Your Best / Largest Catches?? (AKA "Bragging Time!!)

[fishryc]

Not much posting going on lately, soooo…………….
What are some of your best / largest catches??

Mine:
   Muskie- 47-1/2 inches; Niagara Power Reservoir
   Perch- 17-1/2 inches; Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
   Small Mouth Bass- 21-1/2inches; Lower Niagara River Gorge @ the Whirlpool
   King Salmon- 31 pounds; Lower Niagara @ Devils Hole
   Striper- 42 inches; Head of the Meadows Beach, Cape Cod

Best "Catching" day-  Labor Day weekend around 1981 or 82 on Lake Oneida out of Godfrey's at Cleveland: 2 person limits on yellows by 10:00 AM Sat., 9:00 AM on Sun., and 8:00 AM on Monday!

[Fishingking]

if i can remember all

Largie- 5.7lbs 21" Pond  on the wall
Smallie- 21"  CPR  Local Lake weight??
Pike - 38" Champlian weight?? CPR
Perch - 14 1/2"  LOcal Lake  think it was 13/4lbs or so
Bluegill- 10 3/4" Local Lake CPR  weight ??
Walleye- 24" Local Lake weight??
Lake Trout-  33 1/2"  CPR Local Lake estimated 13-14 lbs
Brown Trout - 26"  about 6lbs Local Lake  It was tasty too
Rock Bass- 11"-12"ers Local Lake CPR
Brown Bullhead-18" Small Pond CPR
Black Crappie- 16 1/2" Pond Minnesotta CPR
Land Locked Atlantic Salmon- 23" Local Lake good eats
Chain Pickeral- 23" Fat Female w/ Eggs about 2 1/2 lbs Local Lake CPR
Atlantic Cod- 40lbs length?? this spring

[xrhino]

LMB - 5# 6oz. Local lake, Senko style bait
SMB - 21" Mississippi River, White buzzbait
Muskie - 49" Vilas Co. WI, sucker
Pike - fat 40"  Mississippi backwater, dead smelt through the ice
Chinook - 26.5 lbs. Lake Michigan, J-plug

Best "catching" - September of 2002, jump fishing white bass, Lake Onalaska.  We ended up changing to barbless single hooks on our spoons because we couldn't get them off the trebles fast enough.

[HudsonRiverRat-1]

LMB - 8lb 9 oz Hudson River w/mom 8/1/2005
SMB - 4+ lbs Schroon Lake 15 years ago
Pike - 40+ in. Round Lake  No net in a canoe
Ylw Perch - 15 in. 6mile waterworks over 20 years ago
Striper - 18 lbs Hudson River 80's sometime
Catfish - 11 lbs Hudson River 2006 w/ BRF

Best Catching - Shad fishing - Hudson River  in the late 80's early 90's. Used to fish til my arms got tired and go home.

[OTIS]

LMB - 7.1lbs 23"                 Madison County lake            Spinner Bait
SMB - 6.3lbs 22"                 Oneida Lake                         Rooster Tail
Walleye - 9.4lbs 29"           Bay of Quinte                        Deadly Dick
Pike - 21"                            Oneida Lake                         Rapala
Pickerel - 26"                      Oneida Lake                          Rapala
Brown Trout - 6.4lbs 26"     Local creek                           Rapala
Brook Trout 13"                   Fish Creek                            Worm
Rainbow - 16"                     Oriscany Creek                     Worm
Steelhead - 28"                   Salmon River                        Egg Sack
King - 43"                            Salmon River                        Egg Sack
Yellow Perch - 15 1/2"         Oneida Lake                        Ice Jig
White Perch - 14"                Oneida Lake                        Ice Jig
Bluegill- 10 3/4"                   Local pond                           Worm
Black Crappie - 17 1/2"        Erie Canal                            Mepps Black Furry
Rockbass - 11"                    Cazedovia Lake                    Ice Jig
Bullhead - 16"                      Stony Pond                          Worm
Catfish - 36"                        Erie Canal                             Bread Ball
Freshwater Drum 21"          Bay of Quinte                        Twister Tail
Carp - 38"                            Oneida Lake                         Jig
Redfish - 22"                        Venice, LA                            Rubber Cackaho
Speckled Trout - 23"            Venice, LA                            Live Cackaho
Croaker - 12"                       Local bayou                         Shrimp
Mullet - 10"                          Local bayou                         Shrimp
King Mackerel - 27"              Venice, LA                            Rubber Cackaho
Ono (Wahoo) - 76"              Kona, HI                              Door Knob
Mahi Mahi - 42"                    Kona, HI                              Door Knob
Tuna - 23"                            Kona, HI                              Bucktail Jig

Best catching - walleye during the fall over 50 fish nights (several a year).
      Yellow Perch with Walleye1, jumbo limit by 11:00.
      Tuna off the Kona coast as fast as you can throw your line out until you can't any longer.
      Salmon on the Salmon river over 50 fish days.
      Speckled Trout with my wife in Louisiana, until you run out of bait.
      LMB with my father, many 100 plus fish days.

[devil-man]

I have caught some nice fish without measuring them.
Here are a few that I did:

Walleye: 27.5" (Erie this year)
Pike: 36" (Silver through the ice '04)
LMB: 23" (Local pond '03)
SMB: 22" (The Genesee '04)
Perch: 14" (Silver '05)
Rainbow: 20" (Stony Brook State Park back in 1980)
Brown: 18" (Wiscoy '04)
Brookie: 19" (Small lake through the ice '05)
King: 24# (Oak Orchard '03)

[MXFisher]

My List


Pike 37" Conesus lake 2003 released
Brown trout 33" oak orchard creek November of '98 or '99 CPR'ed
King Salmon 23.5 pounds 36.5" Lake Ontario July of this year
Bass not sure but around 20" over 5 pounds, caught a bunch this size, just not one HUGE one that sticks out-all released who eats bass

Brook trout 14" Oatka creek
Walleye 23.5" Conesus Late may of this year......Man did it taste good

As for panfish (perch, sunnies, gills) and others like carp and bullhead I'm not really sure.

As far as best catching days thats tough, depends on the species. I've had plenty 30 fish brookie days on the oatka, 40 fish bass days on honeoye, and some 10+ fish days for pike on Conesus in the spring and fall.

In writing this I realize how much more I keep track of fish caught now that I have a digital camera and don't have to pay for pictures to be developed.

[biggeorge50]

Northern - 47"  Quebec
Walleye - 12#  Bay of Quinte and Henderson
SMB - 22"  Oneida Lake
Brookie - 16"  St Regis River
Perch - 16"  Sodus Bay
Crappie - 16"  Redfield Resevoir
Cod - 43#  Georges Bank

[fishryc]

Northern - 47"  Quebec
Walleye - 12#  Bay of Quinte and Henderson
SMB - 22"  Oneida Lake
Brookie - 16"  St Regis River
Perch - 16"  Sodus Bay
Crappie - 16"  Redfield Resevoir
Cod - 43#  Georges Bank

 Holy Shart!!  How much does a 47 inch northern weigh!!   (My best is 34" on the Upper Niagara)

[ifishhi]

lg mouth 9.87 lb 23.5" on wall
sm mouth 5.5 lb 22
l.l. salmon 5.5 lb 23"
brookie 2.5 lb 20.5"
brown 3.5 lb 22"
crappie 3lb 16.5" on wall
bow 3lb 21"
togue 10lb 29"
splake 4lb 24"
sturgeon 9.5'
 best day of fishing was on the ice.my buddy and i started to set traps at 6 a.m. for togue, we didn't get our 5th trap in till about 2 p.m. flags would not stop we caught about 50 togue between 3 and 7 lbs. 

[ChenBassHead]

LMB:                     7.3 lbs   24"       Local Reservoir
SMB:                     4.2 lbs   20"       Lower Saint Regis Lake
Walleye:                  7 lbs   26"       Oneida Lake
Pike:                      10 lbs   36"       Lower Saranac Lake
Pickerel:               4.7 lbs   25"       Hunts Pond
Bluegill:                              11"       "The Bluegill Pond"
Perch:                              14.5"     Canadarago Lake
Crappie:                           12"        Local Reservoir
Rainbow Trout:                 17"       Local Reservoir
Brown Trout;                     18"      Wharton Creek
Brook Trout:                      17"      Adirondack Pond
Carp:                   18 lbs    28"     Unadilla River



-Zach

[Marcus]

LMB:    6 lbs 4 oz     pawtuckaway lake NH   
SMB:    20.5"        Lake Erie
WALLEYE:  33.5"  Lake Erie    (found out later probaly should be on the wall )
CARP:      38"   Merrimack River  NH
CRAPPIE:    15"  Cassadaga Lake
TIGER MUSKY:   36"  Cassadaga Lake
NORTHERN PIKE   25"    Quaker
PICKEREL   28.5"    Deering Reservoir NH
RAINBOW TROUT:    22"  Little Sunapee Lake NH
LL SALMON:   27"   Winnipesaukee Lake  NH
ATLANTIC SALMON:  12 lbs    Merrimack River NH
STRIPED BASS:  37" shoreline of southern maine
YELLOW PERCH:   15" Lake Erie
COD:  26 lbs   Atlantic Ocean out of Hampton Harbor   NH

[bassinbrian]

LMB: 23"   7+lbs  (farm pond)
SMB: 19"  (reservoir)
Striper: 38"   20lb  (Hudson)
Walleye: 24"  (Hudson)
Pike: 39"  (reservoir)
Brown Trout: 19.5"   (small local stream)
Carp: 36"  (Hudson)
Crappie: 14.5"  (Hudson)
Shad: 25"  (Hudson)

It's great how you/i  can remember these things at the drop of a hat, thanks for starting this post ... put a smile on my face   

BR

[MikeVT]

My 2 personal favorites:
26" brown trout from the mighty Battenkill
15" native brook trout from the little creek across from my house - in most places it does not get above your knees.
These are the two I brag about the most although when I was 13 I caught a 27lb salmon out of Lake Ontario.

[pikemaster789]

lmb- 21" smallwoodlake
smb-19.5" smallwood lake
pike-34" lake st clair
walleye-24" lake st clair
bluegill-10" smallwood lake
rockbass -11" wixom lake
Perch- 11" squaw lake
carp- 36" wixom lake
catfish- 27" lake st clair
brookie-9" obrien creek
brown-15" rifle river
bow-13" rifle river
bullhead-16" smallwood lake
Freshwater drum-23" lake st clair
muskie-32" smallwood lake
crappie-12" smallwood lake
white bass-12" lake st clair