21 lb Steelhead

This forum has certainly hit the skids, I guess. Not one post about a 21 lb. record steelhead caught at 20 mile?  And the fact that the guy caught it his first time trying to catch a steelhead, and didn't get it certified.

anyone have a pic???

wow.  that's a pig!!!  Thanks for the link.

First I will say nice fish!!!!!!
Bigger than anything i caught in PA !!!!!!
Congrats to the lucky fisherman and I give him a big thumbs up on having a humble attitude about the catch!
 But 34 and 3/8 inches thats a short fish for 21 lbs.
My biggest was ever was in NY it was 43 1/2 inch fat hen (shaped just like this one)and it weighed 19.5 on every scale it was weighed on(3 total).
Maybe this was a misprint and it was 43 and 3/8 iches-but I think the fish is closer to 3 than 4 ft.
If you look at pic notice the way it is being held out towards the camera away from body.
A great catch but I think there is a reason his experienced freind did not make him takit in for official weigh in!Maybe an reporter looking for a story that wasn't really there........
 
It 's a great fish and I agree it was a great spring for big fish in eri tribs.......
 
Com' on "jimmy 2 sh..s" and "Krott..."how big is this one.

"It's a really big fish, but it's still just a fish," Anthony said.

I'd like to see a few pictures of a 43" Steelhead never saw one that long out of the Great Lakes ! My buddy got a 18 lber that was around 36 " out of N.Y. This fish looks big but I'd like to see a few more photos not holding it way out with one hand. I'm not totally convinced yet . There are too many photos doctored up on the internet today either they are somewhere else or it's just "one photo". Just me.......................Nice catch if it's all real.

Great looking fish for sure!  The existing record was 36.5 L with a 21.5 girth.  Plugging it in to a calculator, that works out to be 21.09 lbs(listed weight is 21 lb).  Using the same calculator with this fish at 34.375 L(no girth listed) it would have to have a 22 1/8 girth to be 21.03 lbs.  No good reference point in the picture to attempt photometric analysis, but it looks possible.  Looks like we will never know!  Still a hog!

WF...don't get me wrong, I am with you.  Simple fact that he didn't care to me means he has no  reason to lie.  I simply ran it through the calculator to see what it would say.  It didn't come up with any impossible numbers so I hope the nay-sayers accept the weight.  I do find it funny sometimes how important it becomes to people to have proof.  It doesn't matter to me(or the vast majority of you) since I didn't catch it nor was it my record being broken.  All I can do is say conratulations on a nice fish and I hope he realizes they won't all be like his first one!!

"He said the fish is now in pieces, frozen and soon to be smoked."
 
Im sorry but record or not, id be getting that thing weighed and mounted.  That is one fish i would NOT be "ropin and smokin!"

Thats a snakehead..WF

I AGREE THE LENGTH ON THAT FISH BECAUSE IT LOOKS IT  IS A( SKAMINIA )STRAIN THE WERE STOCKING BACK THEN AND ALL WERE LONG

Yeah thanks yal' it was one long Steelie and I am still trying to beat it.
This thread kinda made me replay that day through my head,I was just starting to fish for steelhead after chasing Salmon up there a few years(its an addictive atmosphere to fish in PULASKI) if you have not spent time up there give it a try expect crowds but there is a reason for most crowds.Anyways I fight this fish knowing it was LARGE by the battle I was having after 5-10 minutes I get it close to shore(I was wading at that point but drift boat was parked close).
The guide was just standing there next to boat coaching me the whole time smiling.
I yell to him GET THE NET he just looked at me and said-NO beach it like a man you do not need a net!I was kinda ****ed but did what he said and it worked just fine.
Ever since I do not carry a net and just laugh at the guys who carry them around,sure there have been a few times I could have used 1 but  I will not ever carry one for steelied in tribs.
 
Yes everyone that saw said it was skamania.....
Captain Hook nice lake chrome there I have caught a few of its twins in the Staicase SRNY they too did some juming as they ripped line off my reel.
 
I think the numbers of Lake Eri steelhead being lower last few years has produced bigger fish personaly I like it and I feel I have a chance of hooking a record fish anytime I hit the tribs.

Ok thats more like it. It looked skinny in the first pic. Monster for sure.

Ok that pic tells a whole different story thas one fat hen.............
I take back my doubters comments!