whats your biggest freshwater fish ever caught??????

[tycomps]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

Here are some pics. Biggest open water was a 53lb 12oz carp, biggest through the ice was a 43" pike around 23lbs.

sax- I'm amazed everytime I see a picture of that behemoth! (the carp, not that the pike isn't gorgeous : - ) is there a great story that goes along with it?

[saxmatt]

Here the original thread with the story: http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46947

[Mikey topaz]

keep them coming!!! Nice fish boys big fatty pike muskie and carp holy crap! slobs!!

[bulletbob]

Like most, my biggest FW fish was a Carp... Never weighed one, but I have caught some huge ones in Cayuga Lake and the Susquehanna River up here.

Several honorable mentions however...
My biggest Brown Trout was 11 lbs, caught on a white painted 1 oz wheel weight off a car.

Couple of Tiger Muskies in the 38 in, 12-13 lb range.. one caught on a 1/32 oz Crappie jig...

Couple of 8 lb + Landlocked Atlantic Salmon out of Cayuga,.. Thats pretty big for this species.
Couple Channels Cats in the 10 lb range..

22 in, 7 lb + LMB...


Pretty mundane really, but at the time they all looked like whales to me...bob

[AndyS]

I have had some big carp through the years and got a really nice striper on the Raritan in South Bound Brook a few years ago. Biggest recently would have to be the Cat fizzzzzz.

[GetANet]

Mine was the carp i caught last week with Matt!!! Thanks once again to him!

[Rybazłapać]

Newton lake

[Capt. Lou]

Sturgeon estimated 600 plus 11.5 length, Columbia River basin !

[NJ219bands]

42.5 lb carp from a public fishing area in the Delaware River.

[Lard Almighty]

Carp, not measured, maybe 15-20 lbs. from Deal Lake.