Personal Best Salmon

[sagecaster]

Uk - 2006 Spey, Brae Water 20lb September Crocodile, for his length he should have been nearly 25lb!!

Russia 2001- E Litza -Estimated 25-27lb

[lomond]

13lb River Leven 2005, until I caught this fish my largest game fish as an 11 lb Sea Trout caught(& returned) from the River Endrick in 2002. Now starting to venture further afield to the Tay, North Esk etc.. so I am hoping to improve on my personal best very shortly.

[webbie]

16lb from the River Don, but found a dead kelt of 41 inches last year.

[Sloggi]

19lb kipper from Dee in Ballater - on a size 9 Flamethrower. Biggest fresh fish was 16lb (three times).

Lost a twenty + fish some years back.

[hornet]

13lb sealicer North Esk. PBP Hornet

;D

[jkboy]

10lb licer off Coupar Grange in May 2003 - Yellow Flying C

[parky123]

My best is a 16lb, 15lb and a 15lb all on the same day from the same pool on the same red tube on the river stincher.

[tayspringer]

Biggest fish 27lbs although I have had a baggot estimated at over 30lbs

[Sloggi]

Not a personal best in terms of size, but in unusualness...

Was fishing in Ballater one cold June day and landed the following (all on fly):

2x salmon (not especially large)
3x sea-trout
1x brown trout (3lb)
1x rainbow trout (3lb)
1x pike (4lb) on a shrimp fly

That must be a "full-house" Was about 5 years ago and was sworn to secrecy by the beat as they didn't want anyone to think they had rainbows and/or pike in the river

[lomond]

To carry on from Sloggi in unusualness.

Fishing an Ally's Shrimp one August on the river Endrick I caught a Grilse, Sea Trout, Brown Trout and a 4lb Chub on the meetings stretch below the Pots of Gartness. I thought about nipping up to Killearn House Fishery to catch a Rainbow Trout, but didn't ,as the water on the Endrick was good. Didn't get anything after the Chub !!

[altmor]

Haven't heard of chub from the Endrick before - is that not unusual in itself, without the rest of the day's catch ?

[lomond]

Altmor, sadly there is quite a few Chub on the lower Endrick. I think they were introduced a while ago by Pike fisher's when livebaiting. You also catch alot of Dace as well on that stretch.

[altmor]

I fish the Endrick well up beyond the "Pots", most often in sept / oct. I guess the chub won't get over the falls, hence never having seen one. Have seen eels though (not caught), and of course kingfishers - a beautiful sight on any river.

[lomond]

Altmor, I have only caught one Chub on the Endrick(hopefully my last !), I have also seen another angler catch a 3lb Chub on the Croftamie stretch(on bait), only the migrartory fish get over the pots.

Everyone else, apologies for going off on a tangent here, back to personal best salmon !

[greenalert]

9lb Springer April last year on the Turtory beat on the Deveron & 4-1/2lb Brown Trout off Euchries also on the Deveron in April last year

[macsalmo]

15lb coloured cock fish (rtnd) off the river Nith on the fly in Nov 2005.
It was as black as coal ;D (probably a springer).

1" Thunder and lightning variant tube, sinking line.

Gary

[crawfish]

river Ericht last may 8 1/2 pounds of hard fighting silver and also the first

[akflyrod]

79 3/4 ib chinook salmon back trolling with spinin glow, purple cured salmon roe, kenai river,
below soldotna bridge 1998 two larger fish caught from my boat in 99 were 80 1/4 1b & 81 3/4 ib by a female guest in 2001 seen fish landed 87 1b and many big fish lost
method back trolling and back bouncing, largest landed on fly 55ib from kasilof rvr

[salmonking]

Biggest fish would be an estimated 18 lbs on whiteadder many moons ago,colored though,my most pleasurable was a fish last year on the same river,(in photos)maybe get 13lb,caught on the dropper On a size 14 silver stoat.

[easky]

got a 10lb fish off the Thurso at the end of the season, first time fishing Scotland and the Thurso, great river and hope to be back to get another