Well, as long as you started this, not me......
Fresh Water: Kenai River, Alaska: 55 lb on a gob of eggs and a spin N' glow
Quillayute River, WA. 65 lb (first hole in from the Ocean) Small spinner, big fish!
Salt: Lund, B.C. Just off the Iron Mine --- 40 lbs Hooked in 10 feet of water on the first anchovy I ever stuck on a hook. Also, first big fish on a Silex--what a blast! Took me way out in the shipping lane
The big one that got away: a few July's ago I fought a spring on the Kenai for two hours that had to have been in the mid to upper 80's. Head was as big as some of the springs I've caught. I had it up along side my inflatable Avon several times (in a 5 knot current) so I got lots of good looks at it. The guy on the net crapped his pants and kept saying :"OMG, OMG" . He was useless; froze on the net and wouldn't bust a move even when I'd given him multiple opportunities.
I finally handed him the rod and grabbed the net from him. So what does he do? He high-sticks like he's setting the hook and of course, the hook pulls out--- I watched the fish drift out of sight. Chrome bright fish; rare for a Kenai fish that big to be chrome like it was. The good news: I didn't have to agonize over whether to let it go or not....those big Kenai fish aren't as plentiful as they used to be; kind of a reoccurring theme these days