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.

Thats not a fish...thats a whale! You'll never forget that story.

Impressive!

Nice, I bet you've already sampled how well it tastes!

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Incredible fish, congratulations.

Looks like a SCAR to me.

That's great. I'd jump on it, too.

What caliber hook did you use?

flashguy

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

Whoa! Awesome fish and good story.

Nice King! Congrats!

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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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.

flashguy 5/0

Nice one!! I've caught a few that big up on the west side of Vancouver Island, but not down around the Sound. What river were you fishing?

That's awesome. Congratulations.

It's a beautiful fish, I bet that was fun.

It's still salmon season for a couple days down here in the S.F. Bay Area. Doubt I'll get out.

Beautiful fish and a good fight!

You're set for the winter. Steaks, fillets and smoked!

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.

Nice Fish!

Chinook season, here in Colorado, usually means it's spring and the wind is blowing hard.

Fine catch! Wall mount or dinner?

Wow! I live up here and that is a monster!