THE HOG PEN

June 2010 Stan French from Meridian Idaho Caught this 22” Grande Ronde Smallmouth Bass and released the fish to fight another day.

July 2010 Randy Letsinger caught a plane from Chicago and boarded my boat and claimed
he was going to be on the Hog Pen after the day!  He was right after an hour long battle
Randy landed this 10’ 2” White Sturgeon with an estimated weight of 350 lbs!!!

August 2009 Dennis Dorn from Las Vegas caught this Columbia River King weighing 40lbs this fish ripped out 275 feet of line if not for my V8 chasing him down Dennis would not be in the HOG PEN!!!

Mike Hicks landed this 2008 Valentine's Day steelhead weighing in at 20lbs

This 2008 5 plus Grande Ronde Smallmouth was caught, then released by
Jeff Mildfelt from Yakima, Washington

August 2008 - Ray Walker caught this 25lb coho. This fish would have broken the state record but it was a native and was released to spawn in the wild.

Mel Stottlemyre Jr. caught this 25lb native Clearwater Steelhead in December of 2006 fish like this are almost impossible to find.  This is a true Reel Time Hog!!

Ray Walker caught this 21 lb Clearwater Steelhead
in October of 2005.  This was a true
chrome bright Reel Time HOG!!

Some people say reeling in a sturgeon is like reeling in a
sheet of plywood.  I beg to differ. This is one of
three jumps this 8ft. Sturgeon made. 

Walter Harris caught this 47lb Hanford king September of 2004.  Walter is quite possibly the luckiest human being on the planet.  Wally has a reputation for catching the big ones. His mother must have had a premonition when she named him.

Steve Huckey caught and released this 80 plus pound king
on the Kenai with Greg Brush of www.ezlimit.com

Here is Mark Hull's 1st place K&K Derby mackinaw.
The "HOG" weighed 25lbs. 4oz. and almost 41 inches long.

This 19.9 lb Steelhead was caught in
December of 2003 by Shane Walker

This 22.7 lb Clearwater Steelhead was caught in
November of 2003 by Thor Best.  This fish was
an amazing fight Thor opted to mount this HOG.

This Clearwater spring King was caught by Thor Best
in June of 2003 although kings can be much larger
this is a very large spring salmon which usually average
15 to 30 lbs.  Thor opted to mount this Reel Time HOG!!

This 20.01lb Clearwater Steelhead was caught by
Robert Bergevin in March of 2002.  Robert opted to mount
this Reel Time HOG!!

This 47lb Hanford Reach King was caught by Paul Bastian in
October of 2002. Toby thought this fish was a large Sturgeon the
whole time until he saw the red stripe down the side.

October of 2003 Albert Blaskovich 85 years young
smacked this 41 lb Hanford Reach king. Albert
said to Toby in 85 years that’s the biggest damn fish I have ever caught!!

Kevin Grimm AKA Bud landed this 40 lb Hanford Reach
King Salmon.  This fish just seemed to take his time
getting to the boat - he used his weight to prolong the battle.

Titus and Thunder nabbed this huge 10' 6" Snake
River Sturgeon. It took 3 guys an hour to land him.

Chuck Taylor AKA Big Alaska or Evil caught this
20 lb lake trout at Flathead lake in Montana.

Ray Walker caught this nice 19.9lb Clearwater Steelhead.  Ray has caught so many big fish he released this one to fight another day.