Biggest fish you've ever landed? Aka, Fish Stories Dick Measuring thread

PurpleBaze said:

I don't fish, but I shoot at things... not necessarily animals.

Tannerites a blast!

Chinook, may have broke 40. Ninilchik River, AK. Shoulder to shoulder, true combat fishing. The river was about 10-12 feet wide where we grabbed the bank so occasionally you had to negotiate the guys on the other side.

It took off down river where the water got wide and fought for close to an hour, still can't believe the sheer power and violence it created on the rod. Quite a thrill. The guy who took us to the spot was on the net. I can't remember what the issue was but after many attempts, he ended up throwing the net down and going into the water with both arms in a bear hug to finally snatch it. He was as tired as I was. This was also around 3 am.

Caught a 25 pound Chinook salmon a few hundred yards off the Dungeness Spit with my dad when I was about 5-6 years old. Just the two of us out in pretty rough water that day. It required his help to reel in, but it was a monster for a kid. I still remember the mix of fear and excitement brining such a big salmon in the boat. It was almost as tall as me in the picture we took when we got it home. My dad loved fishing , and would go to Neah Bay every year with his dad and bribers, but it but it never took with me. I’ve done a little fly fishing here and there, but not much since I was a kid.

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YellowSnow said:

For someone who's been paid to take people fishing as a summer jerb, my large fish resume is twash as fuck. No thanks to @dflea I've never caught a Steelhead. My biggest trout ever was a Donaldson rainbow (GMO rainbow/stealhead hybrid) that was about 6 or 7 lbs.

You and Ice should hit me up in a couple weeks and make up another trip out to the OP to rustle up a wily steelhead. You might consider trying a gear rod this time. Also, if one of you guys could drive that would be great because I'd like to drink a little more than last time.

Please to be placing me on the alternates list

Caught a 10-19 pound salmon when I went on a charter boat in Westport. Not sure the exact size tho.

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BleachedAnusDawg said:

I typically go for the big Copper River filets at Costco when they're in season. That's the extent of my fishing prowess.

Fish for fun. Store And for eating.

I fished for kings in the Samish once, but you really have to know what your'e doing to catch one, and I didn't. I once reeled in something big on a Westport charter in between the constant puking, but that's pussy fishing, and I don't count that.

This pole made me realize that I don't tend to fish for anything big. Pinks in the Skagit is probably the biggest, but it's probably been a decade since I've done that. Anymore, it's all about finding decent lake trout to catch, and it's becoming more and more of an adventure to get to where they are. My favorite fishing trip of my life happened this last summer--my favorite because it involved packing a telescoping rod and some lures on an already long and super fun dirt bike ride. Pull the bike right up the the lake (7 miles from any road), clearest water I've ever seen, catch four nice rainbows (water so clear you could see every fish within 50 yards and watch your lure doing its thing), behead and gut them, throw them in the pack, ride another three hours with trout on my back, back to camp to fry them up!