Tarpon!

fresh was a 4lb smallmouth in Deep creek lake in western maryland.

Salt was the estimated 800 pound blue marlin from three years ago. we were trolling for tuna 5 miles south of the canyons. we all watched in amazement as it came up and inhaled a ballyhoo behind a orange islander. It was a catch and release.

5.5 pound rainbow is the biggest and baddest that i've caught so far but I hope to get some bigger fish this fall

the other sunday i caught a 30 inch channel cat. the biggest fish iv ever caught. put up a heck of a fight , just about broke my rod . i had 6 lb. line. i was lucky it dident brake couse that cat was definitly over 6 lbs.

My biggest freshwater fish was a 68-lb, 51-inch-long blue catfish in the Mississippi River. I fought it for about 20 minutes on heavy tackle (we were going after big cats). It was extremely exciting, and I would go on a trip like that again in a heartbeat.

My biggest saltwater fish was a blue marlin that was caught on fairly light tackle. The fish weighed roughly 125 lbs, but due to the lighter sized rod & reel (we were trolling for fish in the 20-lb range), the fight lasted two whole hours. I was seasick for the first time on that trip, so it made for a rather interesting day.

I would love to repeat the marlin trip while leaving off the seasickness and the nasty sunburn I suffered from afterwards :).

I recently slugged it out with a 32 inch musky on a 7ft med/fast spinning rod with 20# test braid. I had built this rig for bassing but couldnt resist the urge to try and hook into a musky with it. After about 10 minutes and 3 runs I finally tuckerd the ol girl out, after 2 pics she was off to fight another day.

a 6 pound bass on a jig in my dads pond