Poll: Biggest fish?

[birdhunter]

With recent talk about huge fish here on Ifish, I got to wondering what were the biggest fish people have caught? Many of my buddies and I really get into it over the size of our largest fish. I know for me a lot of it has just been right place, right time and a little luck. Anyways, here they go. Not all are huge and weather or not you can beat me, please post. Feel free to add species as you'd like. I think this may be an interesting topic. Oh, pictures would be nice if you have something exceptional. You know, when get around to it. images/icons/wink.gif

Chinook: 45 lbs, Columbia River

Coho: 17 lbs, Clackamas River

Steelhead: 16 lbs, Clackamas River

Sturgeon: 11 feet, Columbia River

Halibut: 110 lbs, Ketchikan, AK

Rainbow Trout: 8 lbs, Clear Lake

Largemouth Bass: 4 lbs, Ashland Farm Pond

Smallmouth Bass: 4 lbs, Snake River

Lingcod: 27 lbs, Brookings

[urb]

My only connection to the fish was my friend caught it from my boat. 48lb. salmon ,Columbia river My personal best 46lbs Alagnak Ak.

[Kim Katsion]

18# steelhead, Wilson River

175# halibut, Cook Inlet Alaska

54# chinook, Kenai River Alaska

6 1/2 foot sturgeon, Columbia river

So many species, so little time!!!

[Pete]

Well, here are my highlights:

Chinook: Trask River - 49 1/2 pounds.
Rainbow: Tongariro, New Zealand - 9 lb. 7 oz.s
Steelhead: Deschutes - 14 pounds
Sturgeon: Columbia River - 12 1/2 feet
Pike Minnow: Columbia River - 4 pounds
LM Bass: Maryland farm pond - 5.5 pounds
Northern Pike: Ontario - 32 pounds

... well, maybe they aren't all highlights. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[willierower]

I have a couple... No big sturgeon though.
Chinook: 51 lbs Siletz River
Steelhead 18 lbs S. Santiam Released a larger wild buck on the Nestucca, No scale or tape, So I cant really count it.
Halibut. 120lbs or so, Raspberry Island AK.
Largemoth Bass: 7 lbs 14oz. Haystack Res. Central OR.
Rainbow: 10 lbs Private lake Central OR
Brown Trout: 8 lbs Suttle Lake.
Sea Run Cutthroat: 28" 5 lbs, North Fork Coquille.
Striped Bass: 20 lbs, Coquille river tidewater.

[Stz ll]

My largest Steelhead is 21 pounds. This was caught on the Clackamas River in 1984. Needless to say this fish hangs on my family room wall. images/icons/smile.gif images/icons/smile.gif

[Pilar]

One fish, two fish, black fish, blue fish!

Tarpon, 59", 122lbs, steel fly rod, Tom's Harbor Cut, Marathon, Florida Keys.

Sailfish 92lbs, Islamarada, Florida Keys.

White Sturgeon, 11' 1", weight unknown, Bonneville.

Albacore Tuna, 32#, Tuna town, Oregon Coast.

Halibut, 50#, Chicken Ranch, Oregon Coast.

Rainbow trout, 15#, 31", Clear Lake, Mt Hood, Oregon.

Chinook Salmon, 43#, Tillamook Bay (S. Jetty), Oregon.

Coho Salmon, 23#, Buoy 2, Columbia river bar, Oregon.

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So many fish, so little time .......

[parker]

I still can't find any members to the 30/75 Club. I'm close on the steelhead, but no where near 75 on the Kings.

27 pound steelhead on the Quinault in 1996.

http://staff.washington.edu/parker/pics/fish32.jpg

35-40 pound Kings, caught on various rivers. I am having a hard time breaking the 40 mark. I foul hooked an estimated 54 pound brute on the Columbia, but let it go unharmed. Here's a typical Kasilof River 30ish pound King.
http://staff.washington.edu/parker/alaska/13.jpg

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[Eric]

Chinook salmon.......40 lbs. buoy 10

winter steelhead.....24.5 lbs. grays harbor river

summer steelhead.....18 lbs. wynoochee & kalama rivers.

silver salmon......16.5 lbs. wynoochee river

dolly varden.....4 lbs. olympic penninsula

sea-run cutthroat....2 lbs. wynoochee river

[Firedog]

Fall Chinook 36lbs Elk river.

Spring Chinook 30 lbs, Sandy

Summer Steelhead Biggest kept was 18lbs have 3 that were over 40 inches and one that was 45 in. all released in the Kalama I can guess the weights but will leave it at that images/icons/wink.gif images/icons/smile.gif

Winter Steelhead 15lbs Sandy

Sturgeon 11'6" and 4'5" in girth. Bonneville

Coho 15lbs, sandy river

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[rob allen]

chinook: 20lbs Klickitat river
Steelhead: 17lbs Babine river
Coho: 20lbs Washougal river
Chum 12lbs Naselle river
rainbow: 4lbs Deschutes
Brown: 5lbs Madison River
Sturgeou: 52 inches Columbia at Astoria
largemouth: 8lb9oz Silver Lake
Smallmmuth: 4lbs Locke Lake
brook trout: 1lb timothy lake
Dolly Varden: 2lb Sauk River
carp: 10 lbs Smith-Bybee lake
crappie: 1lb Lacamas lake
Yello perch: 1lb gilbert river
bluegill: 2lb lacamas lake
*********: 5lbs Deschutes river
cutthroat: trout 2lbs Kelly creek
rock bass: 2lb silver lake
brown bullhead: 14 inches gilbert river
Molted sculpin: 10 inches columbia river
Walleye: 5lbs Horsethief lake
hmm I think thats about it.. sorry but you asked *L*

[Master Baiter]

I only have two species worth mentioning:

Chinook: 35 lb. (clean springer) Feather R.
Striper: 35 lb. (fall run) Steamboat Sl., Sac R.

[Phish_on]

http://www.teleport.com/~wildwood/ak_king2.jpg

I intended to catch a bigger fish on the halibut trip, but the weather did not cooperated.

If I ever go to Mexico, I'm gonna catch one of them there Marlins.

[4Salt]

Chinook - 58# Kenai River, AK
Coho - 18# Humptulips River, WA
Chum - 24# approx.(released) Satsop River, WA
Sockeye - 11# Kenai River, AK
Pink - 7# Snohomish River, WA
Steelhead - 21.72# (using the length X girth2 formula, then released) Hoh River, WA
Striped Bass - 23# Sacramento River, CA
Sturgeon - approx 10'(unknown weight) Columbia River (Bonneville)
Brown Trout - 13# Lake Ontario, NY
Lake Trout - 22# Lake Chelan, WA
Striped Marlin - 141# Coronado Islands, Baja Mexico

[hound]

okie dokie

28lb steeley mouth of the deschuttes

39lb fall chinookie till bay

30lb springer mult chann

5lb rainbow somewhere east of prineville

23lb coho pilar???? wahoo bet that was a fun one...... images/icons/smile.gif

[RIPPLE]

Well here goes.........
44# Chinook - Wrangell, Alaska
31# Spring Chinook - St. Helens, OR
156# Halibut - Sitka, Alaska

The highlight would have to be a 23# coho from Sitka, Alaska Thought it was a chinook being chased by a seal it was such a wild fight! best fighting fish ever!

Ripple

[Killertraylor]

Fall Chinook: 32 lbs. Columbia River
Spring Chinook: 28 lbs. Mult. Channel
Coho: 14 lbs. Columbia River
Steelhead: 9 lbs., Mult. Channel
Rainbow: 5 1/2 lbs., Davis Lake (several in the 4-5 lb. range)
Brook Trout: 3 1/2 lbs. Maidu Lake
Halibut: 77 lbs. 40 miles west of Ketchikan
Sturgeon: 9.5 feet, Columbia River Estuary.

[Thumper]

Molted sculpin?????????

[dawhunt]

I've caught a 11'4" sturgeon and have no idea what it weighed.
I've caught a 47 lb salmon (1)
and an 18lb steelhead (1)
Those are my biggest fish.
Bob images/icons/grin.gif

[Nanook]

Oregon Fishing Record holders for your
comparison.

Species Weight Location Date
Brook Trout 9 lbs. 6 oz. Descutes River 1980
Bullhead Catfish 3 lbs. 6 oz. Brownlee Reservoir 1986
Channel Catfish 36 lbs. 8 oz. McKay Reservoir 1980
Flathead Catfish 42 lbs. Snake River 1994
White Catfish 15 lbs. Tualatin River 1989
Black Crappie 4 lbs. 6 oz. Pond Corvallis 1995
White Crappie 4 lbs. 12 oz. Gerber Reservoir 1967
Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs. 4 oz. Henry Hagg Lake 1997
Golden Trout 7 lbs. 10 oz. Eagle Cap Wilderness 1987
Kokanee Salmon 4 lbs. 14 oz. Wallowa Lake 1998
Walleye 19 lbs. 15 oz. Columbia River 1990
Largemouth Bass 11 lbs. 9 oz. Farm Pond 1994
White Bass-Hybrid 18 lbs. 8 oz. Ana Reservoir 1996
Whitefish 4 lbs. Mckenzie River 1974
Striped Bass 64 lbs. 8 oz. Umpqua River 1973
Coho Salmon 25 lbs. 5 oz. Siltcoos river 1966
Chum Salmon 23 lbs. Kilchis River 1990
Chinook Salmon 83 lbs. Umpqua river 1910
Steelhead 35 lbs. 8 oz. Columbia River 1970
Rainbow Trout 28 lbs. Rogue River 1982
Lake Trout 40 lbs. 8 oz. Odell Lake 1984
Shad 5 lbs. 13 oz. Columbia River 1994
Bull Trout 23 lbs. 2 oz. Lake Billy Chinook 1989
Coastal Cutthroat Trout 6 lbs. 4 oz. Siltcoos Lake 1984
Inland Trout 9 lbs. 8 oz. Malheur River 1986
Brown Trout 27 lbs. 12 oz. Paulina Lake 1993

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[Drachir]

Fall Chinook 48# Trask River

Spring Chinook 28# Clackamas River Lagoon

Silver Salmom 18# Siletz River

Chum Salmon 22# Kilchis River

Winter Steelhead 18# E. Fork Lewis River

Summer Steelhead 19# N. Fork Toutle (1978)

Rainbow Trout 27" Deschutes River

Brook Trout 7.5# Timothy Lake

Bull Trout 20" Deschutes River

Sturgeon 58" Columbia River

Ling Cod 28# Illwaco Charter Trip
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[RKB]

This is a site for all you needing to add a close weight on your large sturgeon this is just a guild not gospel can I have a amen brother.RON
http://www.worldstar.com/~dlarson/sturgeon/weights.htm

[Snagly]

Not too many that match up to you guys, but here goes:

Summer Steelhead, 22lbs 6 oz (L X G), Skeena River system, BC
Winter Steelhead, 20lbs 2 oz (L x G), Alaska
Halibut, 107 lbs Alaska
Chinook, 26 lbs Alaska
Coho, 14 lbs Alaska
Sockeye, 9lbs Alaska
Pink, 7 lbs Alaska
Ling, c. 22 lbs, Alaska

Barramundi, 26 lbs Singapore
Queenfish, 12 lbs, everywhere out here
Giant Trevelly, 22 lbs, Northern Territory Australia
Mangrove Snapper, 8 lbs, Queensland Australia
Threadfin Salmon, 13 lbs, Western Australia
Saratoga, 8 lbs Northern Territory, Australia

Blue Marlin, est 150 lbs, Kona

Special mentions:

Best strike: Gray Whaler Shark of 30 lbs (est) on a Jitterbug, Northern Territory, Australia. (Lost a couple of 6-footers on surface plugs, too. What a buzz seeing that fin pop up and bear down on your very puny plug paddling along!)

Prettiest fish: Alaska native rainbows

Ugliest fish: leopard jawfish, Australia

And the my personal highlight, a puffer fish, est. 6 oz, Western Australia on a 2 oz white bucktail jig (4/0 hook . . . go figure)

[SteelieSteve]

Winter Steelhead 18lbs. Sandy - Feb. 1984
Chinook 30lbs. Till. Bubble - Sept. 1995 Chromers!

[TH]

I have stated before that I am still fishing/searching for the 20/50 club... however.. my real goal is to catch a chinook in every month of the year.. Jan-Dec. any takers? I almost had it this year, but low water conditions and a Masters program through PSU forced me to stay home more than I owuld have liked..
he are my feble attempts:]

Chinook
42# pounds Sixes river
winter steelie
19# Sol Duc
Hatchery steelie
18# SF Coquille
coho
16# Coquille river
Striper
#24 pounds Coos River
Large mouth bass
7# Tenmile Lake (my 3 year old daughter hooked and landed a 4# pounder last Thursday evening off of our dock! w/ my favorite crankbait)
I have also pull a hat trick... 1 chinook, 1 coho, 1 winter steelie in the same day.. does that count for anything?

Hey willierower, you need to let me know the next time you are in my neck of the woods.

Thanks for letting me play

[I'mThe10Percent]

Chinook: 54lbs, Salmon River

Coho: 22 lbs, Columbia River

Steelhead: 24 lbs, Columbia River

Sturgeon: 12 feet, Columbia River

Halibut: 230 lbs, Homer, AK

Lake Trout: 24lbs, Cultus Lake

[RichH]

With the exception of the chinook mentioned, all of these are best guess/estimates

Spring Chinook: 32 lbs Nestucca river
Fall Chinook: 50 lbs Tillamook Bay-now resides on the wall at Nestucca Valley Sporting Goods
Summer Steelhead:18 lbs (est)North Santiam
Winter Steelhead:20lbs (est L x G)Trask
Chum Salmon: 22lbs Kilchis
Silver Salmon:18lbs Tillamook Bay
Sturgeon: 7 feet Bonneville
Smallmouth Bass: 16 inches Umpqua
Largemouth Bass: 6.5 lbs Rogue Valley farm pond

[HOGTIDE]

Family Record: 5,252 lb.Grey Wale.
Location: Multnomah Channel
Bait : Custom Harpoon and 100' of rope.
Craft: Two man wooden row boat.
Photo Proof: Access Oregonian and Chronicle archives under "Lessard Whale"

* This is a true story. My 2 crazy great uncles went out in the channel and harpooned a strayed whale. Put it on a giant flatbed trailer and displayed it throughout the Northwest for a nickel a view!

[Wog]

The good o'l Days....It's been a while since I have landed an oversized fish, although I did release a nice 15+ lb. native winter steelhead on the Sandy this year. I'll share some of my past experiences.

Fall Chinook
49lb. Hen
Trask River,(Hospital Hole), 1990

Spring Chinook
26lb. Hen
Sandy River,(Dodge Park), 1993

Coho Salmon
12lb. Hen
Sandy River, (Troutdale), 1992

Summer Steelhead
18lb. Buck
Salmon River,(Gravel pit), 1994

Winter Steelhead
17lb. Buck
Sandy River, (Dodge Park), 1996

[willierower]

TH,
I am heading down that ways (Bandon) Next sunday.
For your hat trick...... If you caught those fish trolling and it has been over 15 yrs ago. I know exactly who you are images/icons/wink.gif

[Doubletake]

152# black marlin 5 miles off Maui. (I'm left-handed, using a right-handed reel, 45 minutes to land it)what a fight!

Doubletake

[Deleted User]

Winter Steelhead-17+ lbs Wilson River
Summer Steelhead-13 lbs Washougal River
Fall Chinook-33 lbs Trask River
Coho-12 lbs Sandy River
Chum-23 lbs Miami River
Smallmouth-4lbs Farm pond in Eaastern Oregon
Cutthroat-3 lbs Tahuya River
Rainbow-4 lbs Pine Hollow Resevior
Brook Trout-4 lbs East Lake
Sturgeon-50 inches Columbia River

[Mr. Fisherman]

Hmmm, Lets see...

Chinook, 18#
Coho, 16#
Rainbow 5# 14 oz on a fly
Golden Trout 6# 12 oz on a fly
Yellow Perch 15 oz
Burbot (Fresh water Ling Cod) 8#
Challel Cat 18#
Flat Head Cat 5#
Crappie 1# 6 oz
Halibut 35#
Steelhead.... What's a steelhead images/icons/confused.gif
Crab 7.75"
Lungfish molesting a jelly fish... 2.5' and who cares how much it weighed, YUK!
Black Sea Bass 4.5#
Salmon Grouper 24#
Ling Cod 12#
Cabizone 4#
Green Ling 1.5#
Surf Perch 2.5#
Carp, 42#12oz (When I was 14)
Sturgeon, ~8' No I did not hand it off images/icons/smile.gif
Brook Trout 3#6 oz
Blue Gill 12oz
Brown Trout, 8# 12 oz on a fly
Tuna, got to go get it, I'll tell ya later....

Ahh the memories.... images/icons/grin.gif

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[Nanook]

The only five I really care about, all in Oregon.

Fall Chinook - 60 pounds - Wilson Tidewater

Spring Chinook - 40 pounds - Trask Tidewater

Summer Steelhead - 24 pounds - Columbia River
(Released and died in the nets, no doubt)

Winter Steelhead - 18 pounds - Nehalem River

Sturgeon - MANY pounds - 12 Feet - Columbia River.

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[Capin' Dan]

Chinook 30 lbs Bouy 10
Coho 18 lbs Siku Wa.
Steelhead 20 Cowlitz river
Halibut 85 Neah bay Wa.
Ling cod 40ish La Push Wa.
Large mouth 8 lbs Hords Creek, Texas
Small Mouth 7 lbs Connecticutt River
Lake Trout 18 finger lakes, New york

[Osprey]

I'll play images/icons/grin.gif
Chinook 56 lbs ( no Guts )....Nisqually
Silver 22 lbs ....I forget images/icons/confused.gif
Winterun 26 8oz (gutted)...Nisqually
Summerun 18lbs...... images/icons/rolleyes.gif
Chum 28 lbs.....Satsop ( I've lost a few bigger than this Brute)
Springer 28lbs......Kalama
Atlantic Salmon 10lbs.....Puget Sound
Searun Cuttie 5 lbs ?. released....Puget Sound
Ling Cod 42lbs......Neah Bay
Largemouth 8-lbs
This is fun.............Os

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[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

Fall Chinook - 32 lbs. - Cowlitz
Silver - 20 pounds, and I too have a fuzzy memory.
Chum - 25 pounds gutted images/icons/shocked.gif -not telling, to keep the snaggers down to a minimum.
Pink - 3 pounds - Forgot the name of the place
Summer Run Steelie - 10 lbs. Cowlitz
Winter Run Steelie - 1 lb. images/icons/confused.gif
Sea-Run Cuttie - 2 lbs.
Resident Cuttie - 1.5 pounds
********* - 2 pounds
Perch - 1 pound
Rainbow - 3 pounds
Largemouth - 8 pounds + - Farm
Smallmouth - ? like we have those down in L.A.
Bluegill - 3.5 pounds - Farm
Crappie - 2.5 pounds - Warrior River, Alabama
War mouth - 1/4 pound less than the state record - Farm
Channel Cat - 17 pounds - Farm
Sand Shark - 4 pounds - Destin, Florida
Mackeral - 6 pounds - Dolphin Bay, Destin, FL
Flounder - 11 pounds - Mobile Bay, Mobile, AL
Sea Catfish - 2 pounds - Gulf of Mex., Mississippi
Baracuda - 10 pounds - same as above
Red Snapper - 15 pounds - Destin, Florida
Puffer - 4 pounds - Destin, Florida

[Tanner]

Chinook - 52 lbs Jack Salmon Point
Steelhead - Aprox 20 lb Nestucca Nate (Released)
Steelhead (Hatchery) - 17 lbs Necanicum
Sturgeon - 12' Old Bonneville Deadline
Rainbow - 7.5 lbs Crane Prairie
Brown - 12lbs (not telling where)
Brookie - 17 inches (Mt Hood Lake)
Cutthroat - Aproximately 15 lbs- released - Have a witness. Kilchis in August
Largemouth - Aproximately 7.5 lbs - Lake Oswego
Crappie - 15 inches. Cottage Grove reservoir (wait theres not supposed to be crappie in there.)
Carp - 17 lbs Columbia River caught on a bass grub.
Smallmouth 6 lbs - Mouth of Yamhill River
Cahnnel Cat - 18 Lbs - John day river
Rooster Fish - 50 lbs Cabo San Lucas caught on a fly
Jack Crevalle - 5 lbs - Cabo San Lucas - Fly
Pargo Snapper - 14 Lbs Cabo San Lucas - Fly
Sierra Mackeral - 6 lbs Cabo San Lucas - Fly
Bonita - 4 Lbs - Cabo San Lucas - Fly
SkipJack Tuna - 9 Lbs - Cabo San Lucas - Fly

Walleye - 12 Lbs - Columbia by 205 Bridge
Almost forgot Silver aprox 22 lb native released in the Willamette last winter.

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[rags]

Fall Chinook 48#
Spring Chinook 36#
Summer Steelhead 18#
Winter Steelhead 21#
Halibut 110#
Rainbow Trout 8#