Nice fish but unfortunately this is not the "biggest fresh water fish ever landed on rod and real". My brother lives in Vancouver Washington and fishes for these on the Columbia River. He has personally caught and released 14 footers on his boat. It is known that there are even larger ones than this in that river. He has caught so many of these monsters as well as turning his friends and family onto them that I doubt he even knows what the biggest was. I remember him taking me out when I was a teenager back in the eighties and I landed an 8 footer, 6 footer and a lot of other honorable mentions just on a one day trip. Back then, according to Washington law, you couldn't keep them under 3ft long or over 6ft. I happened to catch one right at the 6ft mark so we ate that one, released all of the others we caught. Now I guess they changed the law and you can't keep them over 5ft long. I'm not trying to discredit your 11 footer it is a nice one, just want to clear this up for all of the readers. There are bigger ones and alot of them. My experience with catching these is one that I'll never forget either. There really is nothing that compares to fighting one of these dinosaurs. Congrat's on your catch...
