MONSTER KING

[goin deep]

Friends of mine were fishing the Niagara bar last Monday and caught this king that weighed just over 40lbs. Unfortunately, they were not in the LOC.

The King was caught on an A-Tom-mik hammer fly

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[Yankee Troller]

Is it getting mounted? Was it at least weighed on a certified LOC scale? Brute of a fish either way! Niiiiiiiiiice!

[GAMBLER]

Very nice Salmon for sure. I would be taking that to the taxidermist if I caught it.

[goin deep]

Rich,

The fish was taken to the taxidermist and he called in some of the local charter captains to see the fish. From what I understand, Bill Hilts weighed the fish. I'm not 100% sure of that but he does have a small article about the fish in his most recent fishing report. It is hard to believe the fish could be over 40 lbs! By the way, the fish was weighed 3 days after being caught so who knows what the fish really weighed.

[Yankee Troller]

Nice! Very respectable fish!

[GAMBLER]

eturc,

I think he was talking about recently. Back when that fish was caught, they were a little more common.

[K Gonefishin]

WOW what a horse.

[big fin]

Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!

[Storm Warning II]

Wow...

Kinda speechless after seeing that...

[Billy V]

Nice fish! Too bad about not having a LOC ticket. That's a mandatory item on my boat. I hope they get it mounted at least.

[Gill-T]

Would have been the third year in a row the winner might have come off the bar. I think I see a trend.

[Diversion]

Holy smokes, nice to see fish like that still exist

[Chromeslayer]

wow

[momay4000]

Wow, what a pig!!! That's a fish of a lifetime.

Anytime it takes two people to hold up one fish - you know it's really something!

Thanks for sharing,

- Chris

[everett]

nice fish

[crazy ivan]

Congrats....what a trophy

[143447]

WOW what a king NIIIICE

[web-fisherman]

That is insane. Nice catch

Sucks reading this knowing I cannot go out today. I'm starting to sweat and twitch.

[Captain's Cove]

Bill Hilt's doesn't say who weighted the fish or where it was weighed. Here's what appeared in his article about this:..."And speaking of the LOC Derby, every year we hear about the big fish that didn’t get away ... but the person wasn’t entered in the derby. It happened again earlier this week when Traci Johnson of Youngstown was fishing near the red buoy marker on the Niagara Bar. Johnson normally gets into the derby every year. This year, because of a recent move, she opted not to fish it. The end result was her catching the king of her life, tipping the scales at better than 40 pounds. She was using a flasher and fly to take the lunker fish.

Here is a link to the complete article: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/archives ... 22856.html

[reelthrill]

I heard the poor guy on the radio Sat. morning. You gotta feel for the guy, story is he and his wife both lost their jobs and have been getting in the derby for years but did not get the tickets this year. What a bummer... but still an awesome catch!!

[Fish Hunter]

Didn't know they still made that model.

[Shade]

Wow....nice fish..............

Shade

[alloutdoorsman]

show us the fish on a scale

[SHAWN HAYES]

Awesome fish! Too bad about not having a ticket. thats gotta be a terrible feeling. catching the fish of a lifetime and then realizing you could have been 20.000 for the better with a 25.00 ticket. great job on landing that brute.

[Richard Bullen]

Great Job