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The salmon, known as the Great Tay Salmon, was 54 inches in length (137cm) and 28.5 inches in girth (72cm). [ 4 ] Her record was unchallenged until 2007, when another female angler, Bev Street, broke the record for largest caught freshwater fish by landing a 66lb catfish at Bluebell Lakes in Peterborough . [ 5 ]
70 lb pike (the largest ever) found dead at River Endrick/Loch Lomond in 1934. [229] Not caught by rod and line. 5 lb 2 oz rudd caught by Adrian Cannon from a fenland drain 2012. [230] No independent witnesses. 69 lb 12 oz salmon caught by William Home, 8th Earl of Home from the River Tweed in 1730.
[1] [2] The award is given for the largest salmon caught on the fly and safely returned to the water in Scotland each year. [3] The award was founded in 1972 by the noted fishing tackle manufacturer and retailer Mallochs of Perth and first presented to Lady Burnett for a 43lb salmon caught on the Tay.
It is the largest river in the United Kingdom by measured discharge. [2] Its catchment is approximately 2,000 square miles (5,200 square kilometres), the Tweed's is 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km 2) and the Spey's is 1,097 sq mi (2,840 km 2). The river has given its name to Perth's Tay Street, which runs along its western banks for 830 yards (760 metres).
A Pennsylvania angler caught his ‘unicorn’ fish Sunday in Erie. Colton Alex, 18, of Erie, was fishing in a tournament in Lake Erie when he hooked into a large Atlantic Salmon.
The salmon ladder opened at Boulters Weir on 19 May 2000 by the Duke of Wellington was the last of a series built on the Thames. [9] The last salmon caught at the weir was landed on 5 August 1993. It is to this day the largest salmon in recorded history caught on the non-tidal River Thames and weighed 14lb's, measuring 97 cm's in length. [10]
A coho salmon caught by Bob Lusk on the North Santiam River. How to catch the coho Coho are 12 to 16 pounds, a classic chrome color, and anglers are allowed to harvest two per day.
Eric Clapton embarked on a fly-fishing trip to the Nordic country last week and reeled in a massive 28-pound, 42.5-inch salmon on the Vatnsdalsá River.