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kingpin

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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2006, 06:34:05 PM »
my brother got a 60lb white on the fraser 2 years ago
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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #31 on: February 24, 2006, 06:44:25 PM »
This was one of my biggest, not sure how big he was, but sure did put up one hell of a fight!! :)
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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #32 on: February 25, 2006, 04:51:58 AM »
Having fished the B.C. coast for many years, both commercially and as a charter operator, have witnessed takes of many behemoths, the most consistent place for my eyes has been Dundas island,although my personal best fish hooked was when i worked at Peregrine lodge in 94 battled a monster for two and a half hours only to lose it at the boat. A guest of mine landed a 72, in 2004, a huge buck of the marbled variety, I would post some pics if i knew how, still a little pc challenged.
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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2006, 08:26:43 AM »
 My biggest red was 44.5 lbs, taken on July 7 2004 at Laidlaw. i've caught whites in the Vedder that were probably bigger, but released them all.
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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2006, 10:33:40 AM »
Working the WCVI as much as we do, me and the Ladz get in on some rather sizey catchs from time to time. Seems that the last couple of years have been kind in the spring's direction, as the numbers of those behemoths last year was quite good. One of my buddies guided seven folks to monsters that topped the magical 60 mark out on the chuck!! Bodes well for this coming season for sure!!!

Here's a pix of one a tad better than 60, taken off a troller now converted to a KILLER sportsfishing platform:



And another, landed after a battle better than an hour, 25 lb test mainline, anchovy, 16 year old Young Gun's best to date at 63 pounds!!



We will again be out there this year, searching HARD for Walter and his buddy's. Going out by yourself, or with one of our areas excellent guides presents a very real possibility of hooking into one of these true giants! I know that I am certainly looking forward to helping make a few folks' Fishing Dreams become REALITY!!  ;)

Tight Lines,
Nog - although not quite sated on steelhead yet, actually looking right forward to battling a few springs in the not to distant future...
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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #35 on: February 25, 2006, 11:03:18 AM »
Quote from: Bill on February 25, 2006, 09:06:58 AM
the biggest spring i have heard of was on the skeena. a friend of mine's brother works at the hatchery up their and a few years back they found a spawned out male and it was just over 100 some lbs. and it had been dead a couple of days. they figured that in it's prime that fish would have been around 110 lbs prime. but i sure if i'm wrong F/M will correct me since he such a KNOW IT ALL

Hey..I wouldn't go that far to call me a know it all that would be a compliment..I don't know JACK!

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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #36 on: February 25, 2006, 11:31:15 PM »
The biggest spring I've ever seen caught was off the "Wall" up in Rivers Inlet.... it tipped the scales at 65lbs. My biggest up there is only 38 lbs., but it took over an hour and a half to land and I ended up having to handline it in, after mistakingly cutting the wrong line of about 5 that were attached.... thankfully it was only about 20 feet from the boat by then. I've caught some monster whites on the Vedder..... easy 50 lbs. and several years ago we were catching 40+ pigs on the Stamp.
If any of you guys have ever been at Pacific Coastal's check-in area in the South Terminal, they have (or had) a replica of a Spring that was caught in a commercial net, that apparently weighed something like 120 lbs!! I believe it is the world record.
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Re: Biggest Spring?
« Reply #37 on: February 25, 2006, 11:32:22 PM »
50-60lb. whitey tightey on the vedder
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