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what was the biggest common snapper you guys have ever caught? my record is 57lbs and an 18" shell. if you would like to see pics of it email me at bobarama13@aol.com and i will send you some. i was just wondering what your records were, reply with its weight and size. thanks!

Here's mine. Caught in Boundary Waters in Northern Minn. just a few weeks ago. Didn't measure or weigh but rough guess:15-16", 30-35 lbs.

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Martin Whalin
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"Science stops at the frontier of logic. Nature does not, she thrives on ground as yet untrodden by theory."
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19.5in, 70lb. He is keeping the current world record.....

tomt,
do you have a pic of your giant snapper? and was he a wild caught animal, if so how did you catch him. i caught mine in a kayak with a fish tied to a piece of string.

I actually found one last May that was around 22 inches or so. This is the biggest one i ever heard tell of to date. I found it about 2 miles in the woods where my fiance, son and i go walking. The old dirt road is blocked off with giant rocks. Apparently they dont want people down there. Anyway, i found it in the Kenduskeag River in Bangor Maine. My fiance pointed it out on the opposite side of the River basking on a big rock. I waded across, it saw me and split. I ran down the bank, jumped in the water, grabbed it and pulled up on the bank. I am a big guy and it slipped out of my hands the first time i tried to drag it on dry land. So i went back in and finally got it up. It sustained a defensive posture, taking a few chomps in my direction and i just looked at it in awe. I did not have a camera or anything so that sucks. I will be looking for him again next spring.

How do i know he was around 22 inches? I went back a couple days later and measured the rock he was on top of. The rock measured about two feet and he was just about even with the edges from where we saw him. So i am actually giving up a little on length possibly. As far as weight, i dont know but i do dumbell rows with 100 pounders and this animal was around that, give or take. Sound like a load of BS? Maybe, but it is true and i wish i had a camera so i could share it. I waded up and down that river later on but found nothing but crayfish, mink, otter, deer and a painted turtle. Hopefully next year.

Dallas Quarles

Put him back in the wild where he belongs.

i let it go where i found it a day after i caught it. first i took pictures and mesurments.

If so, where in my post does it say I took it out of the wild. If you look at the picture, I and the turtle are obviously still in the wild. Honestly, I was about thirty miles from the only road for about a hundred miles. Would have been a heck of a canoe trip with a P.O.'d snapper in the bottom of the boat. lol I agree with your opinion, but you sure know how to put it across in a rude manner. I really don't think that approach is going to help anything.
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Martin Whalin
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Quotes from guys named Carl:

"Science stops at the frontier of logic. Nature does not, she thrives on ground as yet untrodden by theory."
-Carl Jung

"It is foolish to let singleness of purpose deprive one of the joy and delectation of the many wonderful sights and sounds incidental to the quest."
-Carl Kauffeld