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The largest big mouth bass record
ed was caught by Fritz J. Friebel off
San Antonio, Fla, and weighed 20
pounds and 2 ounces. This fish meas
ured so inches in length and - inches
in Sirth.
In the small mouth class, nine
pounds carried off the honors. 1t was
landed by Alexander T. Gibbes from
Dents Pond, s. c.. in 1917.
The largest carp recorded in the
United States, caught with rod and
reel. was cl pounds. landed at
Schwenksville Pa, in 1922. by Charles
S. Butcher. The largest fish Of this
species ever caught by any method
was in the Lake of Zug. Switzerland.
a great many years ago, ABOUT 1925.
1t weighed 90 pounds.
The largest catfish of which there
is any record was landed from the
Mississippi River about 1873. 1t
weighed $50 pounds.
Fifty-one pounds Of, fighting mus
kalunge is the record for this species
taken with rod and reel. A muska-
lunge Weighing over 10 pounds is
recorded by the Wisconsin fish and
game commission. The smaller of
these fish was taken from Lake Viex
Desert, Wis, In 1919, and the other
one from Minocqua Lake, Wis, in
1906.
Big Pike Arc Caught.
The prize An the Northern pike
class was landed by w. A. Finn in
1915, fishing in Green Lake, Quebec.
and weighed 80 pounds.
The largest wall-eyed pike caught
with rod and reel weighed Is pounds
and was landed by Ernest J.. Burrell
from Sugar Camp Lake, Robbins,
to, hn ss,r ft-tn h I'M a.
pound pike is reported by the United
States Fish Commission.
The largest yellow perch weighed
pounds 312 ounces, and was landed
by DR.. G. e. Abbot at Bordentown,
n. J., back in 1865.
Next in alphabetical order comes
the Atlantic salmon. The largest fish
in this class caught with rod and reel
weighed 4l1a pounds and was landed
by Charles A. Walker in 1910 from
Little Codroy River, Newfoundland.
But the largest ever taken from any
stream in any way weighed IS
pounds. Once again the record was
not made in this country. This time
Great Britain leads. The catch was
| made in 1921.
On the opening day of the fishing
season of 1911 q 1,000-pound sturgeon
was landed by Clyde Lesser, fishing
in the Columbia River. Oregon.
Next in line comes the trout family,
| beginning with brook trout. The
| largest brook trout was landed by DR.
w. J. Cook in 1915 and weighed 14h
| pounds This fish was caught In the
Nippigon River, Ontario, Canada.
A. A. Cass in 1914 landed the larg-
est rainbow trout of which there Is
+, any record, his fish Weighing 26N
1t was taken from the Skyomisf
River, Washington.
| Fishing with rod and reel, E. D
Calvert in 1922, landed lake trout
weighing So pounds 8 ounces. The
| largest of this species ever caught
| weighed over so pounds.
| The largest steelhead trout caught
with rod and reel was taken BY
| Homer Marsh in 1920 fishing in Eas'
Lake Bend, Oregon, but using othel
I; methods a 60-pound trout was landed
| The record for brown trout is 81
pounds 51a ounces, taken from ths
Logan River, Utah, by WV. Smart
July II. 1924. using rod and reel. II
the any style class Of fishing 2sa
pound trout was landed in New
Zealand. a
Salt Water Catches.
These records were taken from
Field and Stream.
For a subject of such general in
terest, 1t Is surprising how little dats
is available on the record size o
! fishes.
The list of salt water fishes Is yer!
long and a great many Of the hsl
landed are not familiar to the aver
age angler, SO only the following wei
known species will be given:
First in this list comes the Amber
jack, known to the many anglers VIII
visit the Southern fishing grounds OF
ithe- Elorfiis Coast. The. larEest fi3.