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largest ones that got away and ones that didn't?

alaskanmanalaskanman Member Posts: 362 ✭✭✭
edited February 2004 in General Discussion
what were the largest fish/animal that you got and what were the largest fish/animal that got away? be honest now.

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  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,742 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I dunno what the largest fish was (I didn't get a chance to weigh it [;)]) but my guess is 8# bass and probably a 40+ pound flathead. I had a hangfire on a muzzleloader the very first season I hunted with it and missed the biggest deer I've ever seen (and this was in Sept. where their necks aren't swollen yet).

    I don't know what my largest fish is that I caught, I bought a scale just a few years ago. Here's a link to some of those that I've caught that I actually have pictures for. I'm going to be editing that page and adding a couple pictures soon.
    The largest deer is pictured on the hunting page.

    Fishing: http://bambihunter.myftp.org/fishing.htm
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  • springer1springer1 Member Posts: 647 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a repo of my 28" 7 lb 10 oz brown trout ,caught in a stream you could junp across if chased
    whitetail was a 10pt 150 class

    ones I have not gotten, fish too many,muskey around 48-50 inch,walleye 30 inch + 11-12 pounds just guessing but I had this brushpile buck almost run over me about 10 years ago
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    I had caught a redfish down in the channel around Aransas Pass Tx. The red jumped out of the water and I suppose it to be about 10 pounds. The second time the red jumped, a shark grabbed it and ran off with it. It was a tiger shark about 5 ft long,its weight unknown, but maybe 50-65 lbs. I was using 20lb line, kept tightening the drag but the shark just peeled off my line and I could do nothing but stand there and watch it run off. Strange, but a couple of hours later I hooked a stingray with a wing tip of 37"- too big to keep and eat. Was a great day of fishing!
    I have hooked several sharks from shore and once in a blue moon I hook one that is just too big to reel in.You can tell if it's a shark if it paces side to side slowly when hooked and gives a steady pull.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,446 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I landed a 56 # catfish. Largest one to get away was : If every space on the computer was a foot .. it was this big: Something is fishy..
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  • SuspensionSuspension Member Posts: 4,783
    edited November -1
    Largest shovel head I ever caught was 54# + ounces, largest one lost looked comparable to that 54#'er, but never got him in boat to verify for sure...

    Largest whitetail taken 9 point that green scored 166-3/4, largest that got away was a beautiful 16 point with equal drop tines on both sides. He knew something was wrong and stayed out at least 50 yards circling my stand. Talk about anticipation...



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