What is the largest fish you have caught in MO?

[bfishn]

6.5 oz yellow bullhead. Had to move to Arkansas to catch some big fish...:-)

[Foghorn]

Haven't figured out how to post pictures yet but will try to get my 10 year old granddaughter to show me how. Caught a big brown at Bennett Springs in 2003 that depending on which scale you believed weighed either 17#2 oz., 16#15 oz. or 17# even. Caught what was then the park record out of the high bank hole and decided to keep it rather than do the C&R like we usually did then. Weighed it on a set of digital scales and got the first weight and then put it in the basket at the park store and the fish flopped out of the basket onto the sidewalk before I could see the weight. The park store manager had called our favorite agent who arrived to verify the weight in case it was the new record. Same thing happened as it flopped again out of the fish basket. The 2nd reading came from her holding the basket up to stabilize it and keep the fish inside. I was tired of seeing the fish fall 3 feet to the concrete so figured the 16#15 was good. Took it to Larry's and Kelly put it on a piece of paper towel and weighed it at 17. Our favorite park concessionaire came up out of the clear blue with a 17#9 oz. fish as the park record when it was John Teeple 15#-9 rainbow that had been the record. Jack Buchascher has the record now at something like 18#8 oz. Caught the fish on 2# tippet,7' Powell fly rod and a fox squirrel nymph.

[laker67]

54 minutes ago, Foghorn said:

Haven't figured out how to post pictures yet but will try to get my 10 year old granddaughter to show me how. Caught a big brown at Bennett Springs in 2003 that depending on which scale you believed weighed either 17#2 oz., 16#15 oz. or 17# even. Caught what was then the park record out of the high bank hole and decided to keep it rather than do the C&R like we usually did then. Weighed it on a set of digital scales and got the first weight and then put it in the basket at the park store and the fish flopped out of the basket onto the sidewalk before I could see the weight. The park store manager had called our favorite agent who arrived to verify the weight in case it was the new record. Same thing happened as it flopped again out of the fish basket. The 2nd reading came from her holding the basket up to stabilize it and keep the fish inside. I was tired of seeing the fish fall 3 feet to the concrete so figured the 16#15 was good. Took it to Larry's and Kelly put it on a piece of paper towel and weighed it at 17. Our favorite park concessionaire came up out of the clear blue with a 17#9 oz. fish as the park record when it was John Teeple 15#-9 rainbow that had been the record. Jack Buchascher has the record now at something like 18#8 oz. Caught the fish on 2# tippet,7' Powell fly rod and a fox squirrel nymph.

Keep trying on the picture. I have seen this fish,  it is huge.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I think Phil will load it on the site if you email it to him.

Pete

[Flysmallie]

On ‎2‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 3:08 PM, laker67 said:

still the current line class, fly rod, world record.

HELLO!!

It's a nice accomplishment. I've known the history but never really heard the story. Maybe someday I can buy you dinner and hear it.

[laker67]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

HELLO!!

It's a nice accomplishment. I've known the history but never really heard the story. Maybe someday I can buy you dinner and hear it.

Its a deal Fs, we'll  go dutch. Somewhere on oaf there is a podcast that was done by a sports caster out of springfield. I know his name but am a loss for it right now. Phil may still have access to the podcast. I was indeed fortunate to catch this fish: as Pete says, "catch of a lifetime". 

[Flysmallie]

5 minutes ago, laker67 said:

Its a deal Fs, we'll  go dutch. Somewhere on oaf there is a podcast that was done by a sports caster out of springfield. I know his name but am a loss for it right now. Phil may still have access to the podcast. I was indeed fortunate to catch this fish: as Pete says, "catch of a lifetime". 

Seems like I remember that now. I'll see if I can dig that up.

 

[Flysmallie]

I thought I found it here.

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/ozark-trout-bum/2012/06/16/ozark-trout-bum-episode-two/

But when I click on the podcast I don't get anything. Be nice to find that. We should have a record of these stories.

[Smallie Seeker]

On 2/3/2016 at 3:56 PM, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Home of the Missouri Monarch.

Only the biggest buck of all time!

To think that the world record blue cat was caught in the same area is crazy. There's something in that soil, maybe the great nutrients supplied from the MO and MS rivers?

Or radiation? lol.

[snagged in outlet 3]

My buddy has a farm right next to CB.

You should see the deer he kills every year!!!