The big five

[ausable_steelhead]

What are your personal bests of the big five?

Chinook salmon: 39"/22lbs Au Sable river
Coho salmon: 30"/11lbs Manistee pier
Steelhead trout: 31.5"/11.25lbs Au Sable river
Brown trout: 36"/20lbs Port Austin
Lake trout: 30"/10lbs Tawas state dock

[ottertrapper]

I'll chime in on this one.

Chinook guessing on the inches 40-41" but the weight I have for sure 26 lbs. 10 oz.

Steelhead 32" 11 lbs
Coho 7 lbs
River brown 20 1/2" 3.8 lbs never fished for lake run browns
Laker 34" 21 lbs

[jsmith2232]

KING---21.5 lbs, Holland
STEELHEAD, 12 lbs K-Zoo river
COHO ---27" 9lbs, port sheldon
BROWN---32"---15lbs, port sheldon

[smoke73]

This year or lifetime?

I have a hard enough time remembering what I ate for dinner last night.:confused: Trying to remember the exact measurements of all the big fish I have ever caught.:dizzy:

2006 RESULTS:

King = 12# 2oz.; Holland
Steelhead = 14 even ;South Haven
Lake Trout = 7# 4oz. ;St. Joe
Coho = 5# 12oz ;Port Sheldon
Brown = none this year

OTHERS:

Lg. Mouth = 2# 10oz ;Lake of the Woods
Sm. Mouth = 3# 7oz. ;South Haven
Walleye = 10 even, 30 inches ;South Haven

[Salmonous Maximus]

Chinook: 20lbs Harbor Beach pier 2001
Coho: 4-5lbs Lexington docks 2002
Brown: 21.25lbs surfing the thumb 2005
Steel: 9 lbs St. Joe pier 2005; 9lbs (eagle lake fish) Lexington 2002
Laker: maybe 11 pounds or so off a Grindstone charter in 1993?

[Dr. Steelhead]

Chinook- 19 1/2 lbs. Manistee River 2003
Steelhead- 16 1/2 lbs. St. Joe River 2004
Brown- about 1 lb. Manistee River 2003

These are the only ones I fish for all except the brown. I mainly only go after Steelhead.

[UBDSLO1]

King-35lbs plus, the scale maxed out at 35lbs. Fish was 47 3/4" long. Boardman River November

Coho-15lbs. Platte River, late fall.

Steelhead- 15lbs. 6oz. Late December, Boardman River

Brown- 15lbs. 4oz. Surf fishing Late April

Laker-12lbs. Late fall surf fishing

[adam bomb]

king 22#
coho 16#
laker 14#
steelie 10#
brown 8#
walleye 11 1/2#

[MPsteelheader]

king salmon - 48"(guessing 35lbs broke a spring scale rated to 25lbs caught in 2000 the run of big kings)

coho salmon - 12lbs 4oz

steelhead - 37"(guessing 15-17lbs and it was a winter fish)

brown trout - 16lbs

lake trout - 17lbs

[Far Beyond Driven]

King: mine 25.4# boat 23.1#

Coho: mine / boat just under 8#

Steelie: mine 33" released long skinny fish (~13-14#), boat 15.7# / 30" on dad in law's wall

Laker: mine 17.5# on full core, boat 7#

Brown: mine 10#, boat 13.7# caught on 10# test by my wife 3 days after her due date with our daughter

Gizzard shad 19.2" (top fish in state that year)

FBD, Holland, MI

[STEINFISHSKI]

Chinook salmon: 40"/28.8lbs Port Sheldon 2001
Coho salmon: 14lbs Manistee
Steelhead trout: 37"/16.5lbs Portage, IN
Brown trout: 17lbs Gary, IN
Lake trout: 27lbs Portage, IN

[SalmonSlayer]

Chinook - 26 lbs out of St Joe - Fall
Coho - 14 lbs Manistee River - Fall
Steelhead - 15 lbs off Cook Nuke Plant - Spring
Brown - 12 lbs Mouth of St Joe - Fall
Laker - 19 lbs out of St Joe - Summer

[Oldgrandman]

King 26.5
Steelhead 15.5
Coho 10 (est.)
Brown 12
Laker 20+, caught in the river when they couldn't be kept

[Dv8oR]

King 22
Brown 12
Steel 10
Coho-8
Laker-15

[fsh4fun]

Steelhead= 16# Ausable - Nov
Chinook= 27# Big Manistee River - Aug
Brown= 11# Tawas River - Feb
Laker= 8# Lake Huron - July

[born2fish]

Coho: 32 in - 12 lb
Chinook: 44 in - did not get a weight
River Brown: 20-1/4 in
Lake Trout: 24 in - 4 lb (only one ever caught)

And the big boy

Steelhead: 41 in - 20.5 lb

Don't own a boat, so these are all river fish.

[NetBackBoB]

king salmon - 48"(guessing 35lbs broke a spring scale rated to 25lbs caught in 2000 the run of big kings)


wow, 48"? that is a nice one:yikes: Surely, you have a pic of that monster? id like to see that pig

here are my big five

king salmon - 31lbs - tippy
coho salmon - 13lbs4oz - platte
brown trout - 22lbs- allegan dam
steelhead - 16lbs 2oz - ausable
laker - 12lbs - tawas state dock

[MPsteelheader]

unfortunately i dont have one anymore...

wish i did...

there are a few on the site here that saw the fish(being there when it was caught) and a few here that saw the pic...

i didn't have a tape with me so i marked the length on my drift rod and measured it when i got home...

the guy i gave the fish to had the spring scale(rated to 25lb) that the fish broke...

haven't seen a fish close to that size come out of lake michigan tribs since