt on this camera

[voss345]

caught a 40 pound striper, 15 pound blue fish (monstrous, my dad has caught a few 20-25 but that was a long time ago), fresh water- 40 inch pickerel, 8 pound lmb 4 pound smb, and alot of others

[Bluegill]

Yo voss345 if you caught a 40 inch Chain Pickerel it would be a new state record. You sure it was not a northern pike?

[Aqua Sanctuary]

when I was fishing off of a charted boat in the Atlantic about 12 miles offshore from St.Augustine 2003 I caught a 34 lb tuna. i think it was a black fin I cant remember.

I can post pics soon. That fish fought soooo hard I it felt like it was 100lbs. And I won the jackpot on the fishing boat. I think it was 125 bucks! We came back the next day and went again.. the jackpot money payed for us! Fun times.

[Aqua Sanctuary]

I must add that the tuna I caught was also among the tastiest fish ever. Fresh tuna is amazing..
yet at the top of my list would be Red drum or (Redfish) just with butter and season salts. YUMMY!

[perchkeeper]

I caught a 1.02m barramundi at Lake Awoonga, Gladstone, Australia. (heaviest fish).
And a 1.21 m pike I caught in one of the many cannals here in Holland.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/C:\Documents and Settings\Sebastian\Mijn documenten\Mijn afbeeldingen\Adobe\Foto's digitale camera\2008-05-26-1248-12

[TheGreenTerrorBoy]

i caught this monster.............. stickle back it was stupidly big about 2inch nah not really my biggest fish was a 16lb common carp :)

[Frostyone]

Biggest I've caught was a 5' Tarpon fly fishing in Apalachicola, FL. While we were out there a 6' Bull shark swam right up to the boat we were in, I mean I could've bent down and touched it's head it was so close. I threw everything I could at it but it would not bite :(

[cichlidbuddy]

not to big. Im working on getting a bigger one:ROFL:

[Dan Feller]

I wish I could find the photo!

I caught it on a cut herring near Buoy 10 on the mouth of the Columbia. Biggest fish of the day! :)

[Pwn]

I've caught a 25lb salmon on a charter boat (pretty small for that kind of fishing) and a 22lb striped bass out of a river.

Best fish I've ever eaten would have to be Ono. Had it in Hawaii with heineken batter and I've only been able to find it here once at Trader Joes :( It may be called something different, I just haven't figured it out yet.

[amazon1234]

biggest fish iv caught so far is a 4 foot blacktip in panama city at my beach house

[CichlaRyan]

3foot RB trout off a powederd grey fly.

[Death Pony]

24" black bullhead catfish. Put up a good, long fight! I was 10 when I caught it.

[snakeheader]

hmmm idk prob 27inch steelhead off a spoon

[Nicksplosion]

nice catches guys!
ive caught
9.5lb fluke
45lb stripers
45"MahiMahi

[rkrum]

Hmm I think mine is probably an albacore around 30 pounds

[bluehairman]

my dad caught this.. said he wrestled it in the boat, my mom says the same thing haha.
dont know size/weight or anything, i just have a picture.. i put a mountain dew can on top for comparison

http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u322/clintpamp/fish002.jpg

[voss345]

Yo voss345 if you caught a 40 inch Chain Pickerel it would be a new state record. You sure it was not a northern pike?

it was in NH

[gobucks1]

Biggest i ever noodled was about 16" Channel
On line 20" flounder

[Death Pony]

Mine was actually a white catfish, not a bullhead, my bad!

[Plasticmotif]

31 inch Brown trout is my favorite...but, my biggest was a 241 pound halibut.

[haynchinook334]

256.8lbs blue marlin, took me almost 2 hours to reel that bad boy in. i was 15.

[perchkeeper]

A few days ago I caught this monster Thin-lipped mullet at my towns harbour. Took me about 15minutes to reel this one in.

http://11082008475

[perchkeeper]

my photo uploader doesn't really work

[christhefish]

a 9foot white sturgeon

[Aquariumjunkie]

a 9+ foot white sturgeon

[Louie]

a 9+ foot white sturgeon


Wow that is wild never saw one that close. What did you use to catch it?

[Louie]

my biggest were blue fish from Long Island . I am one of the few who eat them and like them lol.

[ceeej31]

a 3 ft bluefish
delicious

[MsMassPoly]

632 lb blue fin tuna.

[Veacane]

For size a 3 foot muskie, and taste red snapper at this place called Spasso's in philly.

[stickman]

17 lbs. 5 oz. pike through the ice and 11 1/2 lbs. walleye in open water

[MarbleGoby]

A 5lb rainbow almost got a 5-10lb largemouth once but it broke the line cause the line was weak.

[killerfish]

not very big my self longest would be a 30'' northern pike heavyist would be a 12 pound carp

Best tasteing would probably be yellow perch

[Louie]

632 lb blue fin tuna.


How do you bring a fish like that in?

Imagine those deep sea fishing tupe chairs and rods?

[Louie]

17 lbs. 5 oz. pike through the ice and 11 1/2 lbs. walleye in open water


gorgeous fish.

[Knowdafish]

632 lb blue fin tuna.

Were you strapped to the deck? :D

[Louie]

mine was a 42" 22 pound northern pike caught in manatoba canada as a lodge called elbow lake lodge my friends dad owns it i caught it on 8 pound test on a mepps 5 spinner i saw him below the boat and so i jigged it infront of his face then BAM!!!!! hes on and pullin out line like its nothing i got him in and took a few photos and then released him and im getting a fake mount of him its suppose to look just like him i gave them a picture of it its being made in winnipeg made by the number 1 taxidermist in the world they did the 76" fake muskie for the ford commercial but it was my biggest fish and the best moment of fishing in my life also caught a 29 inch walleye there and on the kankakee i caught a 26 inch walleye and a 20 inch small mouth here are the walleye and smallmouth from the kankakee i had to take a pic of a pic on the wall to show u the pike because the photo wasnt on this camera


great catch your first pic is great.

[Louie]

biggest from the surf. 5ft leopard.

ive caught bigger Makos though

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i214/katguy/fishing/12-25-2007-15.jpg


Wow pretty shark . they have been catching sharks by Miami but drab looking nothing like that.

Did you let it go?

[Louie]

256.8lbs blue marlin, took me almost 2 hours to reel that bad boy in. i was 15.


There was a great special couple weeks back on sailfish and Marlins about the old giants and how now they are rare

[jordanlewis100]

my biggest are not that big 19lb mirror carp,12lb atlantic bonito,11.5lb cod,9lb pike,4.5lb tench,1.5lb roach

[tedcb5600]

452 blue marlin, 195lb TARPON on fly, 52# redfish, etc etc. I fish a lot. 3-5 days a week when I'm not guiding hunting trips. Been all over the world to fly fish.

[tedcb5600]

The best tasting is a toss up. Freshwater: Walleye or crappie get my vote SW: depends on the mood and what I catch fresh.. Wahoo, dorado, grouper, flounder, snapper. It's all pretty good.

[Bottomfeeder]

3 1/2 ft by 2 1/2 ft Cownose Ray in punta gorda, fla right on the ponce deleon flats. took 5 mins to land and we had to follow the beast of a Stingray with the dingy. Over 20lbs on less than 20lb line.

[redbellyPirahna4]

48.5inch chinook salmon on fly turned out a year after i caught it was actually the wisconsin state record and i took it home and ate it
62inch lake sturgeon
bigest largemouth i caught is i wanna say close to 10lbs
bigest chanel cat i caught a lil over 3feet long out of a pond down the street from my house

[Bottomfeeder]

I have caught some big ones over the years.
3 1/2ft by 3 1/2ft Cownose ray in Punta Gorda, Florida on light line (12-15lb test. I know because earlier one that was fought for 5 mins was tired out and broke off because I reeled too hard.) There is no existing igfa jr record for this species so when I go down next year I'll just have to catch another one. Also on my agenda for the flats next year: Eagle Rays, Stingrays, Seatrout, Redfish, Snook, Jack Crevalle, small Sharks.
I recently landed a 12 1/2 inch Bluefish on a local pier. It was on a "test-cast." No bites all day (except when I set out a baitfish on the surface and each time Terns swooped in and stole them.) I tied on a heavy Luhr-Jensen Krocidile. One the first cast I hooked something that took line for about a second then started coming in. It even jumped.
12 1/2 inch LMB on a creme nightcrawler at Clove Lake.
About 2ft Searobin on the side of a highway in the Rockaways on a Bunker Chunk. Our Ft. Tilden Striper thing was cancelled (we made reservations a week early and we didn't know till we got there.) worse, my friend, an ameutuer fisherman was there. Eagre to start I told my Dad to pull over. He did. I caught the big Searobin (What a fight!) and my friend caught HIS FIRST FISH another big Searobin! (Not as big as mine tho.)
.
(different trip.) A couple Keeper Fluke but all went free. :)
A BIG Black Seabass that my Dad kept because it came up dead.:(

[wrestlingfreak7]

freshwater: 20lb carp.
Saltwater: 3lb bull shark.

[grego]

heres an 8 ft+ white sturgeon caught in the columbia gorge, thats a 10/0 hook in its mouth! the other pic is the bait i use to catch em. its alot of fun filling coolers full of shad in the summer and then using them to fill coolers full of crabs in the winter and hunting oversize in the columbia. this size sturgeon requires a fight belt and a strong back they love to jump and rip line, anyone who wants to experience fighting the biggest freshwater game fish should plan a trip to the columbia, besides sturgeon you could find yourself into some pretty big salmon and steelies, heck even walleye run these waters!!!!

[dhgyello04]

Finally I found this pic… This was my first surf fishing trip. I caught this bad boy in San Mateo at Coyote point right on the pier. I was using a 12ft ugly stick and braided line (don’t remember the Tess). The bait was squid. It was really cool. The pier was about 8 or so feet up off the water and made up of large bolder like rocks. I was in the water no longer than 10 minutes when my bait running reel when nuts. It was just buzzing and buzzing the line was going and going…
I have never caught anything larger than a 20 inch striped bass so this one caught me off guard. I stood on the top of the bolder and set the hook. The next thing I knew I lost my balance and started to fall into the drink. I grabbed my pole holder and regain my footing, then I brought this guy in. 44 inch leopard shark. I practice catch and release so I let the guy go. Hope you like it.

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff107/dhgyello04/Leopardshark.jpg

[Yellow Bichir]

Biggest fish I've ever caught was a 36" Northern Pike. And I don't eat fish... it's gross tasting.

[cnoel08]

i hooked a 8-10 ft shark but before we could get it all the way to the boat it turned back on the line and cut it :(

[lordofthejewsjr]

a 1 foot leopard shark and a 27" barracuda

[crowconor]

im only 15 but last year i caught a 41 lb cod and this year i caught a 6 1/2 lb largemouth

[FavCatfish]

My biggest fish is a 70 pound fathead catfish, and my other 35 pound fathead! Ive caught a 7 pound bass, a 6 pound Walleye, a 14 pound carp, and a few more i just cant think of.

Here is the 70 pounder..

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/FloridaFrank/70poundcatfish2.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/FloridaFrank/70poundcatfish.jpg

And the 35 pounder...

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/FloridaFrank/fish2.jpg

[Malawi-]

Those pictures are incredible. When I fish, its in a lake in Oregon.. Biggest trout was about 16''...

[hurricane_redbone]

biggest fish I landed was a 12 foot tiger shark... but I dont count sharks... they r no fun...

the fish I am most proud of is a 32 pound redfish...

[oscarcrazy]

Caught my first red!! 24 inches, guess that makes it the biggest fish i've caught in the Gulf.

[King Fisher23]

The biggest I caught was a 31 pound channel catfish.

[generalcov]

63lb blue cat out of the TN river

[lizardfishman]

46" 40lb grass carp back when I was like 10. I think the best two fish I have caught were my 2 10-12lb largemouth bass that I caught last summer. both were 28-29" long

[Amazon_Addict]

Biggest would be a 32" salmon. A good day of fishing for me would be some 16" bass in the Rock river down the road form my house, and 14" cats at the local mill pond.

[sascythe]

32in. male steelhead northern ohio biggest one ive caught yet.

[thorzep]

250lb golioth grouper, 25lb salmon, 23.5 lb northern pike, 9 lb largemouth, 6.5 lb smallie

[bfhslilred93]

4ft sand shark on complete accident all i wanted was seabass

[flamer]

hmm... I don't fish much, so I probably won't update this for another year or so, so I'd say about 1ft. I don't really know though.

[WMDunkin]

me and my dad fish for rock fish for a month about two times a year.

the avg. length is 38-50''

here is my friend with his catch the first time out. I believe is was 38"
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v27/250/39/18403765/n18403765_30415331_5234.jpg

[moneyman6891]

Ive caught mainly lagre sharks, 4-5 feet. But my favorite was a 90 pound tarpon I caught in one of my lakes last summer. Caught it on a small sunfish. Took 20 minutes to bring it in and it jumped 7 times. My favorite fish to eat is redfish.

[jim]

6 ft sand shark , 25 miles off daytona, same day lots of 20 lb. plus king mackral

[freshwaterfishing]

Mu husband and i do alot of salmon fishing, here are a couple pics but not quite the biggest.

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288333

[mssassysan2000]

April 2008 i caught a 38 inch northern pike he was a beast.:headbang2

[junglej]

49 in. muskie in northern wi

[junglej]

got him hangin on my wall

[hentzi222]

i shot with my bow a 7' 10" 286 pound gator gar down in texas this year.

[gianniz]

i caught a 55cm yellow tail kingfish in sydney using a size 12 yellow tail (yakka) hook! I couldn't believe the hook didn't bend or dislodged!

not bad considering I was trying to catch bait to catch actually kingfish :)

[Issack]

49 pound Mahi Mahi. The biggest one I caught in Hawaii anyway

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a136/ianfink/DSC00914.jpg

[SoULReBeL23]

nice

[c_scherer123]

I only fish the local lakes around the middle of Alberta, Canada, so the fish aren't that big, it is mainly northen pike, pickerel, whitefish, and yellow perch, though you can occasionally find a burbot.
I caught my biggest fish when I was 7, it was a 38" Northern pike (we call them Jack fish...). I was sitting on the flat front of the boat and it was slowly dragging me off - then my Mom caught the rod. When we brought it in, it was almost too heavy for me to pick it up.

I find yellow perch to taste good, though I enjoy whitefish but you can't catch them on a hook, :( you have to net them (and get a permit for it... we buy the fish from a friend who nets).

[notnew2dis]

I have caught many 20+ lbs bluefish (I used to fish in Long Island)
I caught a 42" Striped Bass
I caught a catfish in Uruguay that was at least 50+lbs. when I was a kid.
I caught a grouper in Key Largo that was at least 100Lbs. What an ugly fish.
The best tasting fish I have ever had was flounder caught in Lon Island Sound.

[BIG_ONE]

79" white sturgeon in the Sacramento River, CA, 240lbs...big momma with load of eggs, took 2 of us to wrestle that thing onto shore after its been tired out for a bit, still flopping around. :)

[Danscichlids88]

9 lb channel cat

[likestofish]

25 pound wahoo

[BIGguppy]

44 pound stripe bass off of long beach newyork... and a 800 pound big eye tuna best fight of my life!!!!

[Fish Trouble]

27" Northern Pike was the biggest fish I caught on Lake kabetogama in Minnesota 5 years ago.

[Tropicalfishking]

2 1/2 foot salmon.

tastiest was a rainbow trout.

[thorzep]

best tasting fish......whitefish...no! fresh caught salmon...no! walleye....no! fresh caught tuna.....hmm....no! grouper...for sure!!!!

[likestofish]

All hale the fresh grouper sashimi

[Galactus39]

38 lbs Stripped Bass from Robert Moses State Park in LI, NY.

[skateatburners]

17 inch trout, huge 5+ pounder smallmouth bass, almost a 3 foot chain pickeral ummmm thats all i can think of

[Aquafreak]

25 inch, 9 pound Walleye in the Schuylkill River, Reading, PA.

[nigaharu]

large peacock bass and red devil cichlid are caught in Hawaii's lake.

[joworth]

arent fishing stories typically waaaay exaggerated ;)

one time i caught a 1000 pound goliath grouper:ROFL:

[fishmastermike]

not my biggest

[all_or_nothin]

a bluegill is my favorite fish to eat and i caught a 1'-2' amberine not to big but its put up a good fight

[Miomo]

idk about 1ft fluke/flounder(difference?)

[T-Hbrand]

Ive Caught a 24" Rainbow trout was about 5 Pounds a walleye that was the same 24" and five pounds It was deffinentally more exciting. and a 28" Notheren Pike pike which I cant remember how much it weighed.

[Thedaniokeeper]

When I was 7 I caught a cod bigger than myself...

[hecdr34]

I caught this 40 pounder in Hoboken NJ a few years back

[Brooklyn Tom]

I caught this 40 pounder in Hoboken NJ a few years back

Nice fish, I will have to cross the river this season.....I got nothing in Brooklyn last year.

[McFluffrichromis]

I caught an approx 4.5foot 90 lb tarpon in Miami. It was caught on 11lb test and it took me over 3 hours to chase it down on a flats boat.

[MultispeciesTamer]

Ive Caught a 24" Rainbow trout was about 5 Pounds a walleye that was the same 24" and five pounds It was deffinentally more exciting. and a 28" Notheren Pike pike which I cant remember how much it weighed.
dang and you live in canada :(, ive caught a 12 pound rainbow, a 27 inch 7 1/2 pound walleye and a 38 inch pike :D

[irz]

4' cobia off the outer banks

[dookie]

160lb yellow fin tuna off the kona coast

[littlevic34]

13 pound 33.5 inch wallleye o yea lake erie THE WALLEYE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD
a 47 inch pike cannt remember the weight
a 50 in muskie

[MultispeciesTamer]

if things keep playing out correctly then the Walleye capitol might be moving. But this can only be done with proper management. But at least with the number of big ones caught this year it shows a step in the right direction. =P

[cichlid fiend]

20lb carp

[Itsadeepbluesea]

38" Striper

[fishnatics]

Caught a 3ft sturgeon.

[Finalfire9]

2ft Ray off a pier

[cichlidfinder]

Some pretty huge fish have been caught. Congrats to all.

I live in a pretty lousy fishing area but I try. Nothing truely huge here but here are some recent catches:


http://terrystudio.smugmug.com/gallery/5367457_HgvnV#328623556_6B3CD

[tejonranchero]

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r2/nizdil/IMG_7498.jpg


75 pound whiteseabass

[likestofish]

is that speared or reeled in?

[cichlid fiend]

i think he speared it look at the wound on the side.

[zpetrichko]

http://%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/zpetrichko/fish.jpg%5B/IMG%5D
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/zpetrichko/fish.jpg
15 at the time. 35 lb stripped bass

[MultispeciesTamer]

nice

[Zebra]

A 13 pound brown trout.

[NOLAfish]

5 ft black drum(dunno weight broke scale)
about a 3-4ft blue cat (dont know weight broke line 10ft away =/)
the tastiest fish a spec (speckled trout caught in louisiana grand islel)
and southern flounder another goody

[FatHmongKid]

The biggest fish i ever caught was a striper 23 inches forgot how any lbs and the best fish tasting has got the be striper/sea bass/or bass ;D!!

[Schneider]

30 pound common carp. I was fishing for smallies in the fall at lake michigan with 4" golden roaches. 6 lb test. Bent my net handle getting it out of the water. Apparently carp do prey on smaller fishies sometimes.

[Passionate 4 pikes]

20 inch catfish.

[Tstove15]

passionate 4 pikes did you have your own article in a mag about a year ago?

[isa.alhadad]

A 4" Tilapia. Lol. Honest.

[Youngbuck5009]

I accidently caught a 3ft. snake at a lake in upper michigan. 3" bluegill for bait trying to catch a catfish haha. No clue to why the snake was underwater at the middle of the lake?

[Passionate 4 pikes]

passionate 4 pikes did you have your own article in a mag about a year ago?
Yes! Tropical fish hobbyists.

[Cakilla]

my biggest fresh water fish would be a 97 lb blue catfish caught in the mississippi river on a 8 inch shad my biggest saltwater fish would be a 35 lb redfish caught on a slip bober rig using shrimp for bait.... I was trieing to catch a sea trout in the gulf of mexico the tastiest fish I have caught was a 60 lb spoonbill snagged it during snagging season 4 years ago

[AKlass]

Biggest I ever caught was a stingray at OBX NC
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs122.snc1/5251_119078553329_820053329_2277150_5721754_n.jpg
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs142.snc1/5251_119064703329_820053329_2277065_3044001_n.jpg

[Nik]

OK so the biggest fish i ever caught was the one that im about to cacth next week in san diego (blue shark)

[efchris]

The biggest fish i have ever caught was a 41.5" striped bass. I don't eat fish but my parents favorite fish to eat are blow toads not the kind with the huge spine's the kind that feel like sand paper, you gotta know how to clean it right but my dad love's them.