Pike 48.5in.
Brook Trout - 23in
Resident Brown - 24in
Lake run Brown - Over 10lbs, thing was a cow!!!!!!
Steelhead - 12lb range.
Laker - 22lbs.
Chinook - 28.5lbs
Walleye - 31in, over 10lbs.
Lew, I always remember my Dad having beer in the boat. Not so much that he'd be drunk (I've never seen him drunk) but he'd always have a few. I really didn't even think about it..
We used to do Algonquin Park in the spring when I was a little kid and he'd bring two beer balls (I'm sure you remember those) for a week!! lol!!
Jigs and half a shrimp for shore fishing. Used these in Florida and caught all kinds of crap on them..
http://docsgoofyjigs.com/default.aspx
We used 6lb braid with 20lb flouro leads and medium action spinning rods.. Bring extra line because if you hook into something really big, you'll be spooled.
I toss some pretty big streamers with a shorter (7'6) 5wt You don't need a 9wt to toss big stuff... It's not like your doing a lot of false casting anyhow, you're basically making a single back cast then punching that bugger in there..
I'll be the first to admit I like having a beer with lunch while I'm out fishing with the oldman. However this only occurs when we are way up north and in the middle of no where (Not like that makes it anymore legal). I rarely if ever bring beer with me fishing (Unless I'm on a flyin or similar)... I don't wanna know how much beer I consumed on our trip up to Eddies a few years ago.. It might have been a world record, lol!!!