Monster Salmon caught on the Ness

[vid1973]

oops,,,,last page,,,,WOW,,,,wish it was me,,,congrats to the lucky angler

[fishy]

A BIG fish and good job putting it back alive to spawn future big yins. But does it appear to have an unusual spotty tail fin? Is that normal..

[tynetraveller]

Whether or not it becomes an official record if the measurements check out it will rightly regarded as the biggest fish caught in the UK. Don't write it off based on one photo from a funny angle- It may look short for the stated length, but it looks very broad. gordon Armstrong is saying that it definitely was accurately measured at 56 inches by four people.

What beat today has scales on hand to measure perhaps 70lb +?
Under these circumstances the angler should not be forced to kill such a great fish to be considered the record holder by the salmon fishing community, even if it does not go down in the books as official.

I greatly admire the angler for putting it back. I would have been very tempted to chap it and get the chance to weigh it, even if I would have felt guilty afterwards.

[scotty]

BIG fish

so what was it caught on? fly?

scotty.

[Willow Man]

Could even be bigger than Jock Wallaces fish of 1812 on the Nith!
That one was 67.5 LB but was not classed as a record as the method used could not be established.
Wallace was a well known poacher and caught the fish on rod and line but what method? No one knowes!

I think this new fish is around 67-69 lb mark.

What a great fish!

[da34]

Does anyone know where this pic of this monster salmon can be viewed?

[ibm59]

da34 said:

Does anyone know where this pic of this monster salmon can be viewed?

Try page 2 of this thread.

[wilbert]

WOW

What an amazing fish, I really hope that it beats the currant 64lb record and that it can stand as an official record but with all the bureaucracy today I doubt it will be classified as an official record.

I wish I could have seen the capture of such a magnificent fish.

This will make an excellent story and will inject some new enthusiasm into the sport.

Well done to the captor and full marks for returning it, I don't know if I could return a fish of that size and there are many more anglers out there that would be in the same boat too. Cant wait to see some better pics that do the fish justice.

[da34]

Thanks for telling me. New to this computer thing!

[ibm59]

da34 said:

Thanks for telling me. New to this computer thing!

You're welcome.
Regards.
Computing Dinosaur.

[castslikeaghille]

granitec said:

Record Chinook (King) Salmon - Kenai - weight verified 97lbs



GC

....and caught by the lead singer of the Village People to boot...did he "Go West" to catch it ?

[alanwalker]

I think its great that the captor returned this fish fair play to him, and if reports come back from pitlochry that they reckon it was bigger than the current record it should stand.

I know people will claim it wasnt recorded properly, but we need to move with the times.

[ibm59]

castslikeaghille said:

....and caught by the lead singer of the Village People to boot...did he "Go West" to catch it ?

Nah , it's one of the 118 Twins.
Hope he didn't have to go down too far to get it.

[say]

admin said:

These are the words of a member taken from another forum.

The lucky angler was Mr David Milne

"Just up from a very very late night with Grant Sutherland and David Brand, who were both present when the ness monster was landed.

I have to say regardless of the actual weight, this was a special day on the ness and something that may never happen again.

The fish was hooked in the tail of burnmouth and took a little under an hour to land. When netting the fish Grant had the head in the net and had to walk four foot forward to get the tail in something that he had never experienced, even with the few 30lb fish he has netter over the years.

The measurement of 56 inches is 100% accurate, with great care taken by the 6 gentlemen present at the time.

The hand in the mouth of the fish is David Brand, he is well over 6 ft and has hands like shovels, in the photo his hands look like that of a baby!!

After landing the fish, at around 2 o’clock, all four anglers and 2 ghillies spent the rest of the day in silence wandering about the river bank.

The actual weight will be decided by the boys at pitlochry in a couple of days, so until then I will have my fingers crossed"

This capture is fantastic news and the stuff dreams are made of. If your surname is Milne you should be even more excited as according to my River Dee Map a fish was caught on Ballogie in 1995 by a Harvey Milne that was 56" in length, the girth 20" deep and 9 1/2" across the fish was returned and thought to be around 60lb.

Will need to think about changing my surname if I want to have a chance of capturing one of these monsters ;D

[wilbert]

The spots on the tail have been noticed by a few different members, I didnt see them until they were pointed out, too busy staring at the fish in amazement to see any details.

Anyway could these spots be there because the fish could be a repeat spawner? I know that hen fish get more black spots on their flanks when they are repeat spawner's. The fish is in its spawning colours now and would have looked very different when fresh and would have been heavier too!!!!!

[tynetraveller]

Dave, repeat spawners do tend to be more heavily spotted than maiden fish, so the thought crossed my mind, but they also tend to be thinner as they usually (always??) come straight back in the year after their first run and were kelts not long before.. That fish is a fat mutha..

[hickers]

Hello,

I work for BBC Television and we are really interested in talking to the person who caught the monster salmon. Can anyone help? My email is [e-mail].

Regards

Ruth Hickman

[ianjones]

Presumably thats while we are all still waiting for some decent photographs too, because of its potential worth as a news story?

[tombee]

Well It seems this monster is shrinking! On the Radio Scotland news half an hour ago it was given a length of 50" and girth of 40" and an estimated weight of 112 lbs. Not sure if their researchers looked at the various postings here and got something mixed up.
Anyway, well done that man.

[tynetraveller]

BBC now have a brief report on the web-site, with a link to this forum no less...

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7045032.stm