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Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842002 04/09/23 06:55 AM 04/09/23 06:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Upper Michigan M Mack trapper
Mack trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Upper Michigan	While Ice fishing, I once caught a 19lb. Pike on a Tip-Up. Luckily I had a gaff hook. My best Brook Trout is a 5 pounder caught in Northern Ontario.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842004 04/09/23 06:57 AM 04/09/23 06:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74 C corky trapper
corky trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74	32.5 lbs. musky http://www.usdebtclock.org/ This place is getting more like Facebook every day.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842009 04/09/23 07:05 AM 04/09/23 07:05 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Central MN, sort of old MnMan trapper
MnMan trapper Joined: Mar 2007 Central MN, sort of old	Don't know if a 40# carp shot with a bow would qualify, but it was quite a battle on the handline once the arrow was placed. Otherwise, it was probably this Muskie that was never weighed but released that I'm pretty sure would have topped 35# I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842015 04/09/23 07:17 AM 04/09/23 07:17 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa. J jk trapper
jk trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa.	132 inch marlin while overseas in home made boat, 1975? Right before a typhoon and we had to hide behind an island till it was sort of over. Long time ago and this might be the only photo......jk Last edited by jk; 04/09/23 07:17 AM. Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842045 04/09/23 07:53 AM 04/09/23 07:53 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Alberta,Canada 71 Bushmaster trapper
Bushmaster trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Alberta,Canada 71	26 lb. rainbow trout......

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842047 04/09/23 07:56 AM 04/09/23 07:56 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 160user trapper
160user trapper Joined: Jan 2007 MN	I have caught some Buffalo fish over 40# but this is my biggest gamefish. 46.5 inches long and around 38 pounds. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842048 04/09/23 07:58 AM 04/09/23 07:58 AM
Joined: May 2010 Missouri B Broomchaser trapper
Broomchaser trapper B Joined: May 2010 Missouri	73# spoonbill. Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842050 04/09/23 08:01 AM 04/09/23 08:01 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Largest caught or largest to get away? Caught 47lb flathead Got away a 60lb class blue cat

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842055 04/09/23 08:09 AM 04/09/23 08:09 AM
Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN	Nothing huge 16lb Northern pike and 8.6 lb walleye. Our bass don't get huge here so my biggest is just over 4lbs.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842059 04/09/23 08:14 AM 04/09/23 08:14 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 eastern WV R Ridge Runner1960 trapper
Ridge Runner1960 trapper R Joined: Dec 2008 eastern WV	7' blacktip, estimated 140#

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842065 04/09/23 08:26 AM 04/09/23 08:26 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT Brian Mongeau trapper
Brian Mongeau trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT	280lb best friend on a fly, foul hooked in back of head.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842076 04/09/23 08:38 AM 04/09/23 08:38 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Pa W Wright Brothers trapper
Wright Brothers trapper W Joined: Dec 2006 Pa	11" bluegill. !9" brook. 23 1/2" rainbow. 24"brown. 28" steelhead. 22" smallie. 18" crappie. 28" walleye. I ate all those. C and R for those that can't fillet. Carp, cats, muskies, pike, gar, dogfish, sheepheads, LM. Lost a cpl too, just a cpl. Let's go fish. Less BS than a news network.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842086 04/09/23 09:05 AM 04/09/23 09:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2017 Missouri, USA Pofarmer10 OP trapper
Pofarmer10 OP trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Missouri, USA	For me a 5lb bass caught on Christmas day. It was 65' F “Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching—even when doing the wrong thing is legal.” -Aldo Leopold

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842091 04/09/23 09:10 AM 04/09/23 09:10 AM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	75 lb yellowfin tuna. Marlins and sails are released. Several striped bass over 40 lbs caught in ocean. A nice cobia once. Wahoo in the 50s. Freshwater best was a largemouth in NC that weighed 10lbs, 2oz. Lake Gaston.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842095 04/09/23 09:15 AM 04/09/23 09:15 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Tennessee Scuba1 "color blind Kraut"
Scuba1 "color blind Kraut" Joined: Jun 2007 Tennessee	Around 1100 lbs going by measurements. GW in Port Royal Sound SC Last edited by Scuba1; 04/09/23 09:43 AM. Let's go Brandon "Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842103 04/09/23 09:20 AM 04/09/23 09:20 AM
Joined: Feb 2011 alberta S spjones trapper
spjones trapper S Joined: Feb 2011 alberta	Awesome photo!!!

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Pofarmer10] #7842108 04/09/23 09:27 AM 04/09/23 09:27 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 central Illinois yoteguts trapper
yoteguts trapper Joined: Jul 2008 central Illinois	8.5lb bass 72lb flathead I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'. More trappin' and less yappin'. Member FTA & USSA.

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Scuba1] #7842115 04/09/23 09:46 AM 04/09/23 09:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by Scuba1 Around 1100 lbs going by measurements. GW in Port Royal Sound SC Looks like that 'ol boy would make a lot of fish nuggets. What a beast! My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Turtledale] #7842116 04/09/23 09:47 AM 04/09/23 09:47 AM
Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Oakland, MS	Originally Posted by Turtledale Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 A 3lb 1oz yellow perch. I caught it when I was 7 years old and won 1st place in a contest of mostly all grown male fishermen. We ate the fish at the contest's fish fry... and later found out it would have been a state record! Lake Erie? Lake Ontario. Fishing off the wall at Old Fort Niagara. A minnow fished on the bottom. Proudly banned from the NTA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Or I'll just end up walkin' In the cold November rain

Re: Largest Fish? [Re: Scuba1] #7842147 04/09/23 10:30 AM 04/09/23 10:30 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 New York border Cragar trapper
Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 New York border	Originally Posted by Scuba1 Around 1100 lbs going by measurements. GW in Port Royal Sound SC You are gonna need a bigger boat.......lol NRA benefactor member

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