Paul Markle, aka Rainbowman, says:
I was fishing at Port Credit which is near Mississauga Ontario on the north side of Lake Ontario when I caught it. I was in a Chinook Salmon Tournament at the time, a 4 million dollar tournament. It was a very hot day about 1:00 pm. The Chinook had moved out but stayed shallow about the top 40 feet. I was trolling with down riggers over about 240 feet of water. My ball was down 30 feet and I was using a slider which would be about 15 feet.
The slider is what this fish hit. My lure was a green on silver Northern King spoon. I thought it was a Chinook until I saw it beside the boat. This fish didn't surface not even once. All along I thought I was fighting a Chinook. If you stop to think about it, that lure was only about 10 feet from my prop. When I got in to the dock I weighed it on the tournament scales. 25.14lbs. It was a female.
I decided to mount it, a skin mount. The taxidermist decided to use a plastic head to speed things up. To his surprise no one had a plastic head big enough nor did anyone have a mould big enough to make one with. It appeared to be the biggest female ever mounted. The Ontario Provincial Record was less then 4lbs. heavier. There were male heads around but not female.
I was fishing at Port Credit which is near Mississauga Ontario on the north side of Lake Ontario when I caught it. I was in a Chinook Salmon Tournament at the time, a 4 million dollar tournament. It was a very hot day about 1:00 pm. The Chinook had moved out but stayed shallow about the top 40 feet. I was trolling with down riggers over about 240 feet of water. My ball was down 30 feet and I was using a slider which would be about 15 feet.
The slider is what this fish hit. My lure was a green on silver Northern King spoon. I thought it was a Chinook until I saw it beside the boat. This fish didn't surface not even once. All along I thought I was fighting a Chinook. If you stop to think about it, that lure was only about 10 feet from my prop. When I got in to the dock I weighed it on the tournament scales. 25.14lbs. It was a female.
I decided to mount it, a skin mount. The taxidermist decided to use a plastic head to speed things up. To his surprise no one had a plastic head big enough nor did anyone have a mould big enough to make one with. It appeared to be the biggest female ever mounted. The Ontario Provincial Record was less then 4lbs. heavier. There were male heads around but not female.