BIG FISH PICTURES

Latest entries from the top.. Dave with a steelhead - OR Angler: Dave A Species: Steelhead Weight: 6 lbs Location: Rogue River, OR Date: March 2005 Please find attached the photo of myself with the Steelhead about 6 lbs. that I caught while on the Rogue River in Oregon on side-drifting roe in late March 2005. I appreciate your consideration in posting this....if you like this & post it, I can send you some more pictures of differant fish that I & my brothers have caught...we like to fish! Sincerely; Dave A. Richard with a rainbow trout - CA Angler: Richard Allen Species: Rainbow trout Weight: 17 1/2 lbs Location: Santa Ana River Lakes, CA Date: April 2, 2006 I enjoy your website very much. Please keep up the good work! Enclosed please find my "Big Fish" picture. It is a 17.5 lb rainbow trout, caught at Santa Ana River Lakes, California, on April 2, 2006. This fish was caught during the Fishingnetwork.net Annual Fish Derby, thereby placing first place. The fish was caught on 2lb fluorocarbon, using a LipripperZ orange trout worm dunked in Nitro Gravy. Thanks! Richard Allen Greg with a king salmon - AK Angler: Greg Madrigal Species: King Salmon Weight: 50 lbs Location: Kenai River, AK Bait: Roe Date: July 2004 Caught this sweetheart on the Kenai river on salmon roe in July of 2004. A perfect 50 pounder. Great power! Mike with a largemouth bass - NY Angler: Mike Taylor Species: Largemouth bass Weight: 6 1/2 lbs Location: Silver Mine lake, NY Bait: Purple worm Hello my name is Mike Taylor. I caught this fish in Harriman State Park NY it weighed in a 6 1/2 pounds. I caught it with a purple worm. On 6 pound test line. The lakes name is Silver Mine lake. Thank you. Doug Schmidt with a 21 lb. Lake Michigan king salmon

Brian with a buffalo - MO

Angler: Brian Malone Species: Buffalo Weight: ? Location: Barbers Fish Camp on Lake of the Ozarks, MO Fate: released Bait: Pink & Purple Mr. Twister Jig Home: Chicago, IL Date:10-2-05 Thought I would share with you a biggie from Lake of the Ozarks. I caught him on an Ultra-light pole with 4 lb test. Best Regards, Brian Malone

Jeff with a striper - OK

Angler: Jeff Species: Striped Bass Location: Lake Texoma/Oklahoma Caught while on guided fishing trip with Jimmy Bishop's Striper Guide Service

Jimmy and son with a striper - OK

Angler: Jimmy Bishop and son of Jimmy Bishop's Striper Guide Service Species: Striped Bass Location: Lake Texoma/Oklahoma Date: 27 November 2005 Fish Tale: This may sound like a tall tale but I can assure you it is a true story. Having had a wonderful Thanksgiving I thought I would go out in the middle of a wind storm with wind gusts of up to 40 mph and grass fires all around the entire area in which I reside. For those of you that may not know the area in which I live in Oklahoma is having a horrible drought (we are about 1 and a half feet below normal for the area) and thus we have had some pretty vicious grass fires. So I go out in the middle of all this chaos, just me, the boys, and the shad on a mission for some serious fishing. After throwing out a couple of times I hooked the trophy bass of the 2005 season. He was hard to reel in with all that wind whipping us around but I was triumphant in the struggle and brought this cow in!

Bryant with a big shell cracker - VA

Angler: Bryant Griffin Fish: Shell cracker Weight: 1 lb 15 oz Length: 13 1/2 in Bait: Live red worms Location: Lake Prince Home: Norfolk Virginia Date: Early November 2005 Photo of shell cracker I caught just minutes before dark when I started to go home . Then I made the last cast before I pulled up anchor and head home. It was a shocker of how big this one was I received a citation from vdgif. I received three citations for two other I caught the same day. not knowing I had trophy fish. so all in all I say that day was great .

Calvin with a sturgeon - ONT

Angler: Calvin Robillard Fish: Sturgeon Weight: 17 lbs Bait: Minnow Location: Lower Niagara River, ONT Date: October 2005 Hi : My name is Calvin Robillard and was fishing the lower niagara river near Queenston boat launch in oct 2005. I was using a rig with minnows fishing for those tasty little perch. I latched onto what I thought was a muskie . As I got it near the pier I noticed it was not a muskie but a sturgeon . I had no net and had to walk it down to the end of pier ( about 20 - 30 metres) After 25 mins. I managed to land it . This was my first sturgeon I ever caught. I quickly took a few pics , and weighed it ( 17 lbs ). Thanks Calvin

Craig with a largemouth bass - MD

Angler: Craig Hummel Type: Largemouth Bass Weight: ~6 lb Location: Loch Raven Res., Baltimore County, MD Date: Late March, 2005 (pre-spawn), dusk, clear day Tackle: 6' 6" Medium action rod, Braided line, Rapala DT10 crank bait, shad pattern Method: Casting from shore, off a point near a major channel

Terry with a freshwater drum - OH

Angler: Terry Fisher Type: Drum Weight: 10 lb Location: Ohio River, OH This is a 10# freshwater drum that I caught on the Ohio River in Cincinnati Ohio. Terry Fisher

Russell with a new tippet-class record goldeye - MT

Angler: Russell Kastner Type: Goldeye Weight: 1 lb 1 oz Length: 15.5 in Date: August 14, 2005 Location: Teton River, MT Hi Jim: Well here is the world record information. It may not look like much but the fish as a species doesn't get very big. It was caught in the Teton River near Collins Montana Aug 14, 2005. It weighed in at 1lb 1oz and was 15.5 inches in length. The record is held with the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in the fly fishing division, 14 lb test tippet. Thanks again, have a good day. Russell

Chuck and Cameron with a nice largemouth bass - FL

Angler: Chuck Risko Type: Largemouth bass Weight: 14 lb Dimensions: 27.5 in length, 23 in girth Date: May 3, 2005 Location: Lake Nona, Orlando, FL This 14-lb large mouth bass (length 27 ½, girth 23) was caught and released on May 3, 2005 on Lake Nona in Orlando FL. It was caught on a black and blue strike king jig. Chuck R., Orlando FL

Adam with a large bream - UK

Angler: Adam Landy Type: Bream Weight: 8 lb Location: Kingfisher Lake, Isle of Wight, UK This is an 8lb bream caught in Merstone, Isle of Wight UK, the Kingfisher Lake. Caught around 1am.

Paula with a nice Tench - Czech Republic

Type: Tench Weight: 12,5 pound Location: Nove Mlyny, Czech (EU) Angler: Paula Date: April 2004 Bait: Dendro worms The fishers expert said: the Tench was 30! years old (I took one scale)

Some big Canadian catches from Yan Rochon - Quebec

Ice pike caught Dec 2004 @ Mc Laurin Bay Quebec Canada

LMB caught July 2005 at Mc Laurin Bay Quebec Canada

Lake Trout caught at Lac Duval Qubec Canada June 2002

Robert with a nice Peacock Bass - FL

Angler: Robert Kouns Type: Peacock Bass Weight: ? Location: Miami, Florida Thought this would be a good addition to the site. I havent seen any other on here. I caught him on a 6" artifical worm in a golfing pond where I live at. Not really sure on they weight. Just know that they fight like heck!

Lori with a grassie

Angler: Lori Miller Age: 20 Type: Grass Carp Weight: ~32 lbs Length: ~3ft. Released Where: Port Richey, Florida, USA Date: April 28th, 2005 It had stormed really bad causing a pond behind our apartment to become cloudy and nasty looking. This carp had been surfacing to breathe. My husband and I ran around the pond, following it, and third-time's-a-charm, caught it in my casting net. For a small time apartment complex pond, I was shocked that this big of a fish lived in it. We didn't accurately weigh it or measure it, because the leasing center lady came out and was screaming at us for fishing. I stand 5'11", so we measured where I was holding the fish.

Gary with a pair of big Ohio River Stripers

Angler: Gary Lane Species: Striped Bass Weights: ? Location: Ohio River, OH

Eric with a Florida Largemouth Bass

Angler: Eric Singleton Species: Largemouth Bass Weight: ~7 1/2 lb Location: Lorida, Florida Bait: 8 inch Bass assassin lure Home: Florida I caught this 7 1/2 pound bass in a little pond in Lorida Florida. I was using a 8 inch Bass assassin lure and Power Pro 10lb test. This fish was a catch, photo, and release.

Still more fish from Iraq

Sgt. Jeremy Nickels with a pair of Asp

A strange eel

Jeremy with an asp and Iraqi work crew

Wels catfish montage

Bigheads! More fishing pictures from Iraq

Rusty McKay with a large bighead carp

Asp on a soft plastic bait

Carter with his large bighead

Rusty with the larger of his two bigheads

Common carp

"Westfall" with a common carp

Angler: Don Rego Species: Smallmouth Bass Length: 21.5 inches long Date: July 2004 Location: Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada Bait: Yum green pumpkin crawfish Home: Addison, IL Howdy, Caught this 21.5" Smallie on a Yum green pumpkin Crawfish last July up in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario,Canada. Not my biggest to date by far but the first time I had the digital camera with me. Great web site! Don Rego Addison,IL

Angler: Duane A. Brewer Jr. (aka Brewer) Species: Largemouth Bass Weight: 11.5 pounds Dimensions: 28 inches long, girth 18 inches Date: 2:30 p.m. on March 5, 2005 Location: Kingsley Lake in Clay County Florida (NE Florida) Where: 12 foot of water off the bed Bait: Zoom Junebug worm Line: Spider wire Mono 20 lb. test line My husband is a great bass fisherman, I am proud of many of his catches, but this is a really nice one. Have a great fishing day - Tamie Brewer

Angler: Sgt. Jeremy Nickel Type: Asp (top), Sheatfish or Wels catfish Location: Baghdad, Iraq Greetings from Iraq. My name is Sgt. Jeremy Nickel. These fish where caught in baghdad. I saw that someone else in this AO caught an Aspas and sent you a picture, but did not know what species it was. Most of the Aspas i have caught here have been on anything yellow or white with a spinner. The other eel looking creature is a sheat fish i landed on a plastic worm. other than these pix i am sending i dont know how much they weighed or length. both of these fish where caught in early March. They where set free after being photographed.

Angler: Tom D'Auria Type: Largemouth Bass Weights: ~5-8 lbs Location: Florida Hey, Here are a couple large largemouth bass'. The one in the top photo was caught on a live shinner, sight-fishing in a canal. The one in the bottom photo was taken with a plastic worm - Texas Rigged. My guess for their weight is anywhere from 5 to 8 pounds. To be honest (and as you can probably tell, the camera makes them seem larger than they really are). - Tom D'Auria

Species: Walleye Length: 32 in Date: January 1, 2005 Where: Delaware River Angler: Janis Here's my 32" caught while wading the Delaware R 1/1/05 at 10 am on four lb. test using crank bait.

Species: Lake Sturgeon Length: 59 in Weight: 63 lbs Date: August 2004 Where: Nutimik Lake, Manitoba Canada Angler: Bob Caught this 63 lb. 59 inch sturgeon jigging for walleye with 24 lb. spiderwire and 1/2 ounce bannana jig with night crawler on my birthday aug 22, 2004 at Nutimik Lake, Manitoba Canada

Species: Walleyes Lengths: 29 in Date: November 2004 Bait: #9 Shad Raps Where: Lake Minnetonka, MN Anglers: Rich Westling & Adam Royer I noticed you site was lacking huge walleyes, so here is a couple for you. These two were caught on the 29th of November 2004 on lake Minnetonka in Minnetonka MN. It was around 20 degrees F Brrrr. They both measured out at 29 inches and FAT! Both were caught trolling with #9shad raps. Two 23's a 25.5 and a 27 were also caught that night, all were fat, all were released to fight another day.

Rich Westling with a 29" marble-eye

Adam Royer with another 29er"

Species: Largemouth bass Length: 22 in Weight: 7 lbs Date: September 2003 Bait: Yellow tandem spin with orange twister tail Where: Rolling Stone Lake in Wisconsin Caught in September of 2003 on Rolling Stone Lake in Wisconsin. Caught on a yellow tandem spin with orange twister tail. 22 inches 7 pounds. Its on my wall.

Angler: Emil Kamar Species: Striped bass Length: 37in Weight: 16lbs Fate: Fajitas ;o) Date: mid-Sep 04 Bait: 3" plastic shad Where: Aquaducts neas Bakersfield The day prior we were fishing and noticed that every time we caught a smaller striper this larger fish would come up and occasionally hit at them, biting one of our catches real good. That night we went and picked up a large plastic that looked closely to a stripe bass. The next day we propped up the pole and let it swim while we fished for smaller fish. About 2 hours later we got a hit. It took like 5 minutes to reel him in on a 15lb test. This aquaduct is loaded with stripe bass and catfish, all 2lbs and greater. I've never left there catching anything less than 10-15 fish.

Angler: Mike Love Fish: Walleye Weight: 10 lbs Length: 33 inches Bait: Storm plastic minnow Date: October 11, 2004 Where: NE Ontario, Canada Hey Jim, I'm incloseing a NICE Walleye that I caught on October 11, 2004. at the basin of some waterfalls in "NE" Ont. 10lbs 33inchs! caught on a storm plastic minnow, at 8:00pm! He put up a MASSIVE fight! Amazing night!

Angler: Andy Larson Age: 16 Species: Bighead carp Length: 40 inches Weight: 40 lbs. Location: Washington Park, Springfield, IL Date: July 4, 2004

Angler: Patricia Age: 16 Species: Largemouth Bass Length: 27" Weight: 10 lbs. my name is patricia i cought this large mouth bass in my friend pond on 4 lb test line i'm 16 years old the fish weighted little over 10 lbs over scales wouldn't work right it was 27 in. long and it's going on the wall right along with my 5 lb bass i cought when i was 5 lol i figured u needed a girl on ur web site b/c girls do good at fishing to lol so please put it on ur web page thanks

Species: Largemouth Bass Length: 24" Weight: 8 and 1/2 lbs. When: July 04' at about 2:30 in the afternoon Bait: 6" Zoom worm (dark red w/ sparkles), a 5/0 Keeper hook, and bullet weight Tackle: 6"6' Berkley limited edition graphite rod, Abu Garcia 5501 C3 casting reel, and 12 lb test line. Angler: Wyatt Listrom This bass was released shortly after the picture was taken

Angler: Ryan Hurst Fish: Smallmouth bass Weight: 6 lb Bait: Floating rappala Location: Lac St. Louis, Montreal Quebec Hey Jim, Great site. Thought you might like to see this 6lb. smallmouth bass that was caught in Lac St. Louis on the west end of Montreal using a floating rappala. The thing hit like a great white from underneath and jumped a good two feet out of the water. It was released after the photo was taken.

Angler: Allan W. Fish: Pike Weight: 21 lb Where: Lake Oich, Scotland I stumbled over your site and thought I’d add a pic of my own if that’s ok? This fish was caught at Loch Oich that forms some of the great glen of Scotland. I hate to admit it but it was caught on a friend’s rod while he decided to go to the shops. It gave a decent fight but came in all too soon I am afraid. The Pike fight hard and fast in Scotland, even a nine pounder will give you a run for your money. The fish in the pic weighs 21lb. I do hope this picture will be of use to you. The fishwas caught on a dead roach bait on the 21st Oct 2003.

Angler: Pat Davis Fish: Bighead Carp Weight: 33 lbs Fate: Released Where: Reelfoot Lake, TN My name is Chef Pat I caught this rare Bigheaded Carp at Reelfoot Lake spillway in Tennessee. I hope you post the pic at your site (I didnt see a single bighead posted there). I caught it on lite tackle ( crappie spinning rig and 8 lb. line) It took an hour to play him to the bank. Just to let you know I caught this fish on a medium sized Rebel Crawfish crankbait and did release the fish after I took the picture. Thanks, Pat Davis

Angler: Bob Esbensen Fish: Hybrid Sunfish Length: 11 1/8 inches Fate: Released Where: Jo-Daviess Co. farm pond, IL Date: April 2004

Angler: Bob Esbensen Fish: Grass Carp Weight: 22.5 lbs Fate: Released Where: Hoffman Estates pond, IL Date: September 2003

Angler: Jackie French - member of CAG Fish: Buffalo Where: Granbury Texas Bait: Corn Date: 3/28/04 Weight: 17.5 Pounds

Angler: Ramona Sanford Fish: Rainbow trout Where: Kisaralik River, AK Date: 7/4/03 Weight: ?? I thought I would send you a picture of my wife Ramona Sanford's Rainbow trout catch on the Fourth of July on the Kisaralik River in Southwest Alaska. From our home its about two and half hour boat ride up the spot where she caught the trout. We didn't measure the fish (big mistake!) but the fate of the fish was that it went back into the river as soon as we snapped the pic!

Species: Largemouth Bass Weight: 5 lbs. Date: March 2004 Where: Duke Power Mcguire Hot Hole, Denver NC Angler: Christian Johnson This is a picture of Christian Johnson, He caught this 5 lb. large mouth Bass at the Duke Power Mcguire Hot Hole in Denver N.C. at around 5:00 in the afternoon on a night crawler. Thank you, Ginger

Species: Pike Weight: 19 lbs. Date: January 2004 Where: Scotland Angler: Peter Nicoletti good site jim great to see your guys catching good fish in bagdad. This is a pic of me with a 19lb scottish pike returned alive caught during the night in January Peter Nicoletti - Glasgow

Species: Spoonbill Date: April 2003 Where: Ohio River Angler: Adam Foster hi i wanted to send a pic of a spoonbill i caught in the ohio river on the ky side near cinncinnati didnt get a chance to weigh it april2003 my name is Adam Foster villa hills ky i released it quickly so its hopefully out there still

Species: Asp? (editors guess) Date: January 17, 2004 Where: Baghdad, Iraq Bait: Jig Angler: Darren L. Scroggins I caught this little baby in Baghdad, Iraq. Was trying to find the species and tracked your site down. Still don't know what she was. Any help would be appreciated. I caught her January 17th, 2004 on a jig. She fought a bit, but the water was pretty cold and she played out quickly. Darren L. Scroggins, MSgt, OKANG 447 ECES BIAP, Iraq

Species: Chinnok Salmon Weight: 20 something Fate: Released Date: late Sept./2003 Time: 10:00pm Where: Lake Ontario (Winona) Bait: Glow in the dark Cleo Angler: Jim Carpenter

Species: Largemouth Bass Weight: 5 lbs top, 4.5 lbs bottom Bait: Spinner Bait Location: Portugal When: January 29 & August 5, 2002 Angler: Marco Caetano Hello! I'm Marco, a bass angler from Portugal. Well, the first picture shows my biggest bass to date! It weighed 5 lbs. Well, it may not be a really big fish, but at Portugal there are only northern strain bass, so I think this is a nice fish! And I started to fish for bass only a little more than 2 years ago!

Species: Sauger Weight: 8 lbs Bait: Storm jig Location: Milk river, Montana When: September 30, 2003 Angler: Travis I caught this Sulger Yesterday 9-30-03 In the Milk river in Havre, Montana it was 28 inches long and weighed 8 lbs which is the state record here and most likely in a lot of other states. I was using a 1/2 oz STORM jig.

Species: Walleye Location: Nutimik Lake, Manitoba When: Summer 2003 Angler: Bob Caithness heres a couple of big fish pictures from this summer....both caught on night crawlers...the 10 lb. walleye by bob caithness and the 35 lb. sturgeon by darlene johnson on nutimik lake in manitoba canada

Species: Lake Sturgeon Location: Nutimik Lake, Manitoba When: Summer 2003 Angler: Darlene Johnson

Species: Carp Location: Baghdad, IRAQ When: Sept. 21, 2003 Angler: Sgt Robert Kouns Hey Jim, Once again greetings from Baghdad. this time I got me a Common Carp on a topwater pop-r. This fish was a great fighter. Enjoy! Sgt Robert Kouns U.S. Army

Species: Northern Pike Weight: 13 lb, 36 in Location: Red Deer River, CANADA When: Sept. 3, 2003 Angler: Steve Ross Bait: Cyclops Tackle: 8 pound Trilene extra strength, Zebco reel, 5 foot rod here is a pike i caught out of the red deer river and it was a pretty good fight ot get in it was thirteen pounds and 3 feet long . i was using a cyclops for a lure its been working pretty good for me.i caught it on september 3 2003 at about 7:30 pm. i was using old 8 pound test line to reel this one in. Steve Ross

Species: Smallmouth Bass Length: 20 inches Location: Little Miami River, OH Bait: Tube bait Date: April 20, 2003 Angler: Bill K. JIM - I CAUGHT AND RELEASED THIS 20 INCHER ON THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER LOVELAND OHIO ON A TUBE BAIT 6LB. TEST A GREAT FIGHT MY BIGGEST

Species: Northern Pike Dimensions: 26 lbs., 45 inches Location: Nowitna River Bait: Bucktail spinner Date: July 23, 2003 Angler: Bob Bird Home: Kenai, AK

Species: Grass carp? Location: Baghdad, Iraq, right outside one of Saddams palaces Bait: Spinner bait Angler: Sgt. Robert Kouns I thought these pictures would be a first for your website. Right now I am deployed to Baghdad, Iraq and suprisingly landed this carp on a Bass spinnerbait. Im not quite sure what species it is though, there are all different kinds of Carp here this is just 1 of the many Sgt Robert Kouns U.S. Army

Species: Musky Dimensions: 52.7 inch, 38.5 lb Body of water: Stonecoal Lake, WV Bait: Mepp's Comet Mino Date: May 14, 2003 Angler: Glenn Boyd

Species: Walleye Dimensions: 31.5" long, girth 20" Body of water: Red River, Manitoba, CAN Bait: jig and salted minnow Date: Nov. 21 1998 Angler: Jack Brown Hello I enjoy looking at the fish pictures on your site. I hope you will post a picture of my largest walleye to date. It was 31.5" long and a girth of 20". I am holding up someone else's 26" for size comparison. It was caught on Nov. 21 1998 ice fishing at Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada on the Red River. It was caught on a jig and salted minnow. It was kept to be mounted. It is the only large one I have kept and normally release any under 3.5 lbs. Thanks Jack Brown

Species: Largemouth bass Size(s): 22.5 in. left, 20 in. right Name: Douglas Body of water: White Earth Lake - MN Bait: Terminator spinnerbait here are a couple of bass i caught on white earth lake minnesota. the one on the left is 22 1/2 inches and the one on the right is 20 inches. there not as big as the ones they get down south, but they sure are big for minnesota!! i caught them on a chartruse terminator spinerbait. and yes they were both released. i hope to see the picture on the website soon. Thank you, and the best of luck to your fishing. From your fishing pal Douglas

Species: Largemouth Bass Dimensions: 23.5 inches long, ~13.5 lbs. Name: Jim Nelson Body of water: Lake near Coppell, TX Bait: 1/16 ounce white Roadrunner Date: March 8, 2003

Species: Largemouth Bass Name: Seth Furmanek Age: 14 (turning 15 on 12/31) Body of water: Saguaro Lake Catch location: between the ranger station and the first boat ramp Bait: 10 inch Castaic plastic Method: trolling Date: 12/27/02 Time: 9:45 AM

Species: Largemouth (Black) bass Location: 15 acre lake near Corsicana, TX Date: September 27, 2002 Weight: 14 lb. Length: 28 inches Girth: 19 inches Lure: DD22 crankbait Tackle: 17lb. Trilene with a Bass Pro reel and a 7' rod Angler: Jarrod Moore, TX My name is Jarrod Moore and I thought you would like to put my fish on your website. I caught it at a 15 acre private lake near my house, in the 10' Pond Prowler boat pictured in the back of my truck at 6:45 on Sept. 27, 2002 before I went to work. The bass weighed 14 lbs, 28" long, and 19" at girth. I caught it on a "DD22" crankbait on 17lb. Trilene with a Bass Pro reel and a 7' rod in about 13 feet of water. I am from Corsicana, Texas.

Angler: Tommy Ogle Species: Largemouth (Black) bass Location: 2 acre pond in Louisville, Kentucky Weight: 7lbs 12oz Length: anywhere from 23-25in Date: 10/28/02 Time: around 4:30pm Water temp.: around 69 F Lure: 7" blue and black plastic worm texas rigged Tackle: Cardiff Shimano on a 6 1/2' Med/Hvy Shimano Speedmaster Fightn Rod with 20lb Renegade line

My name is Tommy Ogle and I'm from Louisville, Kentucky. I caught this fish from a place where I had caught a 5lb 2oz largemouth. On about the tenth time I even wet my bait that day. I pitched my bait in about 2' of water on the outside of a overhanging limb of a tree. I pulled my 7" blue and black plastic worm back in in very muddy water and felt the fish hit it. I reeled down close to the water and since I was bank fishing set the hook with a hard sidewards sweep. I locked into the jaws of a 7lb 12oz largemouth. He put on an unbelivible battle that had my adreniline about to squirt out my ears. I grabbed the line and pulled him about 2 ft to me because I could hardley reel because he was pulling my drag out so much (even though I had it set pretty high). After I landed him I ran to my house across the street and got my mom to drive up to Wal-mart to get some batteries for the camera while I sat in about 2 ft of water to keep him arriated and alive. When she got back we took plenty of pictures and weighed him on a digital scale. Then I continued to arriate him for about 2 hours waiting for my dad to get home. He was very happy that I had caught it and said I should mount it; so very sadly that beautiful fish died and will be hanging on the wall in about a month or two. I look back on it and wish I would have let him go. But even the pond owner persuaded me to mount the fish because it was overpopulated with fish (even though most of them small). But that feeling of that fish being on, and pullen really good is not replaceable and I will remember it for the rest of my life. I oneday hope to be a professional angler on the B.A.S.S. pro tour. And even though I am only 12 years old I think I will catch one bigger. Tommy Ogle

Species: Pike Weight: 22lbs (??) Lenghth: 39" Across: 7" Date: Sept 2002 Location: Athabasca River, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada Bait: 5 Diamond (Red on Yellow)(12lbs test) Angler: Brett Taylor

Species: Largemouth bass Weight: 8 lb. Bait: 6 inch Sluggo Location: San Diego River Angler: Brett Mcintosh HI JIM here is a picture of my friend Brett Mcintosh holding an 8'11 he caught out of the Sandiego River on a 6 inch slugo (white with gray stripe). the bass took it right when it hit and then jumped about 2 feet out of the water written and witnessed by David Toombs

Species: Striped Bass Weight: 30 lbs. Date: May 2002 Location: Hudson River, NY Angler: Gary Donnelly Age: 11 Great site. I came across it looking for Snakehead pics. Here's one of my 11 yr old son Gary with a 30lb Striper caught by us in May 2002 on the Hudson in Albany using live Herring. Mike Donnelly

Species: Muskie Weight: 39.5 lbs. Length: 48.5 Inches Girth: 23 Inches Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Lake of the Woods (Helliar's Resort, Nestor Falls) Angler: Bryan McCullough Age: 14 Thought you might like to take a look at this nice muskie. Caught on a 5 Foot Ugly Stick with a SX2, with 30 lb. Spiderwire. It was released quickly after the picture.

Species: Muskie Weight: 43.5 lbs. Length: 50.5 Inches Girth: 26 Inches Date: June 7, 2002 Place: Helliar's Resort, Nestor Falls (Lake of the Woods) Angler: Royce Dale McCullough Look at this muskie, caught on a rhino rod and reel combo with 25 lb. Fusion.Look at this muskie, caught on a rhino rod and reel combo with 25 lb. Fusion.

Name:  John Kao with Gene Miyao Fish:  6 lb. Largemouth bass Where:  Lake Berryessa, CA Bait:  Live When:  May 2002

Name:  Rodney the "LIP RIPPER" Home:  San Jose, CA Fish:  8 lb.+ Largemouth bass Where:  Lake "A" Bait:  Roboworm Rig:  Drop-shot Line:  Berkeley Vanish 6lb. line Hook:  Gamakatsu drop shot - 1 When:  early 2002 Rod:  Abu Garcia Conolon Reel:  Abu Garcia Endeur ..photo of a largemouth bass that I caught in the rain. It's a pretty nice picture and the thing about it is that my buddies and I stayed on the lake all day and we all caught bass in the rain. It was pretty fun out there. I gotta admit, that was pretty "die hard" of us.

Name:  Scott Fish:  Pair of smallmouth bass Where:  Quebec, CANADA Bait:  Green and silver Rapala When:  April 30, 2002 These two small mouth were caught april 30 in the eastern townships in quebec they were caught on a green and silver Rapala and released to be caught another day.

Name:  Rodney the "LIP RIPPER" Home:  San Jose, CA Fish:  8 lb.+ Largemouth bass Where:  Lake "G" Bait:  Roboworm Rig:  Drop-shot Line:  Berkeley Vanish 6lb. line Hook:  Gamakatsu drop shot - 1 When:  4/20/2002, lunch time Rod:  Abu Garcia Conolon Reel:  Abu Garcia Endeur Float tube:  Caddis Nevada Gold

Name:  Mike Matney Where:  Lake Conner, Virginia Fish:  8 lb. 14 oz. Largemouth bass Bait:  Zoom Superfluke Having a love of fishing I couldn't resist looking at your site.  I scanned through the pictures and thought that mine needed to be up on your site as well.  I caught this 25 inch, 8 pound 14 ounce largemouth bass on Lake Conner in Amelia County, Virginia on April 13, 2002. Using a 6 ft. medium action spincast - on 8 pound test using a Zoom Superfluke on a 3.0 hook.  Had a really good time reeling this one in I can tell ya - I nearly fell out of the boat.  Thought you might like to take a look at this one. Mike Matney Abingdon, Virginia

Name: Seth Furmanek Age: 14 City, State: Gilbert, AZ Fish: 14 lb Large Mouth Bait: Live Bluegill Tackle: Curado reel with a Harold Ensley 7' Med action rod. Where Caught: Val Vista Lakes, Gilbert, AZ Status: Released back into the lake

Seth uses a 2/0 hook with a live Bluegill with no weight. The struggle drives bass crazy. He's also landed an 8 1/2 pounder and too many 5 and 6 pounders to mention! He hopes to be a professional bass pro one day.

Angler: Rodney the "LIP RIPPER" Home: San Jose, CA E-mail: kuuurod@yahoo.com Species: largemouth bass Lure: 5" senko Color: Cinnamon Where: 10-15ft drop off Location: Lake "X" Date: November 2001

Species:  Largemouth Bass Weight:  9.5 lb Where:  local pond by Wal-Mart Angler:  Johnny Ryan I caught this 9.5 pounder at a local pond by Wal-Mart.  My name is Johnny Ryan.  I was using an orange Micro King spinnerbait.  With 6 lb. test, it took a lot of line out.  Then as I got it close to the shore I waded out and got it.  My friend, David Petronovich, witnessed this catch.

Species:  Lake trout Length: 36.5" Angler:  Donny Knoph Jim, This Laker  is 36-1/2" long.  I thought us ice fisherman could use some good press.  By the way I enjoy your site and appreciate your advertising apparel. Donny Knoph Minneapolis, MN

Species:  Pike Weight: ~25.7 lbs. (above), 24.5 lbs. (below) Where:  Sweden Angler:  Linda hallo. My name is Kent Fager and I live in Sweden.  I just want to send some pictures of my girlfriend.  She got this pikes the same days within 4 hours on sink & draw. 12850g & 12225g Tight lines Kent Fager, Sweden

Date - 09.20.2001 Angler - Steven Flint (RS.com Staff) Smallmouth - 7.25 pounds Lure - Super Fluke jerked below the surface Location - Ontario, Canada (Waterfalls Lodge) The fish was released

Species:  Striped Bass Length- 34 inches Where:  Plum Island, Merrimac River Bait:  frozen chunk herring Angler:  Andrew I was casting into the rip at the point of Plum Island.  I felt a real hard pull, and I was using cirle hooks so I didnt pull back, he wasn't fighting too good. But when I got him close to shore he peeled drag and he fought good for a while.

Species:  Longnose Gar Where:  Southern WI Bait:  Zara Spook Angler:  Matt Gregory Home:  Palatine, IL

Species:  Largemouth Bass Length:  25 inches Weight:  ?? Fate:  Released Date:  January 27, 2001 Time:  ~9:00 AM Temp:  ??° F Where:  Sarasota, Florida (private pond) Bait:  Spinnerbait (white skirt/white blades) Tackle:  Browning Spinning rod/reel - 8lbs Stren Angler:  Michael & Rudy Albrecht Home:  St. Charles, IL

Species:  Largemouth Bass Length:  23.5 inches Weight:  10.3 lbs. Fate:  Released Date:  March 10th, 2001 Time:  ~9:30 AM Temp:  ~55° F Where:  Lake Fork, Texas Bait:  6" junebug colored lizard / texas rigged Tackle:  Med/Hvy Bill Dance 7' Rod / Shimano Corsica / 12lbs Big Game line Angler:  Rudy Albrecht Home:  St. Charles, Illinois Guide: Mike Harris

Species:  Musky Location:  New River,WV Length:  38.5 inches Weight:  18.4 lbs.> Bait:  Minnow Date:  Feb. 8, 2001 Angler:  Marc Hutchison

Marc Hutchison, staff member at River Smallies.com, was floating the New River in WV on Feb.08, 2001 when he hooked this nice muskie.  Marc was trying out his new fishing rig - a Shimano Scorpion 1000 reel on a Falcon Cara rod.  He had the reel spooled with 8# McCoy Mean Green line and baited with a live minnow.  The battle lasted a total of 17 minutes as Marc's friend, Kevin, looked on.  The muskie was 38.5" long and weighed 18.4lbs.  Marc received a citation from the WV DNR and was admitted to the "Husky Muskie" club.  After the official weighing and a few photos, the muskie was released.

Bill Ferguson, Davenport IA with a fine river smallie

Bill McFarlin with another river smallie

Species:  Northern Pike Location:  Deep Lake, IL Length:  32 inches Bait:  Live roach through the ice Date:  January 12, 2001 Angler:  Stephen Fair, Lake Villa, IL

Species:  Largemouth Bass Location:  Little Gull Lake, ONT Weight:  5 lbs. Date:  Augurst 30, 2000 Angler:  Mike Lilly, Ontario, CAN

Species:  Muskie Location:  Lake of the Woods Length:  56" Weight:  31 lbs. Date:  July 2000 Angler:  Gary Svendsen, MN

Location: Farm pond, Mt. Vernon, TX Weight: 8 lb. 9 oz. Lure: Blue plastic worm Date: Oct 13, 2000 Time: ~7:00 PM Angler:  Roy Wilmeth

Species:  Smallmouth Bass Location: New River, WV Length: 20.5" Weight: 5 lb. Lure:  Rebel Deep-diving Craw Date:  Oct 10, 2000 Time:  4pm Water temp:  64° F Air temp:  45° F Angler:  Brian King Note:  Brian is the webmaster for RiverSmallies.com, an excellent informational site dedicated to smallmouth bass fishing in moving waters. RS.com also honored us with the privilege of designing their logo ;-)   logo by Carpe Carpio

Species:  Lake Sturgeon Location:  Wisconsin River Length:  54 inches Bait:  Bundle of nightcrawlers Date:  October 7, 2000 Time:  11:30 AM Temp:  ~42° F Angler:  Frank Cichorski

27.5 lb. Chinook

Hi guys, Here's a few of the fish we had over the weekend, the second picture shows an 18 lb and 19 lb Chinook that we had on dipsy divers at the same time.  There's nothing like a good double header to start the day.  We boated a total of 15 fish in 2 days including a couple of nice Rainbows and a good Coho. All the best, Shaun Rickard Euro Canadian Outfitters

Hi Guy's, love your site, I thought you might like this picture of a beautiful Brown Trout that I caught last Fall.  I got it while fishing for pike in Ontario, it took my white Spinnerbait and was an extremely clean and healthy fish weighing in at 20lb 8oz.

Here's one of my guides, Drew Primrose with a 34lb Chinook salmon he got a few weeks ago also on Lake Ontario.  We have been having a lot of success for the Salmon this year. All the best, Shaun Rickard Euro Canadian Outfitters eurocanadianoutfitters.com

Species:  Largemouth Bass Weight:  15 pounds Length:  27.5 inches Girth:  22.5 inches Date:  Dec. 3, 1994 Time:  2:30 AM Location:  Florida Angler:  Mike Rushing Caught on 8 lb. test line, just 2.27 lbs. shy of the Florida state record

Species:  Muskellunge Weight:  38.45 lbs. Measurements:  48.5" long, 24" girth Date:  September 14, 1999 Location:  Green Bay, WI Angler:  Kyle Helseth Home:  South Dakota Thought you might like a picture of a world class muskie (14 lb. test Trilene).  I was practicing for a BASS tournament out of Green Bay Wisconsin when this monster took my tube jig.  I was fishing for smallies and had caught a 6 pounder on the reef a day before.  We could not find any smallies there (Sept 14th.); after getting this one in the boat we found out why.  38.45 pounds, 48.5 inches long and a 24 inch girth.  This is the first muskie I have ever caught. I can now see why people love it.  Kyle Helseth, South Dakota

Species:  Lake sturgeon Length:  53 inches Weight:  ?? Fate:  Released Date:  October 9, 1998 Time:  ~10:00 AM Temp:  ~55° F Where:  Wisconsin River Bait:  Gob of nightcrawlers Tackle:  Heavy spinning Angler:  Franklin Cichorski Home:  Glen Ellyn, IL

Species:  Lake Sturgeon Length:  57 inches Weight:  ?? Fate:  Released Date:  October 9, 1998 Time:  ~6:00 PM Temp:  ~65° F Where:  Wisconsin River Bait:  Crawler gob Tackle:  Casting -Musky Angler:  yours truly

Species:  Pike Weight:  19 pounds Fate:  Released Date:  ~late '97 Where:   Gravel pit in Cambridgesire, UK. Bait:  Live bait Angler:  Andy Longfellow

 
 
 
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