Its fall chinook season here in the PNW and my local tributary's are producing some decent fish.
This fish I caught is 42 long x 27.5 girth and weighed 41 lbs. way above average which is 15 to 25 lb class and 28 to 36 in length. this fish took about 25 minutes to land and after several attempts I finally had it at my feet. Without having a net landing a fish of this size is pretty tough so I did the only thing I knew how, I dropped my rod in the water and dove on it.
This really is a fish of a lifetime and my personal best.
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I only caught one during my 5 years in Alaska, and it fought harder than silvers, reds, or pinks combined. I was a on a 65 foot boat and nobody else could fish on that side of the boat since it had me up and down the rail for about 15 minutes.
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Posts: 23960 | Location: Northern Suburbs of Houston | Registered: November 14, 2005
Originally posted by 41: So do you use a spey rod for catching the Chinook? I read somewhere that the salmon runs were way down due to low water conditions. Congratulations
No, level wind bait casting set up. The way most catch them here is cured salmon eggs under a bobber drifted thru the current in deeper holes. some do you spey rods, fly rods and spinning rods but not as common.
Awesome fish, congrats! The only thing we have around here that gets anywhere near that big are muskie, and I've never personally seen one. I'd love to go out west sometime and do some Salmon fishing.
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