You just edged me out. Mine was a bright 50 pound King Salmon taken on the Kenai river in Alaska. Fighting it was the most thrilling 30 minutes of my life and while this all happened some 15 years ago I can still recall the details of that day with astonishing clarity. It was the perfect end to a day that ranks right behind my marriage and the birth of my children.

Congrats on the saddle worthy beast. What a hog!

62 pound tarpon on an accidental hookup using an 8 wt fishing for bonefish. That wasn't a battle, it was a war.

A 20in 5lb rainbow they stocked in my creek. It was one of 2 they put in there, and the other one is either still in there or someone got him this fall. But I kept the black wooly bugger I caught him on, that he wrecked.

Early one spring 4 years ago I caught an almost 9 pound largemouth, I don't catfish much or travel to fish much, so it may not get much better than that for me. The beginning of one of the best months of my life, the end of the month found me with my first turkey. I think that's the ideal "blast and cast" spring gobblers and fat sow bass.

45lb king in alaska. i wasn't prepared for that but it was a blast!

I landed a halibut in Alaska that was over 200 pounds on a empty jug of anti-freeze with the fishing line wraped around it. We hadn't taken our rods out and made due with what we had. Obviously we didn't plan on fishing much this outing!

I hope you guys got it on video!

Jim... You caught a 51-pound carp? I'm calling bull@$&%. Where and when and how, and if so, you're my hero.

On a fly, buddy? Are you putting words in my mouth? Goodness knows I need all the help I can get... but that's a toad, by any measure for black drum, and carp also, for that matter. Timmy caught a hefty blackie, by any measure.

Wooo Timmy. Nice drum and well deserved given the conditions early in the week. My largest fish on fly is #150 tarpon, but the marsh has not given up a catch like this one on my rod! Great trip and sorry I wasn't there to witness this bearded beast.

Oh trust me... he'd have called red drum if that were it... he was hoping, praying red drum after the bite... this was the consolation prize... not bad, mind you, but those boys in the Bayou count 'dem reds on a sacred scale... if that had been a 50-some pound red... trust me, the whole fly world would have heard about that.

Always cool to see the different species being landed on the fly. My biggest fish was a small 90lb striped marlin. It was landed with a 10 weight Rod and a 20lb leader, no bite tippet while we were chasing Dorado. Other than that it was a big 45 lb Bull Dorado on the same rig.

11 foot tiger shark on 30 pound class trolling gear. B buoy looking for sea bass and flounder. it ate three of our fish. took heaviset rod onboard. two hour fight. catch and release.