Biggest Fish You Ever Hooked

[iceintheveins]

Biggest largemouth I've hooked was about 8 pounds, biggest smallmouth about 5.5.

[iceintheveins]

Biggest fish I've hooked is probably either a Channel Cat, Northern Pike, or Lake Trout in the upper 30s (pounds).

[J Francho]

Mako.

[Dan:]

[J Francho]

Must have been a b!tch to hook that out of the ice machine.

[Dan:]

it sure was. luckily it was unlocked.  ;D

[bmadd]

Tin's girlfriend

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Tin's girlfriend

Oh theres gotta be a story behind this one...

[bmadd]

Tin's girlfriend

Oh theres gotta be a story behind this one...

Actually, no. Not really.

[burleytog]

80 000 lb. coal truck

[SPEEDBEAD.]

80 000 lb. coal truck

80,001 lb. coal truck for me...

ABC, easy as Jennie123.

[bmadd]

YESSSSSS

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

Ha hears the release of my 8 pounder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwMC1KdY6Bk&feature=channel

[badger_bassin]

I was fishing the Wisconsin river with my father-in-law for catfish one night,  I heard my bells on the rod jingling,  I set the hook hard and fought this for 20 min.  after numerous runs and jumps I got it to shore and it was a 4 1/2 ft sturgeon.  No more than 15min later I landed another one that was 5ft long.  Then later on that night my father-in-law landed a 50 lb flathead cat. 

[Sam]

Teenager fishing the Mississippi Sound I pulled in a 40 pound redfish.

Old guy.

Released him back into the water. 

[Monsterbass12]

I have lost a couple huge bass

[ctbassnut]

My biggest fish i ever landed was a 9.5 foot blue shark that was close to 400 lbs...I lost a 10+ foot Mako that must of went 450 lbs. The biggest fish i ever landed and ate was a 13 ft Tresher shark that was 294lb..The body was 7ft and tail was 6 ft. Man that fish wore me out for 2 hrs.

[eloo]

25lb. king salmon in Skagway Alaska.Not huge for a king but we hooked 3 of them at the same time.What a rush!

[AnthonyB]

35 pound carp on 1/2 oz. red eye. snagged him in the tail, guess he was too slow to get out the way. really good fight on my 12 lb. test too

[Osprey39]

My biggest fish i ever landed was a 9.5 foot blue shark that was close to 400 lbs...I lost a 10+ foot Mako that must of went 450 lbs. The biggest fish i ever landed and ate was a 13 ft Tresher shark that was 294lb..The body was 7ft and tail was 6 ft. Man that fish wore me out for 2 hrs.

I'd have to go with a shark as well.  Back in Florida we used to catch hammerheads, spinner sharks and makos with regularity.  I have no idea how big the biggest one I ever caught was but I'd guess 200+ lbs.

[Brian4618]

landed/ate/still eating a 180lbs Blue fin tuna on a jigging outfit

[SGT Rico]

2 weeks ago I hooked the biggest bass of my life, I had him almost at my finger tips and then he just spat out the rapala x-rap that was in his mouth. I was about to throw up!!!!!!!! He had to be atleast 12-14 pounds.

[bigbill]

Oh boy here we go...I fish all the smaller places from shore which have natural and man made drop off's(dammed w/roads) for old water power wheels. And other places that aren't fished that heavy most of the time.

Place #1 my overall best is 10lbs. but i haven't landed the bigger one yet. I see it hit my topwater but its like a rock once it goes down in the weeds. From shore i just can't move it up.

Place #2 has the dammed road with the old stones for a water wheel.(long gone) I seen off in a distance in the lillies something big just breaking up the topwater constantly every morning just out of reach. Finally she got with in reach and i casted about 10' to the left. She hit my topnocker but missed it, she turned faster that i thought she could and nailed it. Now i been watching this topwater action that was out of my reach for about a week. I had her in my hand and the topwater action in the lilies was still exploding. While she weighed 6lb 1oz there's still bigger fish in there because i seen them swim by the drop off. I also used the biggest BPS stick o worm but i didn't have a hook in it big enough with me. I seen another pig swallow it but i missed the hook up, the hook i had was too small. I estimate it at

12lbs easy maybe bigger.

At Place #1 For three months every morning I watched the pads there exploding every morning at dawn out of my reach also. Finally after watching it every day and chomping at a chance it came closer but i figured it would spook if i casted too close to it so i casted about 25' to the right and way past it. Again my BPS topnocker was sounding away and this torpedo of a fish wacked my lure like it was on a mission. After giving my line and lure a tour of the channel/pads in the area i landed a 30" pickerel to my surprise.

My point is the big fish are in every little place that i fish in Ct. My gutt feeling is we have bigger bass in every body of water and there not being caught. Its all about when you go, the lure you use, the color you pick(lure), the presentation and how many times you go fishing.

My older brother who took me fishing when i was just 6yo always told me we have to hit it sooner or later if we keep on fishing, sooner or later they will turn on. He was right. Fish as much as you can and practice your presentations and the action will pick up.

BigBill

BTW; Don't tell everyone that my biggest fish are caught between 4:30am to 9:00am. (bigger fish) Then they go deeper in the cover.

Don't forget its the big gals that keep the population of the bass up in your area's waters so practice catch and release.  Measure it and take pics so you can have it wall mounted.

[BassAssasin2]

I hooked on a lmb it was huge jumped 3 times and finally broke my line (30# power pro) musta been on atleast 2 mins before it broke off. i was guessing around 10+ pounds.

[Gangley]

69.75 lb solid chrome King Salmon in Alaska.  Fought it for 45 minutes, most of which was the fish actually pulling our boat upstream.  Finally landed him and as they are lifting him out of the water with the net, the line snaps.  Luckily the fish was still in the net, but that entire line looked like a frayed rope, it was crazy fun.