What was the biggest fish you ever caught and what methods and bait did you use?

Question

What was the biggest fish you ever caught and what methods and bait did you use?

Answer 1

120 or so pound striped marlin, casting a live mackerel on 40 pound line. Fought it up to the boat, took a picture of it in the water, and let it go. But my 80 pound tuna pulled harder and took longer to land on the same tackle.

Answer 2

A 60 pound halibut. I used other fish as bait, some octopus, some bass, some squid.

Answer 3

21lb blue catfish rod and reel

I have cought larger on trot lines but thats not the same as fishing.