I was wondering what everyones biggest salmon and or steelie is? Please do not make this a topic where fights will occur because nobody likes them and I am just interestedto see what all your guys's biggest fish is. O and guides if you look at this what is the biggest fish that one of your clients has landed. Thanks for the info (hope im not "stirring the pot")

First thing I'd do is take the sizes that people give you and Multiply them by .75

This seems to keep my fishing partners honest!.......or at least accurate!

Sounds about right Elkrun.

My biggest salmon is 30 lbs caught at Pillar Point back in '87.

My biggest steelie is 22.8 pounds caught last February.

Personally, the biggest salmon I've landed was 53 pounds, the biggest steelhead just over 30, biggest 'but: 87.

For clients, biggest king was 67, largest steelie was 29.5, and the biggest 'but for a guest was 351.

Ahhh, coho. Forgot about those, personal, probably 18-19 pounds that I remember. For a client, just shy of 24.

biggest king was just over 40 lbs on the...well let's just say in a tidewater stretch in sw washington...biggest steel was 21 lbs this past winter caught within 40 minutes of olympia

Biggest King....52lb. Humptulips

Biggest Coho..18Lb. Satsop

Biggest Steely.22Lb. Skykomish

Biggest Cutthroat...9.5lb Lake Washington

fishing partner gotta 14.9lb. cutt. Lake Wash.


Cigar

67 lbs.! I'll bet he comes back every other week, SWEET!! 34lbs. for me. Just S of Dash Point. And only 19 for a steelie at Blue Cr.. Now if you want to talk about the one that got away.......

42 lb king
16 lb coho
18 lb steelhead
72 but
53 " sturgeon
4 lb rainbow on a fly

my biggest.

king=37lbs salmon banks
coho=19lbs skagit river
steel head=20lbs skagit river

Biggest King -- 38 # Sekiu
Biggest Steelhead 21#11 oz Hoh River

I'm working on it... Check back in the fall

king salmon mid 40's
Steelhead 15
Silver 24.5
dolly varden 14
rainbow 9
plus the big one that got away!

Lets hear all the stories about the one that got away. Those are always fun and interesting!

King-37# (flyrd)
Stlhd - 22# (gear)
Coho - 18.5# (flyrd)
Rainbow (lake) 16.5# (flyrd)

Planning on breaking a couple of those tomorrow at Neah Bay.

It was @8 years ago, on lake WA. I was trolling shallow with a Rapala and some small pop gear chasing the rainbows. I was about 125' from shore when I noticed a large party going on at one of the lakefront homes. They were lookin at me, I was lookin at them. you know, just relaxing and takin in the view. Then BAM! Something(a 10+ cut) bends my pole in half. I was by myself, so I flipped her out of gear and wrestled that beast on lite test all the way to the boat. It was an incredible fight. The beast took man and line to thier limits but after a few good runs he was rite at the boat @8' down just kinda chillin. I decided to take advantage of that and reach for the net. As I did, that dammed fish took off, straight up! Before I could do anything I was eye to eye with the twisting turning beast. He was 6 feet out of the water, 20 " away from my face when the demon fish not only spit out my setup, the whole thing landad at my feet(in my boat),as he dove to freedom. I lost it! I threw or beat up everything on my boat in the biggest hissy fit you've ever seen. I probably would have gone on for longer but the sound of laughter from the shore broke my fit of rage. All those poeple on shore watched the whole thing from start to finish. Of coarse, being quick to recover , I gathered my my floating debris and headed for the other side of the lake. Not a day goes by I dont grit my teeth thinking of this!

Biggest King 38
Biggest Steelie 23
Biggest coho 19
Biggest pink 9
sturgeon 72"


The one that got away. This happend saturday July 12th 2003

I was fishing for steelhead and I had already lost one, I was fishin the meat hole on the Lewis and I hooked one up river of me and he went up river more. Got him close to me and he shot straight down to the bottom and held there for I swear like 2 minutes. I pulled him up toward me and he took off down river .
I pulled him back up to me and he shot straight down and he came unhooked. I reeled in my gear and noticed my hook was not hooked it was straigt.
That hook is now up on my wall, I am proud of it

Biggest King= 42lb
Biggest Coho=21lb
Biggest sockeye=11lb
Biggest Chum=20+ lb
Biggest Pink=10lb

King = 42lbs
Steelhead = 23lbs
Coho = 15lbs
Chum = 25lbs
Pink = 10lbs
Sockeye = 9lbs
Rainbow = 5lbs
SRC = 18.5"

king= 36 lbs (pillar pt, frazier river fish football)

coho=18 lbs (sol duc)

steelhead= 18.5 lbs (native hen, upper bogey, above 101)

steelhead ive seen= 28 lbs (by a buddy 2 years ago in march, bogey)

chum=who cares (it was big and ugly)

cutty=24" about 4-5 lbs (hood canal, this past may)