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Biggest fish Ever caught on a rod & reel?

cccoopercccooper Member Posts: 4,044 ✭✭
edited May 2011 in The Fishing Hole!
Salt water or Freshwater?

I caught a 190 lb tarpon once.

Also caught a 120 lb Alligator gar.
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  • dcso3009dcso3009 Member Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My biggest salt water was a 250# stripped marlin, fresh water was the 75" sturgeon.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Probably some codfish but it wasn't much fun, you could hardly tell they were on with 500 feet of stretchy mono line.

    Freshwater- close call between a 9 pound Walleye and similar sized channel cat... gonna go with the catfish though as he was a little longer for the weight.

    I once tied into something on Lake Erie that calmly bent my walleye rod right in half and popped the 10 pound line like nobody's business. I had the drag set properly too, to start, but he was pulling it off so quickly it was coming near the end of the line so I had to tighten it up, and POP.....had to be a burbot, muskie, or sturgeon.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    90 lb yellowfin tuna
    110 lb swordfish In the Salt

    35 lb King Salmon
    18 lb Chum Salmon in Fresh
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  • dcso3009dcso3009 Member Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wpage
    90 lb yellowfin tuna



    Now there is a fight! Tuna are the hardest fighting fish I have ever caught. I have not hit the 90 mark yet, but several in the 70-80 range.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hudson Canyon yellowfin tuna...
    Yes those are some backbreakers. Got that one with a live squid. Odly enough the same one I caught the swordfish on earlier that nite.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,331 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I caught a 43" Grass carp on a medium action Ugly Stick with 10# test. Not really much to brag about.

    37" Northern on an Ultralite with 4# test. That took almost 20 minutes to pull off.

    40" Sand shark is the biggest thing I have caught in Salt water. But I have only been about to fish in the ocean 6 times in my life
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Does 300# test mono,w/80# leader count? (handline)
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  • bigfischebigfische Member Posts: 173 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Raaaawr! zombie thread-

    My largest fish is a 49" pike. Didnt weigh it because i released it.
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Caught this muskie in HS when I was fishing for walleye. 46"(2" short of legal size)

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  • cavman 69cavman 69 Member Posts: 654 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    40" muskie. 17" small mouth.
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