Dem be some big Dang Fishies

[lizardman_u]

been fishing in the river (from the bank) as the Salmon and Steelhead are running. from 02 Nov - 04 Nov I caught and kept five Coho Salmon 28-30 inches in length. helped pull a four foot Chinook Salmon out (had to release it as Chinook not legal to keep on that part of the river) and caught many Coho that were fun to fight but too far gone to keep and eat (the salmon come up the river spawn and die, they get to looking ugly and being inedible) was really fun, especially since they are the biggest freshwater fish I have caught. Oh yea, I am sore in the arms and shoulder blade area from fighting the monsters.:thumbup:

 

[Daniel Koster]

awesome....just guessing here...no pics?





reminds me of fishing out on the east coast and pulling in sharks and stingrays....man, looks like you had some fun.

 

[lizardman_u]

actually pics are at home and I am at work... not working as we don't have anything to do today, but I am, shall we say, occupying space.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

... but I am, shall we say, occupying space.

... and resting up for the whale-hunting next week.

 

[StuntDouble]

Dangit, someone has to post some fishing pics..I guess I will.

Those pics are all a few years old. Unfortunately I haven't worked on the boat in a while, so I haven't had the opportunity to take more.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

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Good God, that fish is enormous!

BTW, my dream job would be charter boat captain, as long as it paid enough to survive, or I was taking off summers from my current job to do it.

 

[StuntDouble]

silenthunter,

I think that black drum weighed between 70-80lbs. I don't remember exactly, as it's been quite a while. He actually got to go back in since our group had already caught their limit.

If you make enough to break even as a charter boat captain, you're doing pretty well. Unless you're one of the fortunate ones to inherit a boat. Truthfully, you'd probably do better working as a mate on a charter boat. On my good days I'd bring home better than $200 in tips. Of course, I was also working up to 15 hours a day, 7 days a week, so it evened out.

 

[lizardman_u]

sorry to resurect an older thread, and sorry that I don't have a picture (*sniff*), but Saturday 12 Nov 05 I caught a 41 inch King Chinook salmon, the monster weighed between 50 and 60 pounds (couldn't keep it so I am estimating the weight) it took me 30 minutes to get this bad boy in, he made three trips up and down the river, almost broke my reel (a mitchell 300x, which was too light weight for anything over 20-25 pounds) I caught it on an Ugly stick 8.5 foot medium weight rod using 10 pound test Maxima line (the Chameleon varriety of their line as they make 4 or 5 idfferent types of line). As Chinook are not legal to keep on the Umatilla River in North Eastern Oregon I let the fish go (took 5 minutes to revive him so he would swim away), went home, put in my big girl panties and cried.

I was carrying and using my SAK mechanic model, my CRKT M16-14T, and an old imperial fishermans knife (slipjoint) the one that has a single cutting blade, a hook remover/descaler and on the handle a hook sharpener.

I was sore for two days after landing this monster.