Not necessarily the largest, that ONE that made a lasting memory for whatever reason. For me it was a 35# blackfin tuna. Yes it kicked my butt, yes I wanted to hand the rod off, yes my arm ached when it was finally over and yes I had to take a several minutes break. The fish was 10# shy of the world record and 3# shy of the Fl. record at the time. Dang he was a big un! Please share your story.
2014-01-19T06:57:26Z
Live to fish- Just curious, do you remember the name of the party boat you were on? I know several of those fellows down there.
BOBBER2014-01-18T13:56:05Z
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Me and my wife were fishing a small lake in northern mn for walleye. We picked one up with a jig and a leech and decided to back troll over that same area. We were using med light spinning rods with 4 lb test. I knew I had a pretty good fish on and I teased my wife if this is a mermaid your out of here. We only had a small net. After a bit she netted a 46 inch 26 lb pike. with a few tries. She was my hero, and still my favorite fishing partner. We had it mounted and we still think about that special time.
45lb king mackerel from a party boat out of Islamorada in the Florida Keys. After 4 hrs of fishing and catching a few small ones we were about to head back to the dock when I made on last cast straight out of the back of the boat. The fish hit like a freight train and just kept running. After half an hour we could see color in the water and finally one of the crewmen gaffed the fish. It was the largest king caught in over year in those waters according to the captain. It's hanging on the wall now. The tail width from fork to fork is 14 inches. :D
Well, yikes that's a tough one, it could very well be my first ever fish, being with the old neighborhood gang and hitting the local ponds, or maybe the first fish I ever caught myself on a solo trip.
But, I'm going to have to say being on your turf was my favorite. Now that everyone in my house is pretty much an adult now we don't spend much time together, I don't know why but just being out on the ocean at night in completely unfamiler waters with unfamiler fish with my brother was just a great time. I have to say every fish caught those nights were the most memorable, even though they were just sea trout it's something I won't forget anytime soon.
Honestly though, every trip I get to spend with anyone is memorable, I couldn't pick a favorite out. Each trip has it's own memorys and that's part of why I love fishing. Especially trips I get to spend with the "O.G crew" . . . Maybe gangsta wouldn't be the correct term but you get the idea. Especially on the old lake, yep I could go on for days about my fishing expirences along with everyone else here, I remember our first crappie we caught we thought was called a black striped green bass. Good times.
I was fishing for king salmon and a friend of mine was trying to get to a spot that was on the other side of the flowing water to which he slipped in the mud a few times and when I noticed that he was okay is when I started to give him a hard time by telling him to stop playing in the mud; so in the middle of laughing at the sight of my friend that was pretty much covered in mud is when this 23 pound female king salmon decided to hit/bite and it wasn't subtle either, because I remember having to get a firm hold of my fly rod to keep it from being ripped out of my hand.
I was by a pond and saw bass in the water close to shore I had no line and no hook and so I took off my shoe laces and had some my fathers cufflinks I was plain with so used that and safety pin happen be with me and made a hook tied on the cufflinks and went fishing with shoe laces .. well haha dumb fish I caught two next to an hr took them home we had fish lol. I didn't exactly hook them fairly by the gill but hey shhhh I was just a boy but not biggest fish in the world but probably one most clever way to catch them