Nehalem Lunker! 62 lbr (with pic)

[Captain and Marie]

Jeff, Jason and Travis fishing N F Nehalem using eggs caught this nice 62 lbr!

Congratulations! Jeff Harris(on the right) Jason on left :cheers:

This is a REAL fish! It is not mounted.
photo by Marie Will at www.tillamookbait.com (http://www.tillamookbait.com)

http://tillbait.homestead.com/files/Copy_of_jason_and_jeff_62___nov_2XX.jpg

Took 25 minutes to land it
62 lbr
girth was 33
length was 49 inches
was using bobber & eggs
4th cast got him

Thanks for coming by for pictures!
photo credits go to
Marie@TBC graemlins/hearton.gif
www.Tillamookbait.com (http://www.Tillamookbait.com)

[ 11-10-2003, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[Small Fry]

Thats a monster. Look at the fangs on that thing.

[rainrshine]

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :cheers:

[Fish Slayer]

That thing' s huge!!! graemlins/applause.gif :dance: :bowdown: :cheers: :shocked: :grin: :smile:

[FishinFinatic]

SWEET fish. how was the fight on that monster. just the weight alone must put one up for ya guys. good job

[Wet Fly]

It would be tough letting that one go. thats got to be the biggest Salmon that I have seen. Great Job and thanks Marie for posting the pic. :bowdown:

[5-Cents]

:shocked: graemlins/applause.gif :shocked:

[Bob Barthlow]

DANG !!! :shocked: :cheers: :bowdown:

[First Light Bite]

NICE FISHY!!!!!!! :dance: graemlins/applause.gif graemlins/applause.gif

[Hogmaster]

Wow!!!!
:cheers: :dance: :cheers: :dance: :cheers: :dance: :cheers: :dance:

[Fshklr]

Holy freekin moly!! Nice fish guys!! great smiles too!! :bowdown: :bowdown: graemlins/applause.gif :bowdown:

Very Very IMPRESSIVE!!! :cheers: :dance: :bowdown:

[ 11-02-2003, 02:22 PM: Message edited by: Fshklr ]

[Captain and Marie]

Thanks everyone,,,

I was a little nervous posting this picture, I think you know why.

Marie :grin:

[jokester]

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: HOLY CRAP!! :bowdown: :bowdown:

That's a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE fish!! :cheers:

-jokester

[ 11-02-2003, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: jokester ]

[TarponSlayer]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: I am definitely not worthy. Holy crap it looks fake it's so huge.
Awesome :cheers:

[RichH]

Yeefreakinhaaaawwwww!!!!! :shocked: That qualifies as a toad. :bowdown: :bowdown: graemlins/applause.gif graemlins/applause.gif

[Jennie@ifish]

THAT is UGLY!!!!

:shocked:
THROW IT BACK!

Dang that is a BIG FISH!!!

If I caught something like that... well, first off, I doubt if I could have landed it, but second, first sight of that face, and I would have jumped in the water, if Bill brought it in the boat!

It's scary looking! It's HUGE! That Mouth! YIKES! Get it off of here! It scares me!

:smile: :smile:

I'm just kidding. I think! But-- is it just me, or is it kind of ugly? :smile:

It's a joke. It's not real, right? :shocked:

Wow. I don't know whether to say, "Way to go!" or "Let it go!" It's just so big, it's freaky!

[Nanook]

On the Wall or off the Wall! :grin: :wink:

http://www.bigpiggig.com/assets/pigs/200/331_n.jpg

[ 11-02-2003, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: ****** ]

[dla]

I wonder how much it weighed when it was fresh? Wasn't the state record something like 76lbs?

[KingFisher85]

What a PIG!!! :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :bowdown:

[Jennie@ifish]

Bill says he thinks the state record was 83, and from the Umpqua, quite some years ago.

He thinks it's really pretty bright for a buck!

I think so, too... but??? It's still so big that it's ugly to me! :smile:

I know, I'm just jealous. I really am! :smile:

Jen

[TheRogue]

Betcha that thing was a perfect reddish orange inside!! Bucks stay good so much longer than hens once they hit the fresh water!

Congratulations, gorgeous fish.

TR

[Captain and Marie]

The 62 pound fish is real!
It is not mounted.

It weighed in at 62 lbs.

caught by Jeff Harris

caught on 15 lb test line

49 inces in length

girth was 33 inches

4th cast got him

took 25 min to bring him in

teeth of it looked like shark teeth to me!


Marie graemlins/hearton.gif what a Beautiful Fish!

Can you only imagine if he threw it back; then just told his story from memory, would you have believed him? probably not...

Im glad he kept it! and came to ME for proof!

photo by Marie graemlins/hearton.gif

[ 11-04-2003, 08:32 PM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[LazerFisher]

Hog heaven... :cheers: Nice fish. graemlins/applause.gif

[skrimmy]

:shocked: :shocked: :bowdown: Wow! Congrats!

[Mojo]

Kenai River stray I'm sure... :grin: What a monster! Congrats! :cheers:

[fisheromen]

That thing's been taking steroids for sure!!!!

Hard to imagine that pig swimming up the NF.

[notaclue]

i was there today, and saw that guy on the left. but i had to quit because my hands were cold and i didn't think there were any fish in there. ccngrats, but boy am i upset.

notaclue

[big n bright]

http://www.3dtextmaker.com/queue/Holy_Shitaky_12046.gif

[pearl]

Thats impressive!!!!!

Grande Pesca

[Jerry Dove]

It must have been a Whiskey Creek Stray and the volunteers forgot to clip the AD fin. Right????

[Steelheader69]

Damned nice fish. I've caught one close, but about a couple pounds less (mine was 58#). They are big fish. But I have an orthodontist that drives me nuts. You walk into his practice (I am his UPS driver) and there is a 29# Hoh Buck mount staring at me every day. That just riles a person up to go fishing. Well, about 3 years ago, the receptionist finally said to me "You think that's a big fish?". I told her how much I loved to fish, and that I've only seen those caught that big, but never caught one myself. She told me to come to back, and to enter the Dentists office. I walked into the room to find an 89# Kenai King on the wall, skin mount to boot. SHEESH. The anal fin was as big as my head. LOL. Made my measly 58#'er look small. That's personally the biggest I've seen in real life (including sportsman shows, etc). Couldn't imagine bringing that thing up.

[puffins crew]

WOW!!! graemlins/applause.gif :dance: graemlins/applause.gif Thanks for the pic, Marie.

Peace, tom

[Moley Molson]

Well done boys!!! What a hog! :cheers:

[Kraken]

Wow very nice fish.

Looks like all they got to do is wipe dry and find place on the wall to hang it. :smile:

[Catch 22]

You all see that smile Jeff has? He had it the whole way home!
Thanks Marie for taking the photos and posting them for us!
It was weighed 3 times. Once with a handheld digital, once at the hatchery by the F&W guy and again by Dennis and Marie (Those people are super cool!).

Notaclue, That must have been you I was next to for a few in front of the little waterfall?

[notaclue]

Yah Catch that was me. That is a beauty of a fish. Did you go down below. I walked down a little bit, but I kept seeing the private prorerty signs. How far do they go? I was going to give up out there until the steelies show up, but now you have me going again.

notaclue

[Catch 22]

You need to cross before his property. I am however sworn to secrecy on where the fish was caught! :grin:

[Mrdorkfish]

Oh my goodness :shocked: All my questions were answered..WOW :grin: Can you imagine??? I thought the 40lb dog tooth i caught on the upper Nestucca was huge...that is aweseome...Congrats graemlins/applause.gif

MrDorkfish graemlins/dork.gif

Louis

[husker]

wow...nice fish..... :cheers: :bowdown:

[Navigator]

Beauty (in its own special way ...) :cheers:

[24 on/ 48 off]

*Speechless*

--spud- :smile:

[William]

Way to go fellas, two thumbs up and a snap in the Z formation. :cheers: :dance: :bowdown:

[Wishing I Was Fishing]

Originally posted by Captain and Marie:


took 25 min to bring him in

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">WOW!!!

BTW - Was that 25 minutes, or 25 MEN ?? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[FINZ]

:bowdown: :bowdown: Nice Fish :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Fishplay]

SuuuuuuuuWIE!!!!!! Here PIG! PIG PIG PIG!!!

:bowdown:

[finclipped]

Nice fish, catch of a lifetime!! graemlins/applause.gif

[kevray]

Now I want to know--did that thing actually fit in your landing net? Way to go!!!!!!!!

[gotZem]

- - WOOD!---
GotZem!

[SKP]

:shocked: :bowdown: :grin: :shocked: :bowdown: :grin: graemlins/applause.gif graemlins/applause.gif

OH MY!

SKP

[will_e_fish]

Big fish for for the line and landing in 25 mins that has got to be a record for the Nehalem.
Way to go! :cheers:

[Sublime]

Dang! almost looks already mounted, with the glistening graemlins/applause.gif graemlins/applause.gif

[Sublime]

Dang! almost looks already mounted, with the glistening graemlins/applause.gif graemlins/applause.gif

[Norski]

Hay it might cost a little to mount it for say over your fireplace but if that was my fish well my wife would have a cow becouse it would be over are FIREPLACE ALONG WITH THE POLE AND HOOK SET UP.
Just my 0.02 cents worth.
Verry nice FISH------HOG-----KEIKO!!!!

CONGRATS RIVER-RAT NOW-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**---*****FISH-ON.

[PASteelheader]

That thing scares me, and I'm on the east coast.

[FishingNewbie]

I would have been screaming for help on that one!! I would have been shaking in my boots!1 Way to go!!

[Captain and Marie]

I woke up thinking about this picture I took.

Wouldn't it be neat to see at least one person
from EVERY State to write in and make a comment.

That would be way cool~

We got one as far away as Pittsburgh!! :grin:

Just an interesting thought, lets see what happens!!

Thanks in advance to everyone! And lets have some fun!

Marie graemlins/hearton.gif
www.Tillamookbait.com (http://www.Tillamookbait.com)

[ 11-04-2003, 08:05 AM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[buzzerbaby]

Wow thats a hog. Last week on the Elochaman I found a dead one on the bank that was 2 inches shorter than my 1141 broke down, so around 52 inches long and as big around as a volkswagen. I can only imagine what that would be like.

[CATCH AND EAT]

I bow to your superior fish of 62#'s. :bowdown: WOW!!!!! :bowdown: :cool: A fish of a lifetime for sure. :bowdown:

[cjk]

Nice fish!

[Kentucky Hog Hunter]

:shocked: :cheers: :shocked:

[Captain and Marie]

The 62 pounder is a real fish. :bowdown:

Not mounted.

Real deal!

smile :grin:

Marie graemlins/hearton.gif

[Fast Action]

Good thing he did not make it to his mating ritual. The river would have been blown out :grin:

[ReelFun1]

Good work boys...that is an incredible hog......I bet the area picks up with a slough of rods looking for his brother...nice job

[stlhdr1]

I'd have turned it loose to make room for a hen on the punch card!!!

[where's your bobber dude]

graemlins/applause.gif Nice fish guys........ the river must have dropped a foot when you took him out.

[Captain and Marie]

:bowdown:

:bowdown:

:bowdown:

what a beauti!!!!
Did you see the 52 lbr from T-Bay? caught on a spinner using Marie's Sticky Shrimp Scent?

Marie graemlins/hearton.gif

[ 11-05-2003, 08:46 AM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[Lil' Corkie]

That's a monster, good job!!! :shocked: :dance: :shocked: :dance: :shocked:

[Captain and Marie]

I wonder if this fish picture will be in the morning paper?

Just wondering?

Marie

[Catch 22]

Hey, We made the Sports page of the Oregonian on Thursday. Pretty cool! Thanks to Marie at Tillamook Bait for submitting the pic and information!

[Nanook]

http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/xm14.gif

[Captain and Marie]

Catch 22 , did you ever get your name straightend out?

What rivers do you fish inmost? This fish picture you're in has made you famous!
No kidding! Jeff came in yesterday and said HI!

Just wondering...


I bet the 75 pounder doesn't show by 5pm tonight...monday...

what say you???????????


Marie

[ 11-10-2003, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[Captain and Marie]

I was right...

smile :grin:

[Catch 22]

Yep. All straight with the name confusion. I'm sure it was an accident. But, I've been on here forever, so I assumed everyone knew that name was taken.

I mostly fish the Clackamas since I live up past McIver Park.
As for becoming famous, I was always famous. Just nobody else knew it but me. :cool:

[Get Bent]

whats going on here a 75# with no pics and a 62# that when held up the skin dosent flex the mouth stays open when grabed by the jaw no blood or slime and its fins stand up even after its dead i love this again i raise my right hand and call BS :hoboy: :rolleyes:

[Catch 22]

Scott, the 62 lb chinook was weighed and verified at the NF Nehalem hatchery. You can call and verify if you like. It was caught on 11/2/03. They'll remember weighing it on the hatchery scale and photographing it. It was then taken to Tillamook Bait where it was weighed again. Maybe we should have had the Governor verify it too?

[Jennie@ifish]

Yip. It's been verified...

I think we should take fingerprints of the fish from now on. Don't you?

Jen

[Nanook]

Man, 75 pounds of Oregon Chinook, caught in Tillamook, will hit the newspapers in Alaska?

That means it would have to be at least 13 pounds bigger than this one at 62? :shocked:

http://www.ifish.netpictures/mount.jpg

[Get Bent]

Sorry i douted you nice fish my bad :blush:

[ 11-18-2003, 08:52 AM: Message edited by: Get Bent Tackle ]