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07-28-2006, 10:19 PM
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The big five
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
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07-28-2006, 10:46 PM
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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
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07-29-2006, 08:31 AM
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Location: Hastings, MI
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KING---21.5 lbs, Holland
STEELHEAD, 12 lbs K-Zoo river
COHO ---27" 9lbs, port sheldon
BROWN---32"---15lbs, port sheldon
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07-29-2006, 11:42 AM
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Location: South Haven MI
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This year or lifetime?
I have a hard enough time remembering what I ate for dinner last night. Trying to remember the exact measurements of all the big fish I have ever caught.
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
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07-29-2006, 12:30 PM
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Location: Chesterfield
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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?
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07-29-2006, 05:39 PM
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Location: Riverside , California (Hillsdale County hometown)
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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.
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07-29-2006, 09:18 PM
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Location: Violating your civil rights...
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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
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07-30-2006, 08:49 PM
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king 22#
coho 16#
laker 14#
steelie 10#
brown 8#
walleye 11 1/2#
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07-31-2006, 02:00 AM
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Location: St. Charles, IL/Dowagiac
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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
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07-31-2006, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Overisel (Holland), MI
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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
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07-31-2006, 09:39 AM
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Child, Please
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: West MI
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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
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07-31-2006, 12:04 PM
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Location: Benton Harbor, MI, USA
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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
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Addicted to fishing, Hooked on hunting
Member M-S.com pre-Y2K re-boot
2008:
Deer:
6 Point, 8 Point
2009:
68 Panfish
30 Coho
19 Kings
10 Steelhead
12 Lakers
Biggest Fish: 20 lb Chinook
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07-31-2006, 12:08 PM
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Woods and Water Rat
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Up on Cripple Creek
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King 26.5
Steelhead 15.5
Coho 10 (est.)
Brown 12
Laker 20+, caught in the river when they couldn't be kept
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08-01-2006, 10:17 AM
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Location: Cedar Springs MI (originally Clinton Twsp)
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King 22
Brown 12
Steel 10
Coho-8
Laker-15
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08-01-2006, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auburn,Mi.
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Steelhead= 16# Ausable - Nov
Chinook= 27# Big Manistee River - Aug
Brown= 11# Tawas River - Feb
Laker= 8# Lake Huron - July
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