Biggest Fish

[shooter921]

Hey everyone, I was wondering what everyones biggest fish they have ever caught in there life was. Because I broke my personal records this year. No fisher mens tales either! J/K


My biggest bass was taken this August on a lake down the road from me. It was 20 1/2 inches and weighed 4lbs. My next largest fish was a little 16 incher, big improvement.
My biggest pike was caught on the 1st of 2001. I thought that was pretty cool. Well my uncle was teaching me how to fish tip-ups and this was my very first time ice fishing and I caught a 30 inch pike. We didn't get it weighed but trust me she wasn't light.

[gomer]

My biggest fish was a 27 pound salmon last fall. my biggest bass are a 6 pound smallmouth and a 5 1/2 pound largie. My biggest pike came on super bowl sunday and she weighed about 7 pounds.
i am anxious to here what some other peoples biggest are.

later

adam

[jimbos43]

30 lb salmon, about 10 years a go, casting from shore at Tawas. I hooked the fish, felt the weight of it, then nothing. 10 seconds later it was at me feet. It ran right on the beach.

[crash]

Unfortunatly my biggest all around is still the 48lb Carp I caught as a kid.

BUT now that I'm getting into saltwater, look out...der be 1000lb fisheys swimming around out there!!

[stelmon]

Originally posted by crash:
Unfortunatly my biggest all around is still the 48lb Carp I caught as a kid.

BUT now that I'm getting into saltwater, look out...der be 1000lb fisheys swimming around out there!!

geesh...48 lb carp.....beats my 25 lb carp that I caught during steelie season...my biggest fish is a 26 lb wahoo and my biggest salmon is a 25 lber....had no help with it either in a log jam...ohh i wish i got a pic of that...after i took the hook out of it's mouth it smack the ground and some how got under my legs and back into the water...was I pissed...my biggest walleye is a 9 lber....ohhh...ive had some fun..my biggest sucker though is a 25 incher steelie fishing......



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Stelmon, the only one.
Make sure you know what your shooting @ and knock it dead and keep those reels screamen

[Lundy]

My big fish is a 11lb.3oz. walleye caught
12-3-94 at lakeside pier Marblehead,Ohio
at night on a firetiger rattlin rapala.

[SAK]

Shooter, my biggest fish was a 14# 39" pike. Caught on a red&white daredevle.Biggest brook trout 14"(old garden hackle days). Never caught a musky....maybe someday.

[Chad]

LM Bass:20"
Sm Bass:20.5"
Walleye:28"
Blugill:10.25"
Pike:32.5"
Crappie:13.5"
Chad.

[fishandhunt]

My biggest fish ever is a 26 lb. Chinook Salmon I caught when I was 9 in Petosky harbor 27 years ago (1973) . My dad, brother and I were fishing from a 16 foot aluminum boat and I had 5 or 6 fish on that day. I only caught the one fish. I fought the fish for close to a half hour and I repeatedly tried to give the rod to my dad, he would not take it. The fish towed the boat all over the harbor. When my dad finally netted the fish she was shooting eggs all over the boat. My dad said that it would have weighed close to 30 pounds if it would have been full of eggs. Still trying to top that one.

Mike

[lifehanger]

pike: 34"
largemouth bass: 20.5"
smallmouth bass: 19"
perch: 14"
bluegill: 9.5"
sunfish: 10"
bowfin: 26"
walleye: 29"

[sticksandrocks]

Lg Mth Bass : 5lb4oz
Pike : 41 in 11lb7oz

My uncle caught a 6lb4oz Sm Mth Bass

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Sticks and Rocks

[Larry Miller]

Walleye 32inches
Northern 38 inches
Small mouth 21/2 inches
Large mouth 24 1/2 inches
King Salmon 26 pounds
Brown trout 26 inches
Rainbow trout 23 inches

[Jeff C]

Well never caught a bass worth weighing maybe 3 lbs or a walleye maybe 5 lbs
But.... in 99 I caught a master angler salmon on the P.M. 38lbs on 6 lbs test that was cool then this year in the same whole I caught my 2nd master angler 34 lbs on 6lb test and beleive it or not both on flies and both right in the jaw!!!!
I wont say what hole but I will say this in 99 I keep that fish last year I couldnt.

[Big Al]

Perch - 16"
Bluegill - 11.25"
LM Bass - 22" 6lbs.
SM Bass - 18" 5lbs.
Pike - 29" 8lbs.
Salmon - 25lbs.
Steelhead - 12lbs.
Crappie - 14.5"
Bowfin - 50"

[michiduck]

Of the 3 fish that I fish for regularly

Large Mouth Bass- 22 in - 7 lbs (on my wall!)
Northern Pike- 39 in - 14 lbs
Walleye- 30 in - 10 lbs

[TrapperJohn]

King salmon 33 lbs
Steelhead lots of 16#'s never a 17
Brown Trout 14#
Lake Trout 11#
Brook Trout 16"
Large Mouth Bass 6.25#
Small Mouth Bass 6#
Northern Pike 10#
Walleye 9#
Bluegill 12"
Yellow perch 13.5"

[ody45]

MY BIGGEST FISH WAS A 4LB LARGE MOUTH BASS ON A FLIPEN TUBE

[ody45]

I GOT A 1 AND 1/2 POUND BLUE GILL ON A FARM POND.

[gman]

I caught a 54" sturgeon in the menominee river in 1993 on an egg hook with yarn. we were fishing for steelhead, (caught lots of those too) it took about 45 mins. to land her on the 6 lb.

[Worm Dunker]

I have fished all the Great Lakes (except Lake St.Clair),Lake Ontario,Alantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Mexico (Fla.)and to this day the biggest fish I've caught is a 52lb. carp in the Grand River here in Lansing. We took it over to a friends house and weighed it on there bathroom scales.Then went back to the river stood on the bridge for awhile and somebody stopped and gave us 5.00 for it.Back then that was alot of money.

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[stelmon]

Originally posted by gman:
I caught a 54" sturgeon in the menominee river in 1993 on an egg hook with yarn. we were fishing for steelhead, (caught lots of those too) it took about 45 mins. to land her on the 6 lb.

wow that must of been a surprize...did u know it was a sturgeon when u fist hooked on 2 it...geesh..i wanna hook on to one of them


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Stelmon, the only one.
Becareful out there..

[jigmaster]

Well, biggest fish ever, 29 lb king when I was a kid.

Largest Smallie 5 1/2 lbs.....1985 (river fish)

Largest LMB 6 1/2 lbs...1995 (same river.took her off bed)

Largest last year......4 1/2 lb LMB Farm pond..took her on a home-made jig.

All fish (except the king) were weighed and released unharmed.



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Dont fish where they ain't.....

[Basscat]

Carp 38 lbs weighed on certified scale. Caught on th St. Joe river while bass fishing with a 5" Kalins grub.

Salmon 20 lbs lk Michigan

Largemouth 6 lbs 8 oz Clear Lk fish was caught on a crankbait(bomber model 6a firetiger) and released.

Smallmouth 4 lbs 6 oz Lk Erie(Bass Islands) caught on a tube jig

Northern pike 36" caught and released on a crankbait.

Walleye 25" Caught before season closed while steelhead fishing on the Kalamazoo river.

Flathead catfish 20lbs caught on the kalamazoo river(between the pier's at Saugatuck) while fishing a tube jig for bass.

Perch 15" Caught off the South pier in South Haven.

Basscat

[gman]

Stelmon, believe me it's one of my best fishing memories to date. We hooked into some other sturgeon that we couldn't even budge. They would start stripping out line as soon as they figured out they were hooked. All we could do was bust off to conserve our line. All we had on was 6lb for the steelies. The sturgeon,suckers,steelies and pike were all up spawning at the time and were congested below the dam. awesome fishing if you can ever get there in the spring.

[shane25]

My largest fish was a 38" northern pike that weighed 15lbs. caught in Canada. My biggest fish in Michigan was also a northern that weighed 15lbs. but was 36" long. I'd love to get a 20+ pounder some day. I'll just have to keep chasing them.

[shooter921]

Shane, those 15Lbs pike did you catch them ice fishing or in the summer? I caught my biggest one ice fishing this year. It wasn't a 15lbs though, about 7 or 8lbs and 30" long

[Snoman]

In 1996 I got 2 Master Angler's:
1. 42 1/4" Pike - 18.75lbs
I got her in the U.P. on a tip up. It looked like a monster sliding by the hole, the first time. I can put my fist in her mouth without touching anything.

2. 22" Pink Salmon - 5+lbs
I got her out of my home town of Rogers City, during the Salmon Tourny. It is one of the ugliest fish I have ever seen. It looked like a shoe box swimming through the water.

In 1992, on Spring Break in Miami, I hooked into "something" that I fought for 45 min. We were in a 18' open bow bayliner, and the shark fisherman, who took us out, thought it may have been a 16' Mako, by the way it fought. All I wanted to do is touch the dorsal, it broke the line when it was about 8-10' under the surface. It kicked my butt!!! That beer tasted so good. :)

And a 23lbs salmon, also out of Rogers City. Nothing too exciting on that one.

[HemlockNailer]

My biggest fish ever was a 190# Halibut ,6 ft. long caught off Kodiak Island Alaska. We had to shoot the fish with a rifle before pulling it abored the 18 ft. Boston Whaler.Fought the fish for over an hour,what a trip! I am going back to Alaska in June ,hope to beat my record.

[338bar]

190 pound halibut? Mako Sharks? Wow! Here's my modest portfolio.

Largemouth Bass - 4 pounds. On the wall!
Walleye - about 8 pounds - caught at tippy dam out of season while steelheading and let it go.
Laketrout - 40" about 20 pounds - caught three in the same weekend and ate them all, eventually.
Perch - 15" give or take, caught on a topwater bass lure. Really, I have witnesses. Not the fish though, I ate him too.
Crappie - 14"
Salmon - 26 pounds
Northern Pike - 40 1/2" - weight unknown but badly faded picture attached. This was caught in Houghton Lake the last day of ice fishing season around '78 or '79. It had a treble hook and piece of line in it's mouth from someone else's loss.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1446188&a=10855074&p=39527388

[338bar]

Attempt number two on the pic, wasn't faded that bad.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1446188&a=10855074&p=39527388&Sequence=0&res=high

[shooter921]

Thats a nice pike! Did you get it mounted?


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Time to get those reels back in the water, and catch some BIG fish!

[338bar]

Shooter, I was a poor college kid back then and 160 to 200 dollars bought alot of books, so I am sure it became food for the table. Wish now I would have borrowed the money from somebody.

[shane25]

Shooter,
Both of those pike were caught in August with spoons. The one in Canada was caught on red & white Daredevil. The Michigan pike was caught on a silver Mepps Cyclops.

[JasonTheOutdoorsMan]

salmom 22lbs
perch 14 inches
bluegill 12 inches
steelheed 12lbs
lmb 22inches
smb he is still swimming lost on big jump 5lbs
catfish 9lbs
walleye 5.5lbs

[Scrubby]

Well my biggest fish came on the first day I ever went Muskie fishing. My buddy wanted me to go Muskie fishin with him so I decided to head out onto the Tahquamenon with him. Within the first half hour I had already caught a 33 inch pike and threw it back. My buddy caught two 30+inch pike. I didn't realize my next fish was a Muskie until it got up to the boat. I got to see the attack which was awesome but I thought it was a small Pike because it wasn't fighting that much. Once I got to the boat I couldn't believe the size of the fish. It was a pretty big Muskie, I don't know the actual size because my buddy got his lure stuck in the net and he couldn't get it out in time to net the fish for me. The fight was amazing once the Muskie saw the boat it went wild. It was amazing. That was enough to hook me. Then about an hour later I hooked into another one and didn't lose this one. It ended up being 39 inches. A fat one, but we didn't have a scale so I couldn't really tell you how heavy it was. We ended up catching another Muskie that night, it was 37.
This was in early June, and thats all I did the rest of the summer. I must say I'm hooked on it now.

Scrubby

[shooter921]

Scrubby-I have always wanted to go muskie fishing. Ever since I start fishing for pike I've been waiting to try that. If its as much fun as pike fishing is, I'll soon be hooked to!!

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Time to get those reels back in the water, and catch some BIG fish!

[WALLEYE MIKE]

48" lk.sturgen in the north channel of the St. Clair october 1999 while jigging for walleye. Was using a 1 oz.jig and a 4"plastic minnow. took about 20 minutes to land. Thought it was a log at first but felt it moving. While fighting it thought it might be a sturgen or a big catfish. I was lucky to have a friend who had a camera on his boat and got some nice pictures before returning it back.

[stelmon]

Originally posted by WALLEYE MIKE:
48" lk.sturgen in the north channel of the St. Clair october 1999 while jigging for walleye. Was using a 1 oz.jig and a 4"plastic minnow. took about 20 minutes to land. Thought it was a log at first but felt it moving. While fighting it thought it might be a sturgen or a big catfish. I was lucky to have a friend who had a camera on his boat and got some nice pictures before returning it back.


BY any chance u got any pictures on the comp. I know I would love to c some.


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Stelmon, the only one.
Becareful out there..

[shooter921]

Serial Fish Killer-That would have made an exellent mount!!!! Catch him another day.

WALLEYE MIKE-I would like to see some pics if you got some also!

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Time to get those reels back in the water, and catch some BIG fish!

[WALLEYE MIKE]

How do I get it on the computer? If its done with a scanner, i don,t have one. I'll call my son, he knows these machines better than I.

[shooter921]

Welcome to Michigan! There are some nice bass here, maybe not as big as where you come from but a fish is a fish. I caught a nice one last summer 20 1/2" 4lbs. They pike here a great! I just started fishing them this summer and its great. Well good luck fishing.

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Time to get those reels back in the water, and catch some BIG fish!

[Steve]

Some of those pike are like alligators both in looks and the places they hang out :)

[Scrubby]

If you think the pike a mean looking, wait till you bring in your first Muskie, take a picture of the face and then compare it to a picture with a pike. They both are some mean looking fish, and you sure don't want to get your hands in either mouth. But there is something about the muskie, which makes it even more impressive than the Pike. I guess for me its that the Muskie is much harder to catch and a better fight once you hook into one. Just some thoughts.
Refill

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Stelmon and Shooter921, will try to post a picture within the next week. A friend has a scanner.

[boehr]

Boy, I've never measured fish I've caught except to ensure they were legal size. I have caught salmon bigger than 20 lbs, good size lakers, nice perch, great white crappies, real nice walleye all in the Port Austin/Grindstone area and Caseville/Sebewaing area for the walleye.

I've seen some giant northerns early in the spring in the creeks near Menominee. The biggest northern which I seen and measured because I was watching that nobody speared it, was 52" long in a creek that was about 12" deep and 3 feet wide, Grant Creek, City of Menominee, right near the intersection of US-41 and M-35. Also seen and measure a number of northerns in the 45" class in Bailey Creek and the bridge on M-35 north of Menominee, again in the spring watching for people spearing illegally.

[cireofmi]

My biggest fish I caught was a 38lb 51inch King Mackeral out of Charleston South Carolina. My biggest fish in Michigan is 20lb King Salamon out of Sauguatk in May. But those were both of charters so I cant take much credit for them. So I dont really have a big fish. But I have plenty of time seeing that I am only 18

[shooter921]

Bring it to the top, theres gotta be more big fish caught than that!

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Time to get those reels back in the water, and catch some BIG fish!

[shooter921]

Just bringing it back to the top. I want to hear and maybe see some new users fish. :)

[walleyewarrior68]

hey guys, how bout this for a big fish story. Waited 7 yrs. for a walleye over 10 lbs. to mount. A year ago today, in less than 20 minutes time in the saginaw, took a 10 lb 2 oz and a 11 lb 8oz on ultra light rod. Today, took a 11 lb 10oz on the same rod. Just thought I would add to the list. Good luck to all.

By the way my biggest fish ever caught was a 21 lb. king with an 18 lb laker being my second biggest.

[MPsteelheader]

Largemouth Bass: 9lb. 1oz. out of Bay Lake, FL
Smallmouth Bass: 3lb. 8oz. out of Fox River, IL
Walleye: 9lb. 2oz. out of St. Joe River, MI
Pike: 30", but lost numerous big ones over 40"
Musky: Never hooked one
Bowfin: 14lb. 3oz. out of Magician Lake, MI
Crappie: 16" 1.5lb. out of Magician Lake, MI
Steelhead: 20lb. 0oz. out of St. Joe River, MI
King Salmon: 32lb. 9oz. out of St. Joe River,MI
Coho Salmon: 15lb. 0oz. out of St. Joe River, MI
Brown Trout: 12lb. 2oz. out of St. Joe River, MI
Brook Trout: 12" out of Jordan River, MI
Flathead Cat: 20lber out of Fox River, IL
Channel Cat: 5lb. out of Fox River, IL
Blue Cat: 10lber out of Lake Norman, NC
Carp: 20lber out of Fox River, IL

See ya,

Mark

[SteelYarn]

well I was about 12 years old (25 yrs. ago makes me sound old) my father brother and i had been going to drumond island memorial weekend. We would perch and pike fish for four days and did this every year. On this trip my uncle came along with his 14' boat 25 hp outboard. Well the 3rd day we were heading back into Hamond bay about a mile from the park launch and the motor quit. Soooo my overweight uncle w/highbloodpreasure insisted on rowing the rest of the way and demanded that we cast spoons for pike I figured why not. Iwas at the bow and would cast forward and end up getting snagged in the seaweed by the time i mentioned it we past the spot by 30 yards and my uncle would throw himself. you know row back unsnag my line and row forward again, but still insisted that we (even me ) still cast after the third time of snagging up i thought i did it again. My line wouldnt budge no matter what i did I let everyone know that once agian i was into grass ,but than all of a sudden the grass was moving from the back to the front of the boat after a short while we finally landed what at the time was the largest fish i had ever seen come out of the water. 42" 18lb northern pike the eyes were 8 " apart he was as long as i was.
tackle white dardevil w/black dots still have it w/teeth marks. A MEMORY OF A LIFETIME....

[Rat Fink]

18 lb Steelie
21 lb Brown
14 lb Coho
31 lb King
10 lb Walleye
17 inch Crappie
16 inch Perch
12 inch Bluegill
12 inch Smelt
Well as you can see I have been pretty succesfull in my 20 years of fishing. I can say one thing I never would have been able to accomplish so much without some great oldtimers teaching me what I know.

[walleyechaser]

OK guys, I don't usually like to brag but here's my list of biggest fish. (Skeeter can attest to my fishing ability/luck)
Black Marlin - 650 #
Striped Bass-San Francisco Bay- 33#
King Salmon (Tyee) Campbell River B.C. 47#
Steelhead-American River- 19 3/4 #
Sailfish- 116 #
Coho Salmon - 22#
Wahoo - 78#
Tarpon - 93#
King Mackeral - 46#
Sturgeon - Sacramento River Delta- 148#
Largemouth Bass-Michigan 7 lb 14 oz
Largemouth Bass-Southern 11 lb 8 oz
Smallmouth Bass - Michigan 6 lb 3 oz
Northern Pike - Michigan- 21 1/2 #
Tiger Musky - Michigan 26 1/2 #
ST Clair Musky- 32#
Walleye- numbers 12#
Crappie- 17"
Perch - 16 1/2"
Bluegill - 12 3/4 "
Redear- 12 1/4"

[WalleyeABB]

Walleye -12.47lbs and 31.5" born on Januray 6, 1996 in Chassel Michigan on a tip up with a sucker chub as bait. Portage Lake

Pike- 37 incher in Dollar Bay Michigan on smelt and a bobber. Dollar Bay (Bay of Portage Lake)

Perch- 14.25" caught on Slaughter Lake which is located in the far tip of Kewenaw County. Caught it on a beatle spin.

[beer and nuts]

Biggest fish of mine are a 28.5# salmon, 12.5lb steel, 12.5 brown, 14.5 inch perch, a very large 40 inch pike speared(illegally out of a small pristine trout stream, was a kid had been after him for two years) sorry to those that feel offended but I was a kid and speared many, and it did keep the pike numbers down and produced very good brown trout fishing in the area, neighbors did not mind either, upside-all within pike season!!!

[hypox]

bluegill 11.25" (this year)
crapie 14"
largemouth 23.5" (6lbs 12ounces)
pike 38" (no scale)
steelie 36" (18 lbs 15 ounces)
walleye 11 lbs 8 ounces (didn't have a tape, and let it go!)

Never caught a smallie worth talking about!! I guess every fisherman has a weakness;)

[IT Pimp 2000]

Nothing that swims in the water has the smell of a MUSKIE. They are the best, my first one was 25# and 45 inches long in lk. St. Clair. I was hooked then and eventually bought a boat and all the gear. Now my wife and I get out every year and manage to get a few almost every trip. Best day was 5 plus a bonus Stellhead right in front of the Clinton. I also managed one on teardrop this winter fishing for perch. This little guy was the most colorful one I have ever seen. Very silver compared to the hoggs we ususlly get.

[stelmon]

Walleyechaser...i enjoyed reading all your big fish...thanks

[shooter921]

Walleyechaser! You have had some damn good luck fishing!!! You are able to get around to. How long have you been fishing?

[walleyechaser]

Shooter 921, I've not only had good luck but also the good fortune to live on the west coast (fishing wise, otherwise, I'm not crazy about the place) for several years during which time I chased steelhead, salmon, stripers and sturgeon. I was single then and had the time and money to fish the gulf and B.C. After that I worked in the Philippines for 7 years during which time I had a 47' boat and spent every weekend on the China Sea chasing billfish, wahoo, dorado (dolphin), sailfish, etc. I returned back to Michigan in 1984 and have been here ever since. I guess I've been fishing for about 45 years so I've had plenty of time to learn a few things inspite of myself.
Good fishing

[shooter921]

WOW! I would LOVE to be able to fish that much! And for that many different types! Do you have any mounts??? If you do, post them bad boys, I WANNA see!

[littlejohn]

Caught a 44" muskie in munoscong bay bout five years ago when trolling for walleyes with a crawler harness. We fished a week for walleyes did pretty good that year. Was unusual though had one other hook up with a big muskie while trolling that week he busted the line in a matter of seconds. Caught two small muskies that week as well. And seen one other big one landed in a boat and they didnt throw it back, figure it must have atleast been legal. Dont know where they all came from. Fished there many years without ever seeing one.

[walleyechaser]

Shooter921, believe it or not, I've only had one fish mounted and that's the tiger musky which by the way was caught in Woodland Lake by Brighton about 12 years ago. There are times I could kick myself for not mounting more but I keep thinking I'll get another bigger one. When in the PI there were no taxindermy facilities so slightly discolored photos will have to suffice.
I do have the bill from the black marlin as well. One of these day when I'm rich I'll think about mounting more.Same with bow hunting--I've taken some beautiful bucks but only have 1 shoulder mount---the rest are racks on the garage wall. Pictures work pretty well although they're not as nice as mounts.

[Fishfoote]

7' 8-1/2" (132 lb) sailfish in the gulf of Mexico, I was 16 at the time and I only weighed about 100 lbs. That's my biggest.

[shooter921]

Fishfoote, that would have be something else! Catching a fish bigger than yourself.

Walleyechaser, if you catch any bigger ones than that I would say get em mounted. Are you retired?

[walleyechaser]

Unfortunately Shooter I'm not retired----I still have to work for a living! When I do retire, you can count on me fishing/hunting 365 days a year, not 150 or so.

[shooter921]

With the ice melting, anyone catch any big ones lately? Or catch any at all?

[Duke]

Largemouth: 23" and the fattest sow I have ever seen- California or otherwise!! But it was in Michigan!! Estimated over 9 lbs. Believe it or not but I swear.

Smallmouth: 19"

Walleye: 26"

Pike: 35"

And now for the only thing that matters any more...

Musky: 45"!!!!

I will probably break my pike record incidentally while fishing for the great musky- but those 2 records are the only ones I will probably break because I can no longer fish for anything but MUSKY!!

[Steely-Head]

Noteworthy three:

28 pound Mahi-Mahi
25 pound King Salmon
6 pound 3 ounce smallie

[ahartz]

55 lb tuna caught in the sea of cortez, Cabo San Lucas
24 lb musky, off metro during a 90 degree day two summers ago.
5 lb smallie caught along the pointes two falls ago.
various large steelhead from the Pere Marquette and Muskegon rivers .
ditto for king slamon off pt. Salmonless (sanilac)

still searching for more..andy

[djkimmel]

No one mentioned their biggest drum?!? Here's one a friend of mine caught while we were fishing Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs AR.

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/djkimmel/images/wMGbigDrum.jpg

[Dick Graves]

Would have to put my foggy memory to the test. 50 1/4 inch muskie taken off the South Weather buoy on the "Darlurious" a few years ago, did not weigh it, measured and released. May have a picture, but will have to do some searching. Think that was my biggest.

Used to catch a lot of 8-9 pound walleyes handlining at night in the Detroit River. Seems the biggest that I can remember was about 9 1/2 pounds taken right out in front of the RenCen, probably ten years ago. Most of those old sows were thrown back, they taste like shoe leather, so we released them to lay more eggs. Still fun to catch.

When I was a kid we used to fish for Carp at the foot of Fairview on the Detroit River near St. Jean. Caught a lot of those big ugly suckers. Sold them to the locals for a few bucks. Fond memories! Any one ever fish for carp with "doughballs"?

Over & Out:D :D :D

[Icet]

LM-10 pounds (FL) on the wall
SM- 5.8, released (LSC)
Pickerel-10 pounds (LSC) was going on the wall but the boys cut it up as we were having a fish fry and they needed the donation. I almost killed them.

Moved up here from Tampa and have had numberous big fish (salt water) but that was then and this is now. Still chasing that 50" Musky. Wanna catch him/her but not quite yet. The chase is much more fun. I am strictly C&R at this point in my life and if I want a good perch/walleye dinner I hit the VFW Friday nights.

[shametamer]

largemouth....24 1/2 inches..fletchers pond...1972 smallmouth...22 1/2 inches....millecoquins lake....1980 walleye...28 1/2 inches...michigamme resevoir(way dam) ..1982....pike...38 1/2 inches....fletchers pond..1975 northern musky.....46 inches...thousand island lake(cisco chain) 1979 tiger musky..belleville lake 38 inches...1994........perch ...16 1/2 inches 1966..lake leelanau....steelhead 12 1/4 lbs...platte river...1978..white bass 16 1/2 inches..devils lake..1998....rock bass...11 1/2 inches gun lake...1995.... crappie....18 1/2 inches..peavy pond...1981 brook,brown,laker,salmon..too small to mention......as you can see..the older i get, the worse i become as a fisherman!!!!!!!!! lol

[MBROOK]

My personal best
Pike - 32" 16# Spring fishing trip to Canada
Salmon - 32# Fall run Hamilton (fowl hooked and I let it go)

[Todder]

Muskie - 47"
Pike - 32"
Smallmouth Bass - 21"
Walleye - 27"
Rock Bass - 14"

All caught this past year on Lake St. Clair except for the pike.

[itchyscratchpad]

Personal best this year on both freshwater and saltwater biggest fish caught.
In August I caught a 46", 26lb Northern Muskellunge from the North Channel while fishing for walleye. My first look at the fish was when it jumped clear of the water 30 yds from the boat.

In mid September I landed a 30" 22lb Striped Bass from the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Cod. I was surf casting with a big popper at about 2:30 in the morning on a rising tide. I may never experience a catch like that again. That was my 1st Striper and the 1st time I've done any serious surf fishing.

Obviously I've left out the details, which make them both fun to tell and judging from reactions, fun to hear.

Thanks for the thread.

[ausable_steelhead]

Largemouth-20",5lbs- Saginaw river oxbow

Smallmouth-20",5lbs- Au Gres river

Walleye-29.5",10.25lbs- Saginaw river from shore, HAND landed!

Northern Pike-30"- Bay City State Park lagoon

Chinook Salmon-38",22lbs- Au Sable river

Steelhead Trout-27.5",10.5lbs- Thunder Bay river

Common Carp-35",20.5lbs- Saginaw river

Redhorse Sucker-26",5lbs- Au Gres river

Crappie-13"- Cooke pond

Rockbass-11.5"- Green lake

[catfish48098]

~ 40# flathead this past september at Lake Marion (Santee Cooper). Didn't get to weigh it, but it was much bigger than my previous best of 34 lbs. I've taken about 10 catfish over 25 pounds at that lake fishing with a guide (that's cheatin, but I dont care)

[DonP]

I try to make it down to Islamorada in the Florida Keys every late winter/very early spring. I think it was about 5 years ago... pulled up a 8 foot nurse shark (approx. 350 lbs) while bottom fishing grouper and snapper off one of the party boats down there. Believe it or not... only using 20 lb. test with NO wire leader!!

Get this....

The very same week I was down there... on one of the boats out of Whale Harbor across the channel... somebody brought in a great white shark caught out on the Islamorada Hump that was 12 foot long and estimated to be about 1200 pounds. The weight was estimated because the scale they weighed it on only went to 800 lbs!!

Can you say.... JAWS!?! :eek:

[catfish48098]

Don,

that looks like some good Flathead Catfish or Shark bait you've got there in that picture ......... just kidding, that's a cute pup!

[trout]

Pike
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/527/6largepike.jpg

Muskie

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/528/6ski-med.jpg

[mich buckmaster]

Ive shot and caught some GIANT carp over the years, but my best personal fish, is a Salmon that weighed 34lbs. I have a replica of that fish and will post a picture sometime.

[DonP]

Catfish48098.....

Thanks... although... he might not make it as catfish bait anymore. PJ (see avatar) has his first birthday next wednesday and is already over 100 pounds! :eek: Maybe LARGE sharkbait now!! :D LOL

[fmontie]

Chinook Salmon 26 lbs. 42" off Au Sable Pier 1979.

[muskiebob]

After fishing for 74 years I have a few big fish.
300 pound Sea Bass Gulf of Mexico 1971
28 pound Pike Glenn Lake Mi.
12 1/2 pound Walleye Lake St Clair 1984
7 pound Small mouth Lake St Clair
7 3/4 Large Mouth Pontiac Lake. 1948
Perch 22 inches DSC lake north of Oxford 1957
My biggest Muskie was 56 1/2 inches by 27 3/4 inches 1974 Brevort Lake. Mi. One caught in 1975 at Brevort in 1975 weighed in at 45 pounds.
God has been good to me and I thank him. Our Lake St Clair is the besy fresh water lake in the world.
LET IT GO LET IT GROW
Bob
Happy New Year to All.

[Clark]

6# smallie
52" 35# muskie
8# walleye
200# nurse shark
73# wahoo
52# cobia
32# king salmon
perch a whopping 14"
25# dolphin
50# sailfish
5# largemouth
42# kingfish
29# redfish
a MONSTER 15# sturgeon

I'm to lazy to keep going on!

[FlyDaddy]

32 lb King. West Grand Traverse Bay. Fall 98.

FD

[SALMONATOR]

This thread has to be the record for logevity!! It's YEARS old!! Pretty cool. Well, alot of you guys have caught much larger fish than I, but I have a few of my own that qualify as big'ns, at least by my standards.
Last fall I caught a 27", 9+lb brown on the PM (chartruse egg). we weighed him two days after he hit the ice and he was just shy of 9lbs, so just an estimate. I know they lose a little.
the fall of 2001 braught me a 40", 25lb king (light pink egg), while earlier that spring a 32", 14Lb steelhead (stonefly), both from the PM.
the only other noteworthy fish was a 14" crappie back in '95, I think (piece of crap no-name fly that was falling apart), from Cooly lake, in Oakland Co. (there are some real hawg crapp's in that lake).
All caught on a fly-rod. This year I'm hoping to add a pike to the list.

[jigworm]

two 23" largemouth - Orchard lake, Mi and Maltby Lake, Mi
21.5" smally - Foote Pond, Mi
26" walleye- Big Winny, Mn
37" northern, Kent Lake, Mi
10.5" bluegill, Maltby Lake, Mi
14.5" crappie, Kent Lake,Mi
4' Reef shark, Turks and Caicos
9# bone fish on a 8 weight flyrod(according to the guide, had no tape or scale) Turks and Caicos
42" barracuda, Duck key, Fl

It was great reading about all the big fish. Michigan is really a fine fishery.

[1fife]

large mouth-20 inches
Small mouth-21.5 inches
pike-34 inches
musky-44 inches
king-28.5 lbs
steelie-9 lbs
walleye-32 inches

[Tat2sob]

The largest fish I've ever caught was a 28 pound king in the fall of 92' over in Harbor beach. I was only 12 so it was quite the fight for me being that age, fought it all by myself surprisingly. Fifteen minutes later, I reeled in another king that was around 15 pounds or so-I still remember thinking that one was a breeze compared to the first king.

[Trophy Specialist]

bluefin tuna - 400 lbs. (88")

lake trout - 50 lbs. (48") - Lake Superior (Stannard Rock)
king salmon - 40 lbs. - Manistee River
brown trout - 28 lbs. - Bestsy Lake
coho salmon - 25 lbs. - Bear Creek
flathead cat - 25 lbs. - Manistee Lake
musky - 22 lbs. (49") - Lake St. Clair
rainbow trout 20 lbs. - Lake Michigan (Manistee)
tiger musky 20 lbs. - Manistee Lake
pike 18 lbs. - Arril Lake
channel cat 18 lbs. - Saginaw Bay
walleye 15 lbs. (36") - Lake Erie (Monroe)
sheephead 11 lbs. Lake Erie (Monroe)
brook trout 7lbs - Canipaw River
sm bass 6 lbs. - Bond Falls Flowage
lm bass 5 lbs. - Chief Lake
crappie 18" Big Portage Lake
perch 17" Little Bay De Noc
bluegill 2 lbs. Big Portage Lake

[Shoeman]

Are any of these in your photo Gallery?

[Trophy Specialist]

Originally posted by Shoeman
Are any of these in your photo Gallery?
I don't have any photos in my galory. I do have photos of the lake trout and brown trout on my charter fishing webpage (www.trophyspecialists.com). both of those fish were releaseed. Oddly enough, I don't even have photos of my largest fish to date, a bluefin tuna I caught a few months ago. We had two big tuna on at the same time, so there was nobody available to take a photo of the one I caught. It was released without ever being brought into the boat. Many of the photos and stories of my largest fish were published in managazes, however some I don't even have photos of, especially the ones that I caught many years ago.

[Shoeman]

I hear ya. That's too bad. I get all wrapped up in fishing and don't take nearly enough pictures.

Ah, the memories :)

[Trophy Specialist]

My most memorable fish were not even the biggest ones I've caught. A few years ago, we were bank fishing for snappers in the Keys. My partner caught a nice one and while trying to unhook it, it bit him on the finger. I gave him a hard time about it. A few fish later and I caught a snapper and when I tried to get the hook out, it bit me and wouldn't let go. Needless to say, I got harassed for that one.

Many years ago, for my bachelor party, a dozen buddies and I got together for a bullhead-fishing contest. We sat on the bank of a lake all night catching bullheads, tending a huge fire, and tossing down mass quantities of refreshments. During the night, with all of us present, a raccoon came right up to us, reached into one of our official tournament buckets, and stole a bullhead. The tournament ended at sunrise and the winner was the angler with the most bullheads. As it turned out, the guy who had the bullhead stolen lost by one fish and he still argues about it (in fun) to this day. Incidentally, I got married later that day and on our honeymoon (a fishing trip), the day after I got married, I caught the biggest pike (so far) of my life, an 18-pounder.

[Garret]

King Salmon 30# PM River---30# Presque Isle
Coho 7.5# Lake Superior
Steelhead 15# CPR St. Joe River
Laker 18# Standard Rock Lake Superior
Brown trout 8# UP river (on my wall)
rainbow 3.5# 21"CPR -UP river-
Brook 12" CPR -UP river-
pike 15.5# 42" CPR Lake Angelus
Musky 12# CPR Tipsico Lk.
Crappie 3# 17" 10th largest in MI (on my wall) Oakland Co.
Walleye 6# CPR Detroit river
Perch 13.5" Lake Michigan
Bluegill 10" Harly's pond
Rock bass 1.5# 14" Lake Ema
Striper 11# South Carolina

CPR: catch picture release

[MarkOlsen]

Well I know that this post is rather old, but then so am I, I used to live in the big house at Bailey Creek as a child and would wade in the creek and catch some giant northerns by hand as well salmon in the 36" class. Smelt was plentiful in those days (1969-1976) as well as we would haul about 500 pounds out every week. All of the fish would try to spawn in pond beyond the waterfall, but not enough water was coming over the damn to permit it. So catching large amounts of fish was....well like shooting fish in a barrel!!

Boy, I've never measured fish I've caught except to ensure they were legal size. I have caught salmon bigger than 20 lbs, good size lakers, nice perch, great white crappies, real nice walleye all in the Port Austin/Grindstone area and Caseville/Sebewaing area for the walleye.

I've seen some giant northerns early in the spring in the creeks near Menominee. The biggest northern which I seen and measured because I was watching that nobody speared it, was 52" long in a creek that was about 12" deep and 3 feet wide, Grant Creek, City of Menominee, right near the intersection of US-41 and M-35. Also seen and measure a number of northerns in the 45" class in Bailey Creek and the bridge on M-35 north of Menominee, again in the spring watching for people spearing illegally.

[mwp]

34" 1/2" Walleye,13 pounds 3 ounces.Caught it when I was 21,many moons ago.Thought it would be with me forever,but when I got married and moved it got damaged beyond repair.Been working to replace it ever since,those kind of eyes don't come around too often.

[Tech Rally]

King Salmon 32#
Brown Trout 17#
Lake Trout 12#
Muskie 41"
Pike 34"
Smallmouth 26"
Crappie 17"
Channel Cat 25#
Carp 43"

[Big K]

170 lb. Yellow Fin Tuna - 2 1/2 hours of the biggest fight I've ever had! :D

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/533/medium/4996yellowfins2.jpg

We had a 500 + lb. Mako on for a few but lost him. Can't catch 'em all.

[SuperHunter18]

22# King Salmon-Port Sanilac

34# Muskie- Lake St. Clair

40# Dorado-Cabo San Lucas

44# Dorado-Cabo San Lucas

120# Striped Marlin- Cabo San Lucas

180# Striped Marlin- Cabo San Lucas

200# Striped Marlin- Cabo San Lucas

All three marlin were on the same trip within about 4 hours of each other. My wife also caught two that went over 100 pounds. That made for a five marlin/3 dorado/1 wahoo trip. We didn't have anymore room for flags on the outriggers when we were coming in.:lol: It was just the two of us fishing (we were on our honeymoon) and that was the best day of fishing I have ever had.

That day may never be beat!:lol:

[mich buckmaster]

The largest fish I ever caught was a 36lb king when I was 9 years old off of Partage Point Pier in Onekama. I have that mounted on my wall.

[waterfoul]

LM Bass 25" Glen Lake opening day 1985
SM Bass 22" Glen Lake opening day early 80's
Walleye 21 1/2" Lake Lelanau June 05
King Salmon 32# out of Grand Haven 1999
Pike 38" Glen Lake many, many summers ago!
Rock bass ~14" also from Glen Lake
Perch 14" from a pond near my parents house as a kid
bluegill ~probably around 10" or so... used to catch a lot of them as a kid
Dogfish 28" from Hutchins lake at night
catfish (not sure which variety) 30" also from Hitchins same night as the dog fish (we caught nothing but cats and dog is how the story goes!)
Crappie ~12" or so from Duncan Lake
Carp 33" from Battjes park across the street from my house!
Brookie 10" vermont
Rainbow 14" vermont
Lake Trout 25" out of Grand Haven

[PIKERPETE]

Pike 46" 26lb
Catfish 42" 35lb
Muskie 49"
Sailfish 7'-6"
Striper 42" 33lb
21" small Mouth

[deputy865]

Here's mine...Havnt really fish for anything BIG!! I have caught huge carp and dogfish well over 24" but they dont count! there supposed to be big

20" 4lbs.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/526/7962shane.jpg
I'm sure some of you remeber that photo...this was about 3-5 years ago!

Shane

[Wallyg8r]

45 lbs Dorado, Gulf of Mexico
20 lbs King Salmon, Thunder Bay, MI
20" 4 lbs Large Mouth, Mandon Lake, MI
20" 4 lbs Smallie, Lake Huron (Straights of Mackinaw)
16" White Bass (unrecorded Master Angler fish, Detroit River)
12 lbs Carp on 8 weight Fly Rod, LSC Flats

[Fishbum2]

Rainbow trout 25 inches
Brown trout 27 inches
Cut-throat trout 26 inches
Pike 35 inches
Small mouth 20 inches
large mouth 20 inches
musky 45 inches, est 28 lb

once caught a 22 inch trout on a size 22 fly, amazing experience

[Arin]

Only big fish I've had was a 20" 6lbish LG bass. I don't think I've even broke the 8-10" barrier for trout or the gills. I think I had a 10" crappie, but that's still nothing.

[HoytKimberShimano]

29.5 lbs. (Released)

http://www.muskie-lures.com/rocketman/tim1.jpg



I think this one was bigger (released):
http://www.muskie-lures.com/rocketman/tim50.jpg

LMB : 25" (not sure weight, caught on 8" bluegill) - Released
SMB: 20" - Released
Walleye: 28.5" - Released ( Just keep the smaller ones!)
Pike: 10lbs - Released
Bluegill: 10" - Released
Perch: 12" - Dinner
Carp: 18lbs

Get a big one!

[airheadbros2be]

pike-26 inches :(
sturgeon-47lbs
striper-60 pounds
king fish-25 pounds
bluegill- over a pound

[waterfoul]

LM Bass 25" Glen Lake opening day 1985
SM Bass 22" Glen Lake opening day early 80's
Walleye 21 1/2" Lake Lelanau June 05
King Salmon 32# out of Grand Haven 1999
Pike 38" Glen Lake many, many summers ago!
Rock bass ~14" also from Glen Lake
Perch 14" from a pond near my parents house as a kid
bluegill ~probably around 10" or so... used to catch a lot of them as a kid
Dogfish 28" from Hutchins lake at night
catfish (not sure which variety) 30" also from Hitchins same night as the dog fish (we caught nothing but cats and dog is how the story goes!)
Crappie ~12" or so from Duncan Lake
Carp 33" from Battjes park across the street from my house!
Brookie 10" vermont
Rainbow 14" vermont
Lake Trout 25" out of Grand Haven

With the exception of the dogfish, all these fish went back in the water, even that lunker 25" bass, who was full of spawn and really quite ugly!!

[fishineddie]

mine are'nt as impressive as some of you guys,but..walleye 26 inch 7.5 lbs detroit river..walleye 28inch 8-9 lbs flatrock(huron river)... pike 30 inch 7 lbs lake missaukee...muskie 32 inch flatrock 9.5 lbs(huron river)...big catfish from the huron river didnt weigh or measure but looked to be about 30 inches..halibut 37 inch weight? marina del rey,ca...and too many giant carp and sheepheads outta lake erie.. all except the pike and muskie were caught on jigs the two esox were caught on red/white mepps spinners

[jd_7655]

Walleye 10lbs
Perch 13in
Lagremouth 5 lbs
Smallmouth 6lbs
pike 15lbs
muskie 13lbs
King salmon 21lbs
Coho salmon 4lbs
Pink salmon 3lbs
Brook trout 14 in.
Lake trout 12lbs
Brown trout 4lbs
Steelhead, Well I've hooked afew 10lb pluss fish but lost em. I swear I'm cursed when it comes to this species. All fish caught from shore except the smallie

[airheadbros2be]

wow, i cant believe i forgot to add that i got a 6 pound bass in a drainage pond by my friends house on a piece of kabassa:lol:

[SimsShark]

My biggest ever was a 58" sturgeon caught off the coast of Astoria, Oregon. I was 14 then. Still remember seeing it jump out of the water like it was yseturday. My next biggest fish was a 53.5" muskie thanks to John (GoneFishing). I caught a 40" Pike in Alaska while Commercial Fishing Salmon on the Yukon River. it was in a little tribuary in some VERY shallow water. Great fishing up there!

[crazyc]

38" 29lbs
south channel lake st clair fishing for eyes
i have pics can i post on this site??

[FishingJoe]

King Salmon - 53# - Kenai River
Halibut - 47# - Homer
Walleye - 9.75# - Saginaw Bay (CAN"T seem to get a ten)
LM Bass - 6# - Grand River
SM Bass - 4.5# - Lake Charlevoix
Flathead Catfish - 38# - Grand River
Channel Cat - 23# - Saginaw Bay
Carp - 28# - Grand River
Pike - 23# - Muskegon Lake
Steelhead - 21# - Lake Michigan

[Krull]

Striped Marlin 145# Cabo
Sturgeon 52" LSC
Muskie 49-1/2" LSC
Carp 25# Flat Rock
Pike 38" Fairview, MI
LM Bass 21-1/2" 5 LB Fairview
SM Bass 19-1/2" Ausable River near Alcona Dam
King 25 Lbs PM River
Steel 14 LBS Ausable River
Brown (never fished the lakes for them) 22" Ausable River Near Commins Flats
Rainbow 21" Ausable
Bullhead 16" Fairview
Blue Gill 13" Fairview
Perch 14-1/2" LSC
Crappie 14" Oakland County
Pink Salmon 5-1/2 LBS Garden River

[KI Jim]

My Biggest:


Perch 14.75"
Walleye 32.5" (only 9 lb 9 oz-a spawned out hen)
Smallmouth 7 lb 2 oz
Largemouth 5 lb 7 oz
Crappie 17.5"
Carp 23 lb
Bluegill 11 1/4"
Pumpkinseed 10"
Chinook 27 lbs
Coho 10lb 6 oz
Steelhead 14 lb 2 oz.

Saltwater
King Mackeral 47 lb 5 oz
Flounder 8lb 10 oz
Striped Bass 42 lb 1 oz
Redfish 40 lb 4 oz
Sea trout 7 lb 7 oz
Grouper 41 lbs
Shark approx. 7'6" and 150 lbs
Tarpon approx 40 lbs
Snook 28lb 4 oz.

[amon]

GL Muskie: 43" 24lbs even, St. Clair: Boat, Trolling a big dog-turd lure
Pike: 31" 6 lbs Little Lake, UP: From Shore: 8" sucker minnow
Smallmouth: 4.1lbs Huron River: From side of Dam: chartreuse jig
Largemouth: 3.0 lbs Coldwater: Rowboat: Spinner bait
Carp: 22.5 lbs. Huron River: Shore fishing: Corn
Brown Trout: 20" rice creek: Shore fishing: Nightcrawler
Steelhead: @5 lbs California: Shore fishing: ? I can't remember what bait.
Rock Bass: 2.1 lbs Lake St. Helen: From boat: Spinner bait
Walleye: 3.5 lbs. Detroit River: From boat: Rapala
White Bass: 16" Huron River: Shore fishing: jig
And a gigantic perch: big like a good sized smallmouth, at least 2.5lbs, Lake St. Clair: It was so big my mind wouldn't let me believe it was a perch! In flats fishing for pike. I threw it back and people near me were yelling at me like I was crazy. No, just plain stupid. The catch and release reflex. Maybe a record? STUPID! :dizzy:

[waterfoul]

LM Bass 25" Glen Lake opening day 1985
SM Bass 22" Glen Lake opening day early 80's
Walleye 21 1/2" Lake Lelanau June 05
King Salmon 32# out of Grand Haven 1999
Pike 38" Glen Lake many, many summers ago!
Rock bass ~14" also from Glen Lake
Perch 14" from a pond near my parents house as a kid
bluegill ~probably around 10" or so... used to catch a lot of them as a kid
Dogfish 28" from Hutchins lake at night
catfish (not sure which variety) 30" also from Hitchins same night as the dog fish (we caught nothing but cats and dog is how the story goes!)
Crappie ~12" or so from Duncan Lake
Carp 33" from Battjes park across the street from my house!
Brookie 10" vermont
Rainbow 14" vermont
Lake Trout 25" out of Grand Haven

Have to change my walleye size: 25 1/2" from Fremont Lake this summer. Also need to add Whitefish, about 20" or so from Muskegon channel.

[KI Jim]

Walleye 32 1/2" (only 9 lb 6 oz! a spawned out female). Lake Erie-Ohio
Perch 14 3/4 " Lake St. Clair (caught 5 over 14" that day!)
Bluegill 10 1/2" Farm Pond-Michigan
Chinook 27 lbs 1 oz. Oscoda
Crappie 17 1/4" Mosquito Lake (Ohio)
Carp 36 lbs Mosquito Lake (Ohio-I grew up near there)
Steelhead 33" 9 lb 9 oz Lake Erie-Pennsylvania
Smallmouth 7 lbs 1 oz (Lake Erie-trollin for 'eyes)-Ohio
Catfish 26 lbs 7 oz-Lake Erie-Ohio
White Bass 19 1/4"-Lake Erie-Ohio
Largemouth Bass 6 lb. 6 oz-Lake Erie-Pennsylvania

Jim

[MuskyDan]

55" musky from Sanford lake (released)
74# King Salmon sheep creek Alaska
13# Walleye (hot ponds)
26" LM bass Sanford Lake
24" SM bass Sanford Lake
15# steelhead Tippy
41# King Tippy
41" Pike Hanover Lake Ontario

[GOTCHA]

MuskyDan, was wondering where you do most of your muskie fishing ?

[Connor4501]

Bluegill: 11", 1.4 lb. private pond
Pumpkinseed sunnie: 10", 1.2 lb. LSC
Crappie: 17", 2 3/4 lb. Harson's Island ferry at night (1988)
Yellow perch: 14", 1 1/4 lb. Harson's Island ferry at night (1988)
Silver (white) bass: 18", 3 1/2 lb. Detroit River
Walleye: 33", 12 lb. Huron R. out of season...(1991)
LM Bass 23", 6 lb. private pond
SM Bass 22" 4 1/2 lb. Detroit River
Carp 35", 33 lb. Rouge River in Northville
Northern Pike: 36", 12 lb and a 37", 11 lb. LSC
Muskie: 38" 9 lb.
Chinook Salmon: 38", 19 lb. Lexington Harbor (2000)
Blue Catfish: 33", 15 lb Lk. Erie (banana dike) (1992)
Rock Bass: 13" 2 lb. LSC

[esox master]

For the fish I regularly

Pike: 44 inches 25.8lbs Reindeer Lake Saskatchewan (if you have never been you owe it to yourself to see some REAL pike)
Walleye: 30.5 inches 13 pounds Oswald Lake Ontario (the thickest walleye I have ever seen, everyone in the group I fish with still doesn’t think it was a normal walleye)
Perch: 16 inches Lemoine Lake Ontario
Steelhead: 33.5 inches Manistee
King Salmon: 38.5 inches Pere Marquette
Brown Trout (resident) 25 inches Pere Marquette
Coho: 28 inches Pere Marquette
Largemouth Bass 21.5 pond in SE Michigan
Smallmouth bass: 20 inches Little Manistee

[Trophy Specialist]

Blue Catfish: 33", 15 lb Lk. Erie (banana dike) (1992)

Blue catfish are not indiginous to Michigan and I have not heard of any being caught here before. You probably caught a channel cat, which is similar to the blue.

[Connor4501]

Blue catfish are not indiginous to Michigan and I have not heard of any being caught here before. You probably caught a channel cat, which is similar to the blue.

Blues are a common catch in Lake Erie, Used to catch dozens of them mixed in with the channel cats...

[Trophy Specialist]

Blues are a common catch in Lake Erie, Used to catch dozens of them mixed in with the channel cats...
I have been fishing on Erie and Saginaw Bay for 20 years and have never seen a blue catfish, however I have seen thousands of channel cats and some flatheads. I've only seen flatheads on Lake Michigan streams and drowned river mouth lakes. I looked it up on the Internet and the only cats that Michigan has are channel cats and flatheads. Blues are mainly a southern catfish. They are in the Mississippi system. I have no doubt that they have been introduced into some ponds and such and I also would not be surprised that there are some in the Great Lakes, but they are not common, nor have they been for the last 20 years.

[FREEPOP]

I looked it up on the Internet and the only cats that Michigan has are channel cats and flatheads. Blues are mainly a southern catfish.

I know a river in Michigan that has Blue Catfish in it. There are many many dams before it dumps into Lake Michgan, but there are some blue catfish in there. To date I've caught 6, the largest being 14 lbs.

[The Outcast]

Try againhttp://http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Biggest_fish.JPG

[The Outcast]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Biggest_fish.JPG

[Topshelf]

Caught a huge Sturgeon a few years ago while drifting for Walleyes in the North Channel. 8 lb test on a crawler harmess. Thought a had a snag until it started stripping line. :eek: Probably took 30 minutes to boat it after 2-3 runs of going to the bottom in about 60 ft of water. The thing cleared the water right next to the boat and scared the crap outta us!:yikes: We thought it was just a big Wally. My net was no where even close to being big enough to fit the darn thing. My buddy and I estimated it at +/- 50" because it was the length of the rod box. Ugly as hell, but so much fun to catch it. Never got it weighed, threw it back because it was out of season.

I didnt see any one else with a sturgeon on the list.

[FREEPOP]

I didnt see any one else with a sturgeon on the list.

Look for Walleye Mike

[Topshelf]

48" lk.sturgen in the north channel of the St. Clair october 1999 while jigging for walleye. Was using a 1 oz.jig and a 4"plastic minnow. took about 20 minutes to land. Thought it was a log at first but felt it moving. While fighting it thought it might be a sturgen or a big catfish. I was lucky to have a friend who had a camera on his boat and got some nice pictures before returning it back.

I think we caught the same fish! LOL:lol:

[bignoccursg]

Sturgeon approx. 100lbs. Fraser river BC
Walleye 31" St. Clair river
Northern 21 1/2lbs. Big Bay DeNoc
LM 22" Lapeer county lake
SM 21" Big Bay DeNoc
King 26lbs. Pere Marquette river

[lost leader]

23# 49" Musky
4.5# small mouth
185# nurse shark

:yikes: