Favorite? An 8 1/2 pound largemouth bass. On a hula popper. I watched it hit that lure, and miss... I was bummed.

I waited about 5 seconds, popped it again, and BAM!

I caught some Cod and Flounder that weighed more.

Saltwater-#55 Black Drum

Freshwater-26" Brown trout on fly on the Madison river in MT

30 inch red while surf fishing at South Padre Island

I once caught a 200+ lb. Abe Vigoda but some guy named Conan O'Brien bought it for his show.

JonR

My best was a smallie. little over 6lbs. I have caught many largemouth and flathead over this fish, but I love smallmouth.

I caught the first fish of the day once when I was 6. That was the last time...I think I need to go fishing.

Oh man, I just realized I'm thinking in haiku cadence. LOL scary

I know it doesn't count as a catch, but I had on a 7' ish tarpon, aroung 250 lbs. on the South Fork of the New River, in Ft. Lauderdale. Same year 2 youts caught a 242 lbs tarpon in the same river. It tail walked like flipper down the canal. Started my lifetime of catching tarpon.

DWD, I think I remember that about the two kids in a john boat that did that. Tarpon are phenomenal game fish.

The Silver King.

Neo- Exactly they landed tarpon pulled it into johnboat and kept fishing, what are you going to catch after that? The went to scale of Davie Blvd. It was estimated fish lost at least 5 pounds from drying out, It was 1 pound off state record when they weighed it.