Joshua van Wyk Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Hey guys! Today while I was bass fishing I snagged a 49 inch grass carp! This got me thinking about what other people have "accidently" caught. So what's the biggest fish you've accidently caught? 11 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 17, 2019 Super User Posted March 17, 2019 Bet that was fun ~ Congrats 'By-Catch' is a way of life where I fish. While fishing for smallmouth, I've gotten into a number of great fish including Big Pike, Musky, Walleye, and Big Trout. Perhaps not my biggest but a couple of falls ago I got a Sturgeon . . . . That was a surprise. A-Jay 9 Quote
redmexican5081 Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Caught this while fishing for cod and haddock. Fought it for over 3 hours. Everything in my body hurt after the adrenaline wore off. 7 Quote
Hower08 Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 No pics on phone of it but a 39" northern on 4# test and an ultralight walleye fishing. Spooled me multiple times. Had to chase it with boat 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 17, 2019 Global Moderator Posted March 17, 2019 One of these two. 6 Quote
Joshua van Wyk Posted March 17, 2019 Author Posted March 17, 2019 10 hours ago, A-Jay said: Bet that was fun ~ Congrats 'By-Catch' is a way of life where I fish. While fishing for smallmouth, I've gotten into a number of great fish including Big Pike, Musky, Walleye, and Big Trout. Perhaps not my biggest but a couple of falls ago I got a Sturgeon . . . . That was a surprise. A-Jay That's awesome! Sturgeon is one of my bucketlift fish. 10 hours ago, redmexican5081 said: Caught this while fishing for cod and haddock. Fought it for over 3 hours. Everything in my body hurt after the adrenaline wore off. What a fish! 8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: One of these two. That flathead looks like he could swallow that dog in the background whole! ??? 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 17, 2019 Global Moderator Posted March 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, Joshua van Wyk said: That flathead looks like he could swallow that dog in the background whole! ??? They actually both weighed about 70 pounds at the time. She's not a fan of big fish like that coming in the boat though. 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted March 17, 2019 Super User Posted March 17, 2019 14 pounder where they don't even stock striper. Was first known catch of one at the reservoir. Buddy has since caught another, shorter one. Took me for a nice ride over 75 yards before I could even see what was on my line. 5 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted March 17, 2019 Super User Posted March 17, 2019 No idea how much this drum weighed. Caught on Pickwick Lake, AL 4 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted March 17, 2019 Super User Posted March 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Joshua van Wyk said: Thats a monster common carp . What is the state record you caught that ogre in ? The Missouri record is 50 lbs . Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 18, 2019 Global Moderator Posted March 18, 2019 10 hours ago, scaleface said: Thats a monster common carp . What is the state record you caught that ogre in ? The Missouri record is 50 lbs . It's a grass carp actually, caught from a tiny pond in Kansas on an S waver. Watched it shoot off the bottom and T-bone the thing, looked like a huge pike the way it attacked the bait. If my buddy hadn't been standing next to me watching it happen I would have thought I was losing my mind. State record is 77 3/4 pounds for grass carp in Kansas. 1 Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted March 18, 2019 Super User Posted March 18, 2019 I caught a 22 pound channel cat when I was 19 while bream fishing with bread. I was using 8 pound test with a lightweight spinning reel , and the rod had a broken tip. Took 20 -25 minutes to land. 5 Quote
WVU-SCPA Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 These 2 last May about a hour apart, both on a Canadian Craw TRD, 1/16th ned head, and 7lb floro. 7 Quote
Joshua van Wyk Posted March 18, 2019 Author Posted March 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, WVU-SCPA said: These 2 last May about a hour apart, both on a Canadian Craw TRD, 1/16th ned head, and 7lb floro. Beauties! How long did it take to get them in? Quote
WVU-SCPA Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, Joshua van Wyk said: Beauties! How long did it take to get them in? Not hatefully long, a properly sized net goes a long way. Saw over a dozen cruising that day and had an 8" swimbait rigged up that they wouldn't commit to. Didn't see either of those fish, but clearly they were on the TRD pattern. Quote
BigAngus752 Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 39 minutes ago, WVU-SCPA said: 1/16th ned head, and 7lb floro And we still keep spooling the 65lb braid! LOL! 1 Quote
Super User soflabasser Posted March 19, 2019 Super User Posted March 19, 2019 A couple years ago I caught a +8 foot tiger shark while fishing for bull sharks. It was a nice surprise and one of my favorite catches from land. I have caught other unexpected catches such as bigmouth sleepers, a baby Goliath grouper on a jerkbait, and other fish. 1 Quote
Super User MickD Posted March 19, 2019 Super User Posted March 19, 2019 While it's not that unusual to catch a black drum while fly fishing for redfish, it is unusual to catch one that weighed 52 pounds on the guide's scale. The LA state fly record is 54.55. Biggest fish of any species that i've ever caught. 6 Quote
WVU-SCPA Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Holy shirts and pants! That is an impressive black drum. No long arming that thing. Quote
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted March 20, 2019 Super User Posted March 20, 2019 Some would say ALL my catches are accidental but I beg to differ. Only MOST of them are. Actually, ALL of my 4 musky have been accidental in the sense that all were caught while fishing for bass. But the one that stands out is the musky I caught while fishing for smallmouth in the modest river which, out west, wouldn't be termed anything more than a small stream. I was wading and casting for smallmouth and had tossed a Rebel crawdad in among a fallen trees branches. After a couple of turns of the reel handle, the musky grabbed my bait and PULLED like a diesel-electric. Armed with only a medium action spinning rod and 6 lb mono and having to contend with the current, I thought I'd somehow latched onto a new state-record smallmouth. I was both elated and disappointed when the muskie emerged from the depths. At 30 inches, it wasn't a giant but for me it was one heck of a catch. 2 Quote
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