Marty M. reported the largest sport caught chinook salmon ever was landed recently in NW B.C.'s Skeena River - 99.1 lbs! It could have been a Kalum R. bound fish. Many Kings over 100 lbs. go up that tributary, but sport anglers haven't been able to land one in the fast gradient water there - yet. It also could have been a Skeena mainstem fish or other trib fish. ...

The story:
http://www.northwestfishingguides.com/reports/AUG2001/Aug19_2001.htm

Thanks Marty.

[ 08-20-2001: Message edited by: RT 1 ]

Damn I thought I was going to be the first one to break the 98lb record. I guess not.
Well I guess I will try to get a 50lb steelhead.....lol yeah right.

FISH ON!!!

:p

It's really to bad the picture doesn't give it more justice. It's hard to tell how big the fish really looks. But I could imagine the excitement at that moment.
Those dimentions are amazing, 53.5" x 38.5". I've never heard of anything like that before. I've also never used the formula length x girth squared divided by 800, I've always divided it by 775. Which comes out to 102.32 pounds. I wish I was there to see it all.
Keith