in my local paper this week.

[fishhound]

in my local paper this week a guy caught a 70 pd blue cat useing 14pd test line with a bass outfit! it took him over an hour to land the fish.
well i was jst wondering who all on this site has landed a big fish useing lite line? myself i caught a bluecat that wt 58pds on 17pd test it gave me all i wanted lol

[DJD]

Caught my 45lb blue on 6lb braid with a 6'6" spinning rod. It was pure luck to land that fish.

[offdtop]

I was in a tournament and caught a 33.67 lb cat on 12lb berkley big game using a poes crankbait. Took 35 minutes to get it in and it was submitted to the IGFA records for a yellow cat and was the biggest ever but the scale confirmation came too late!!!!!

[HiDefFisherman]

My biggest was a 25lb drum on 6lb mono, using a spinning outfit. Luckily I was in a boat and able to chase the fish, otherwise I am certain I would never have gotten it in.

What I am dying to do is tie on a metal leader, and fish for the gar when they are schooling during the summer, about this time of year. I had one well over 4 feet long, but was using a CR'ed lizard, and of course it cut my line pretty quickly. Still that was a blast for a short period of time.

Tight lines,

HDF

[riverrat12]

My best is an 80# flat on 12# test 1\4 oz jig white grub. Below the falls.. Was submitted to IGFA. won there annual award for largest on 12#test also was a record holder for a short period of time. Got me into the 5to1 club. Lots a free stuff came in the mail. I was really more surprised catching it on a 1\4 oz jig than the 12# test...Chuck

[DJD]

My best is an 80# flat on 12# test 1\4 oz jig white grub. Below the falls.. Was submitted to IGFA. won there annual award for largest on 12#test also was a record holder for a short period of time. Got me into the 5to1 club. Lots a free stuff came in the mail. I was really more surprised catching it on a 1\4 oz jig than the 12# test...Chuck

Thats awesome! What brand line was that? Congrats Chuck.

[riverrat12]

Thats awesome! What brand line was that? Congrats Chuck.

Don, it was Trilene big game. The IGFA needed 2 line tippets to be sure...they are some sticklers. Gary Garth did a nice little piece on it in the Courier, if you go to my profile and hit a few fish I think the story is on my first page of pic's. Funny, he asked how long it took to get it in, I told him an hour and ten minutes or something like that it was actually 3 1\2 beers.LOL...Chuck

[DJD]

Don, it was Trilene big game. The IGFA needed 2 line tippets to be sure...they are some sticklers. Gary Garth did a nice little piece on it in the Courier, if you go to my profile and hit a few fish I think the story is on my first page of pic's. Funny, he asked how long it took to get it in, I told him an hour and ten minutes or something like that it was actually 3 1\2 beers.LOL...Chuck

Great story man. You got some awesome pics on there!

[mhall]

Great story man. You got some awesome pics on there!

Don, the one with he and I squating in the river holding those big blues was an awesome night. The guys taking that picture, there were three of them accused us of being crazy noodlers and I don't think ever believed us that we caught those fish on rod and reel, lol. We had a 42 plus one over 45 and a 60# all the same evening. Those were just the big ones, had some others to. Not a very good pic, but a fun night.

[bmck25]

I got a flathead just shy of 30lbs on 6lb yozuri and a 6ft med/lite spinning rod. The big girl hit a tube while I was fishing for smallies in a river. Sure was fun.

[fishbuster]

Caught a 55lb blue on 14lb Berkley Big Game once. I was using a piece of crawfish tail meat about as big as my pinky.

[tracker35]

51 lb blue with 12 lb suffix tritanium +

lots of cats and carp over 20 with 4 lb. mr crappie camo