AKKings -
Remember that the fish was a spawned out carcass that had probably been in the river for 3 months prior to spawning. While fishing I had seen the monster spawning the week before and returned to the same area on the off chance of finding the carcass. It was about 1/4 mile downstream in a couple feet of water. When I liftted the fish up to get an idea of its weight I was looking eyeball to eyeball and its tail tips were still touching the ground - since I'm 5 -11 I always figured that it was about 5 and 1/2 feet long! It was a snaky fish. Even if I'm several inches off in its length still one heck of a fish - never seen anything like it. The same year the tribal nets reportedly caught an 86#er.

Steelheader -
I believe that the 126#er was caught in Alaska near Petersburg in a commerical fishery. Have seen several replicas of the fish as well as pictures of it. Had an incredible girth.

Tight lines
S malma