Biggest Fish
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From: Wichita KS.
Smith fishes???
I just got into fishing a while back so I don't have any great stories, but I was with my friens and he pulled a 42lb catfish out of a stream. My girl's dad pulled a 46lb catfish out of the river, but that wasn't big enough for him, so he went back to the same spot and pulled a 50 lb'er out.
I just got into fishing a while back so I don't have any great stories, but I was with my friens and he pulled a 42lb catfish out of a stream. My girl's dad pulled a 46lb catfish out of the river, but that wasn't big enough for him, so he went back to the same spot and pulled a 50 lb'er out.
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From: north minnesota
I would like to know what is the biggest fish anyone has caught in side another fish,I caught a northern pike around 22lbs and when i cleaned it ,it had a 1/2 lb what looked like a sunfish inside hard to tell it had no color because it had started to breakdown in the northerns gut.
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From: Blaine Wa
81 pound king salmon in 1992, in funny enough King Salmon AK when I was stationed there. He towed us up and down the NakNek river for 4 hours before we got him in the boat. He was 5 feet 2 1/2 inches long too. The guy at the boat dock said it was the biggest fish of the year, at the time.
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From: KC
My biggest are 5.5 lb bass 22" private lake in Kansas
18.0 lb flathead catfish 34" private lake in KS
My friend caught a 17.5" crappie that weighed close to 4 pounds on Lake of the Ozarks, MO
anyone in to professional bass fishing, that is my goal in life, the bad thing is I might have to sell one of my ford trucks to buy a bass boat, but when I start winning tourneys I will have as many as I can afford believe me.
18.0 lb flathead catfish 34" private lake in KS
My friend caught a 17.5" crappie that weighed close to 4 pounds on Lake of the Ozarks, MO
anyone in to professional bass fishing, that is my goal in life, the bad thing is I might have to sell one of my ford trucks to buy a bass boat, but when I start winning tourneys I will have as many as I can afford believe me.
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From: Kalispell, Mt.
28 pound , 37" Lake Trout - Bowman Lake, Glacier National Park. And yes I have pictures and the article in the sporting section about it. Email me if ya want to see the pics. Was kinda like pulling in a big wet log. Had a Bull Trout on line the same day.. never even seen it..every time it got close enough to the surface to see the boat, it dove and headed straight for the bottom. It finally went under the boat before I could swing around and it cut the line. 
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From: iowa
6 and 1/2 foot tiger shark i caught off san clemente pier in 1985
was using two hunks of cut mackrel for bait, took over an hour to get it on the pier, sold the meat to the resturant on the end of the pier for 20 bucks a pound
56 pound sea bass i caught on san onofre beach while surf fishing, took 28 minutes to land it
6 1/2 pound large mouth i caught on a green meanie in a farm pound on the first cast
114 pound flat head catfish caught at 3 am in the morning while camping and drinking on an island in the mississippi near burlington iowa, took 45 minutes to bring it in
52 pound CARP caught in same area the next day, released it took 45 minutes to bring it in also
was using two hunks of cut mackrel for bait, took over an hour to get it on the pier, sold the meat to the resturant on the end of the pier for 20 bucks a pound
56 pound sea bass i caught on san onofre beach while surf fishing, took 28 minutes to land it
6 1/2 pound large mouth i caught on a green meanie in a farm pound on the first cast
114 pound flat head catfish caught at 3 am in the morning while camping and drinking on an island in the mississippi near burlington iowa, took 45 minutes to bring it in
52 pound CARP caught in same area the next day, released it took 45 minutes to bring it in also
