Biggest fish...cool topic!
Ok, so far in saltwater -
14lb ray - probably not really big to yall but to me it was a sea monster. Caught it on bottom rig with blood worm.
7lb blue on white and green gotcha plug (Thanks Bucket!)
Fresh Water -
23lb 4oz Coho Salmon
10lb 30" Steel Head - This was a crazy catch. At 12 years old my uncle took me fishing. I was using a broken ugly stick with light line, and we were trying to catch suckers with nightcrawlers (my Uncle smokes them). We were way back in the allegan forest (In MIchingan) fishin in the river. All day I caught nothing while my Uncle tore them up. Suddenly, a big fish jumps in the air and splashes down - seconds later he did it again and I saw my line raise in the air with the fish. My uncle said - you will never land that fish on that pole , but I fought him for 20 minutes and finally landed it. I was about 70lbs and 4ft. 10 then, so I can remember that fish pulling me all over the bank! What a day. Still have the picture somewhere at my moms.
Large Mouth Bass - 20" just over 6lbs in my secret spot in Indiana. Released.
Small Mouth Bass - 22" (we never weighed it) Was released.
Blue Gill - Now these fish are normally hand sized but I caugh a 13inch blue gill in my friends pond. What a beast.
Crappy - 16" another monster.
Dog Fish or Bow Fin 3ft Cut my moms hand really bad when she grabbed the line to keep it from goin under the boat.
14lb Northern Pike Through the ice on a small lake in Michigan. Bit on a minnow on a tip up.
Probably more but thats enough.. Im hoping to shatter all my old records on the saltwater here this summer!
