Salmon: ~30 in 10 lbs Chum Harrison river B.C. -glow bug
Trout: ~24in 7lbs rainbow South Platte River CO -Orange Stimulator
Bass: ~18 in 4.5 lbs Large Mouth Chatfield CO- sparkle leach
Joined: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Hayward, CA
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: Big fish?
I've been fly fishing for over 40 years.
Have caught a few over the years.
Tarpon over 100 pounds in Belize
Tarpon over 80 pounds in Florida
Snook 14 pounds Clearwater Pass Florida
Dorado, 44 inches, Sea of Cortez
Silver Samon 16 1/2 pounds Alaska
Steelhead 18 pounds Gualala River Nor CA
German Brown 8 1/2 pounds Jackson Meadows, Sierras
Strippers to 16 pounds Sacramento Delta
My Dad has landed bigger fish than all above (some very much so)
About six years ago we were fishing for strippers in Franks Track.
He was using a deciever and hooked up a 42 inch Sturgeon.
This is the only Sturgeon on a fly I've ever heard of.
Joined: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Waddinxveen, The Netherlands
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: Personal Best
a 81cm steelhead ( sorry no inches over here...) in British Columbia on our Do-it-your self steelhead trip on Morice river in 2001.
Seabass : 61 cm at the dutch coast from a bellyboat on an 8-weight.
Northern Pike : only 72 cm , still trying to go for the 1-Meter pike....
Rainbow trout in Lake Oostvoorne : 60 cm , several times....
Bonefish : about 50 cm on Bonaire
Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 20 Location: New Haven, Vermont and Paul Smiths, New York (ADK)
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:
not exactly my biggest, but deffinatly my best ... 3 casts in a row got me 3 smallmouth bass all over 20 inches, one of which was 26 inches ... and those river smallies have a lot more power than any pond bass, largemouth or small. That was a blast!
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