What's The Largest Fish You Have Ever Caught. Options

[oz man]

Let's see how good you are at bragging and it cannot be game fishing.
My largest would be a Flathead about 10lb so I,m not a big fish , but that was when I was about 15year old so along time ago.
When I lived at Woy Woy
I,m not a great fishing person like most of you as I just don't get the time, I would be lucky to go fishing once a year but that's my life .
As for the largest catch well that would have been out of Walgett when I was still a youngster ,and the old man and a few friend always went once a year for a week,to farm for fishing and shooting , that year we came home with over 300lb each of Murray cod and other fresh water fish now they where the good old days

[Spudly]

Ozman, My lagest fish was caught (next weekend) and it was a kingy like yuove never seen, almost as big is the snapper im gonna hook up straight after!!! Ill get back to you on them...

Other than that I got nothing special, a few good flatties, a few big rays and shovel nose's, 38cm Bream which is good for its class, and a really nice rainbow trout.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

KUNG Fu FUSH dont count Chadd Chadd

Geez oz thats a hard Q we dont all fish the same & there's so many catergories not to mention species.

I fished ANSA & IGFA for many years I'll see if I can dig up some of those ANSA captures which got me my Masters some pretty impressive ones in there but not neccesarilly my biggest or best

[SUMOFISHIN]

Well Just to add a couple, My biggest freshies are Murray Cod 60lb,Barramundy 86cm, Yellowbelly 12 1/2lb, but my son got one 16 1/2lb when he was 15. Saltwater my best Snapper was exactly 20lb, giant trevally was 24lb,Spanish Mackerel was THIS LONG. Best Shark was about 12ft and I didn't get it in the boat because my mates said if it's coming in! we're getting out.

[poly]

i cought a mud crab once it went 5kg dose that count, ooooooooh and a 9kg snapper

[hustler57]

hey ecery 1 , biggest keepable fish to date would have to by a nice 5 kilo flatty caught on prawn at towra point a few years ago , ive caught a few big daddy rays and shovel nose as well but they all go bcak in to see another day

[catchnrelease]

My proudest fish is my PB bream of 42cm on an SX-40. Caught on 2lb line/4lb leader in an area that was fairly heavy in oyster covered rocks. Definately put up a good fight.

This post has been edited by catchnrelease: Jul 11 2007, 12:14 AM

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Aha !

THOUGHT OF ONE THAT ISN'T A GAMEFUSH

Many moons ago when the sun went down I was out Jewgong fishing with a mate only had 4 live baits 1st 2 got nailed by squid 3rd went off to a fish & I thought this will be the smallest jewgong that I'd ever caught.

I kid you not it was not a jewgong but the biggest tailer I've yet to catch going around the 4 - 5 kg mark, with only one livey left I did a fillet'n'release on the tailer got 6 nice long strip baits just off one side, baits were around 20 cm's long so I changed hooks & tied on a 10/0 long shank Shannesy which suited the bait alot better.

Was fishing 80 lb handlines in springers so dont rate what was to follow a good capture merely a good fish, bait hit bottom hadn't even had time to clip line into springer when I felt the tugs thought my mate was jerking the line I turned around to have a go @ him & he was nowhere near it.

So into the boat came the 1st Jewgong of the night around 7 kg, bait still looked perfect no need to re bait so down it went again with the same deal happening I turned around to have a go @ my mate & he was nowhere near my line so into the boat came 2nd Jewgong a bit bigger than the 1st @ around 9 kg.

Bait still looked perfect no need to re bait so down it went again with the same deal happening I turned around to have a go @ my mate again just a spontanious reaction cause we're always mucking around & again he was nowhere near my line this time I had to call for the gloves as my hands were getting ripped, 20 minutes later we saw colour & it was the biggest bloody Jewgong I'd ever seen so in went the gaff.

Didn't have scales big enough to weigh it & there is a photo of it floating around just not in my poccesion but to give you an idea, I stand 5 ' 11" tall jewgongs tail touching ground it's nose was level with my eyes around 5' 5" in length did however measure the cutlets when I cut it up up near the head recall them being 2 1/2 " thick I'm talking about bone to bone till this day I reckon it went around the 40 kg mark but I haven't seen to many jew of that size to be more certain.

[Arnie Dog]

In WA I hooked and got a cod (if they are allowed) off the rocks it went about I don't know. Struth it was the size of a refrigerator and I got $4.50 kg I got alot of money Before you complain I know you were not supposed to do those things but 20 years ago I did not care about anyone or anything. It got me a lot of plonk and you know what in the 80's. But back on the east coast and a more civilised Dogmiester I guess my flathead a metre long and I reckon it would have gone close to 16-18lb. That was while fishing for the Silver ones. Don't want sound like a big head though just at the right spot at the right time.

[Arnie Dog]

My proudest fish is my PB bream of 42cm on an SX-40. Caught on 2lb line/4lb leader in an area that was fairly heavy in oyster covered rocks. Definately put up a good fight.

Good fish youngen

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Hey Arnie do you think oz will allow Rays ???

Remember those 2 ninkompoopies who used to drive up from Melbourne & live in the back of that Pantech, one of them was called Donny I think

They kept losing tackle to those Moving Bottoms so the next year they came prepared armed Vic Hislop style wire trace Damn Buoys etc & they still couldn't land one of those Moving Bottoms