Lets hear about your biggest salmon...

[Leaseman]

We are pretty luck here in the LML with all the salmon runs, sturgeon fishing etc., etc. that we have access to... in fact, we have a very short window of time that there is slow fishing (unless you fight the crowds for the steelhead!)

Biggest salmon (to date) for me was actually hooked on thr Fraser by my son! I was talking to a fellow angler on the rivers edge when my son, probably about 10 at the time, interrupts me and hands me the rod saying he can't seem to handle this fish!!!

We were running 20 pound test and we basically cleared the river bank of anglers as this fish took me up and down river..... felt strange as everyone stopped fishing to watch the show!!! After about an hours fight we get him to shore, revived him and let him go.... he was a dark white spring that easily broke the scales over 50 pounds!!!

Every year we hear or see 50, 60 or even higher white springs in the Fraser.... unbelievable fighting fish!!!

What is your personal best so far and where were you fishing?


Mike

[frenchbar]

My biggest Spring salmon came out of the Bridge River30 yrs ago.i was sixteen .Caught it and landed it by myself as i didnt have a net or gaffe.sure got wet that day, took me a couple of times before i could tail him:biggrin:He weighed in at 44 pds.I use to spend all of my summers down at the river ,basicaly for 3months straight and about 10 hrs a day .landed a lot of springs each summer .was some awesome times:grin:

[Kechika]

Ive landed a few Chinook in the mid 50's and Coho in the mid 20's but the biggest Salmon Ive seen is a Chinnok thats close to 80 yes 80.Ill try and find the pics

[mark]

heres my best salmon to date, a 41 lb'er I cought while fishing at Langara Island. I actually got 2 -41's from there.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/data/500/medium/104-0404_IMG.JPG (http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/showphoto.php?photo=8705&size=big&cat=500)

[srupp]

biggest was pushing 60 pounds Skeena river fishing from the river bank..I have a photo here that i will post..after I get my HONEY DO list done.

Steven

[Deerwhacker]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/Howhacker/BigSpring.jpgI got this guy about 5 years ago, about 36lb .

[Tinney]

35# spring from the mighty Nass. I don't dare post a pic though :roll:

[kootenayelkslayer]

Thought I'd post some salmon pics from many years ago, from the Dean River. When I told Tinney some stories of hooking into big springs on the Dean and getting spooled and what not, he said there are no big springs in the Dean River!
Granted these aren't huge, there are bigger ones in there, I think most educated fisherman know that :D.

35 pounds
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/mikeb04/scan0005.jpg

38 pounds
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/mikeb04/scan0006.jpg

[GoatGuy]

Anybody fish experts with a good guess?


http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/fish.jpg

[Browningmirage]

Couple of mine from the ocean...where it is harder to catch big springs...because they arent all in a teeny little area, all waiting to move on up...meaning that ocean fishing requires much more skill...meaning i am better at fishing. First two were 27 and 28, third was 33
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/browningmirage/100_0969.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/browningmirage/100_2851.jpg

[frenchbar]

Anybody fish experts with a good guess?


http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/fish.jpg I will say 63 pds8-)

[dougan]

im no expert but lets say 48 lbs

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[kootenayelkslayer]

bigger than 48 lbs I'd say, that thing must be over 60

[dougan]

how big is it????

[Kechika]

Found it
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b371/MMayan/biggun.jpg

[shoot to kill]

landed lots of big springs in the 40's, the biggest coho was around 20lbs in the mouth of the harrison.

[kootenayelkslayer]

Found it
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b371/MMayan/biggun.jpg

Thats a hog!

[Wolfman]

35 pounder out of the Tatchun River, YT in '98

Wolfman

[tomahawk]

Biggest Chinook, 52 lbs from the Kitmat River bouncing bottom.
Biggest Coho, 21 lbs off Ukie 23 miles.

[tomahawk]

Anybody fish experts with a good guess?


http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/fish.jpg


Don't know how big the guys are, do know that they don't know how to use a net properly, I would guess it looks like about 54 lbs.

[Tinney]

GG that's gotto be in the 60 range.

[Tinney]

Here's a silver bullet from the Bowron, about 18lbs
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg126/Tako870/2006-Bowron06.jpg

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg126/Tako870/2006-Bowron07.jpg

[BCrams]

55 pounds from Kitimat River is my largest spring. Many in the 20-35 lb range while using a float, gooey bob and pink yarn upstream from the gong show typically found at the townsite.

[Schutzen]

Anybody fish experts with a good guess?


http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/fish.jpg

32 lbs. --and two rookies who broke a net!:biggrin:

[Schutzen]

Well I got a one that got away story.
Years ago when I was fishin the Kispiox I was using light tackle up at Aguadiin (sp?) a ways above the village. Using a 7 1/2 ft spinning rod I built with Cardinal 7 reel and 15 lb test with a bigass Kitimat spoon for lure.
I hooked a real big daddy.. looked like a freakin ironing board..that big! :eek:
I fought him for 1 hr and 45 mins till I was totally exausted from pumping him in towards the bank only to have him turn against the current and loose all the line I gained on him. Finally he was coming in close enuf and my brother had this little short gaff he was gonna get him with, right as he reaches out to his limit to gaff him the hook just pulled out of its jaw.
Aw man I just sat down and and felt sick, arms shaking from the strain and watched that hulker swim away. I will never know truly how big he was but both my bro and I have caught numerous slabs in the sound and all around the Island and NOTHING we ever seen came close to that Daddy!
I'm thinking 55+ at least.
Nowadays I would have a camera with me but not then.
We did land a couple 25-30 lbs that day and a chrome 48lb by my Nephew that trip was the largest.

[spreerider]

My best was 40lbs when i was about 14,
got it just before dark on our last day out on our final pass back to our campsite.
the rest of the fish that week were only 20lbs max and a few coho.

[Sooke Hunter]

My largest chinook (ocean caught) is 47 pounds out of Port Renfrew. Largest coho from Port Renfrew 21 pounds 8 oz. Largest hali...same are 136 pounds ....love it there!!!

[Schutzen]

My largest chinook (ocean caught) is 47 pounds out of Port Renfrew. Largest coho from Port Renfrew 21 pounds 8 oz. Largest hali...same are 136 pounds ....love it there!!!

I can see why!:lol:

[quadrakid]

my largest went 28 pounds,got him off the south end of quadra,8lb fly rod live herring,took an hour and a half to land it.sorry no pic

[martyonthewater]

42 lb white spring outta the vedder last year , 41 lb year before same hole same time of day, checkin 4 pics

[martyonthewater]

Anybody fish experts with a good guess?


http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/fish.jpg
my guess 48 lbs, lottsa nice pics on this thread