Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishman254 on December 18, 2011, 12:47:20 PM
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I'm having a devil of a time trying to find a list of the provincial record fish (biggest fish ever caught in BC per species). Help! Not on the Env. Dept site as far as I could tell.
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I'm having a devil of a time trying to find a list of the provincial record fish (biggest fish ever caught in BC per species). Help! Not on the Env. Dept site as far as I could tell.
Some info here....... http://www.discoverfishingbc.ca/saltwaterfish .................. http://www.discoverfishingbc.ca/freshwaterfish
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I appreciate that, but doesn't the gov't collect that data somewhere, for all species?
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I Just had a look at that freshwater link and wow, 52lb rainbow and a 44lb steelhead? DANG
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It would be great to see what the largemouth and smallmouth bass records were.
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I appreciate that, but doesn't the gov't collect that data somewhere, for all species?
I would imagine so as well but I am just as stumped as you as to where to find the info, lol.
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--BC does squat but complain that fishing license sales are down... Check out http://www.travelmanitoba.com/Wilderness/Fishing/MasterAngler/&node=6004 Manitoba master anglers program and you will see what could be done... Also note besides bragging rights most trophy fish are released.
--the Manitoba government seems to embrace angling and promote it, knowing the value of the resource to the province.
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Skaha, that's a great program!
I note the "weights" ;) of the fish are in centimeters (ie there measurement is LENGTH, no weight). That's for catch and release purposes. The International Game Fish Association has a new length category too, and it's for catch and release.
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55lb rainbow..
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This is what I found for Chinook Salmon:
The current sport-caught World Record is 92 pounds (42 kg) and was caught in 1928 in the Skeena River (Terrace, British Columbia). some were found dead at well over 100 lb. The commercial catch world record is 126 pounds (57 kg) caught near Rivers Inlet British Columbia in the late 1970s.
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This is what I found for Chinook Salmon:
The current sport-caught World Record is 92 pounds (42 kg) and was caught in 1928 in the Skeena River (Terrace, British Columbia). some were found dead at well over 100 lb. The commercial catch world record is 126 pounds (57 kg) caught near Rivers Inlet British Columbia in the late 1970s.
That might be the *BC* record, maybe? Since the WORLD record, according to IGFA is 44.11 kg (97 lb 4 oz) from the Kenai River, Alaska , USA, 5/17/1985, by Les Anderson
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That might be the *BC* record, maybe? Since the WORLD record, according to IGFA is 44.11 kg (97 lb 4 oz) from the Kenai River, Alaska , USA, 5/17/1985, by Les Anderson
Prolly... who knows how accurate wikipedia is!
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Prolly... who knows how accurate wikipedia is!
Not very accurate/reliable at all as anyone can edit it, lol
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Not very accurate/reliable at all as anyone can edit it, lol
I hear you on that one! Yes, take wiki with a huge grain of salt.
I wish IGFA had British Columbia's records, but I don't think they do.
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nope they don't :(......one thing I do find a little odd/surprising on the IGFA site though is that their world record White Sturgeon is only listed at 468lbs, caught in California in 1983.......now I would imagine that the only reason why a bigger one caught out of the fraser has not beat that is maybe because its pretty hard to weigh on an official scale when its a catch and release fishery.....but surely before it was c&r there had to have been much bigger ones weighed in!.....must just be that no one decided to register any of larger size with the IGFA?
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--IGFA has some state records but doesn't have BC or even Canadian records.. I have asked them several times as this would cause a great deal of business for Canada. (which may be why the USA based IGFA may not be interested)
--IGFA vs world records... even the all line class IGFA record has specific rules on how it is determined thus the largest sport fish caught may not necessarily qualify.
--AS IGFA running out of records you will note they are coming up with different certificates such as catching fish of 3 different species within a % or current record etc.
--Records and certificates are not for everyone but for many they add to their enjoyment.
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nope they don't :(......one thing I do find a little odd/surprising on the IGFA site though is that their world record White Sturgeon is only listed at 468lbs, caught in California in 1983.......now I would imagine that the only reason why a bigger one caught out of the fraser has not beat that is maybe because its pretty hard to weigh on an official scale when its a catch and release fishery.....but surely before it was c&r there had to have been much bigger ones weighed in!.....must just be that no one decided to register any of larger size with the IGFA?
I remember one Fred Helmer caught in the 70s was over 800 pounds and had over 150 pounds of roe in it. Sad those eggs never made it into the beds.