Your biggest "non" bass specie's while fishing for bass!

[junebugmn]

I would like to know what was your biggest non bass fish you have caught while fishing for bass, either large or smallymouth Mine was a ten pound drum or sheepshead on a black and blue 1/4 oz pig/jig with number 11 black uncle josh trailer Tight line's! Junebugman

[Goose52]

If you check the "Other Fish Species" forum you'll find another thread similar to this one...

Anyway, while fishing for bass with a 7'mf BC rod, 10lb mono, and a lipless crank, I foul-hooked and, after 35 minutes, landed a 37.1lb grass carp. A week later, I had another hook-up on another that was probably even larger - 40, 50lbs, who knows. After 13 minutes, and with 80 yards of line off the reel, that fish wrapped the line around a rock and broke off.

[Redhed]

c-rigging a fluke and catch blues or other catfish.

crank bait fishing and catching decent sized crappie along deep ledges and rock walls along the bank (water depth from 5-30ft)

my cousin was C rigging last year with me in his john boat type boat and he caught a 28lb carp. it dragged us around that cove for a good 10 mins before it wore out.. we netted it and took pics. fun time.. we were hoping for a huge catfish.

[Grey Wolf]

10# blue cat on a rat-l-trap.

[roadwarrior]

50-75lb gar (Bull Shoals, Lucky Craft Pointer)

40-50lb Buffalo ( Tennessee River,Swarming

Hornet/ LFT Live Magic Shad)

Lots of 20+ catfish and drum

8-)

[Munkin]

About a 12lb carp or a 20lb snapping turtle both caught on a baby brush hog.

Allen

[Catt]

Bass, Striped: 16 Lbs 5 Oz

Catfish, Blue: 27 1/2 lbs

Drum, Freshwater: 23 lbs

Gar, Alligator: 48 lbs 2 oz

[barroncooper]

snagged with a rattle trap.  bottomed the scale out @ 65 pounds

[sexy shad 12]

12 lbs channel cat

[Andy Taylor]

36" northern pike on a jitterbug.

[.dsaavedra.]

4lb pickerel...  :

[AV8TOR]

12.5 lb  catfish

[River Rat316]

45" Muskie on a spinnerbait, had one on that was bigger last year, but she popped off

[Glenn]

About a 25lb salmon on a crankbait and crankbait rod rigged with 12lb line.  Weeeeee!!

[Sam]

40-pound bull redfish in Louisiana when I was a teenager.

Went out to the Chandelier Islands with uncle and cousins on uncle's 46-foot yacht pulling two 16-foot skiffs.

Great fishing.

Always hoped we did not run into shrimp or uncle would have us shrimping all weekend. And that is a lot of work. Usually pick up around 400 pounds of shrimp plus having to stop to repair the nets.

Hooked into some fish that just decided to make a run for it so cousins and I went for a ride in the skiff until the line broke.

Happened many times. All we did was hold onto the rod and pull up the stick-up pole and head out into the Gulf.

Lots of fun and great memories. 

[Gorgebassman]

33 lb Salmon with a chrome back speed trap and a 21 lb steelhead with the same plug.

[Sam]

Fishing for bass?

A big catfish.

Around 8 pounds.

Sorry for the above post but your query brought back wonderful memories of Louisiana fishing, which is no more.  :'(

[flippin and pitchin]

32 pound Chinook on a crankbait, 18 pound barbel carp on a crankbait, 8 pound Northern Pike Minnow on a crankbait.  My buddy has the best catch, a 10 hp Mercury outboard !!!!

[WanderLust]

15+ pound Northern Pike

10+ pound Bowfin

7 pound Chain Pikerel

etc..

All caught when fishing for bass. The top (2) I caught on a the smallest rapala tail dancer in perch. Great Lure.

[slonezp]

Fishing for smallies I get 15-25lb king salmon all the time fishing crankbaits.

For largemouth a 38" musky on a jitterbug

[SMfisher]

last year fishing for smallmouth caught a 41" muskie on 6lb test line. this year so far have caught 5 muskie the biggest being 39" all on 6lb line. had one today try to take my smallmouth, glad it changed its mind would hate to have injured the smallie, the muskie just stayed 10 feet in front of me for about 5 minutes my wife even waded to where i was at and got a good look at the muskie.

[Jigfishn10]

2008 Ford F150 on a missed hook set. Caught the drivers side mirror on a lipless crankbait. It spooled me.

Does that count?

[kms399]

I caught a 45" muskie on  a bandit footloose in white.

Hit just like a bass too just  a little tap and it was coming towards me so I never felt much for weight, when it got to the boat I think we both saw each other at the same time cause I was like  and the fish bolted under the boat just about broke the rod cause it smacked the side before I managed to disengage the reel. I fought it for 4-5 minutes before i got it in. by the time I picked the fish up I looked around and saw that I had an audience of like 5 different boats watching me catch this fish. that was the biggest fish I have ever caught and also my first muskie.

[fishfordollars]

34 lb. catfish caught on a 1/4oz. chrome/blue back rattletrap.

[Bass Junkie]

      38 1/4" Muskie on a Ragetail Shad...... WOW Medium action 6'6" rod.... Held on and prayed. A guy I fish with has caught a 36" Northern Pike (Never seen one before or since, but it was a Pike. Not a Tiger Muskie, or any 'Skie, but a Pike.....) on a small Vibe... Man did that thing make some runs.....