I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
My very first king ever!
Battling my second king, most hook ups lasted 15 minutes or so…..
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Me battling to lift them!
Got them up!
The days catch!
saw1
Loc: nor cal Windsor
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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Wow Denny what beautiful Kings. They are the best salmon to catch I think. But I've never fished for much other kind here in California.
Thanks for the wonderful pics.
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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Oh my, looks like you boys had one grand time and scenery to boot.
flyguy
Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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Oh!!!! What a day, 40. It is hard to beat the trip you were on, and thanks for sharing the trip with us. Have a good day today.
Great day guys, congrats!
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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What a wonderful trip. One you will remember for a long time. Great pictures and video. Congratulations.
Were bears ever an issue?
Thanks for sharing your photos with us.
Great trip and beautiful pictures. Thank you.
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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Awesome catching, and beautiful Salmon Denny. That's a great way to end your adventure. Thanks for taking us along.
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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That's awesome man, who'd think about that little hook setup. Looks like a great time with a wild lookin bunch there 🤪. Glad I didn't see know bears 🤗. Have a safe trip home 👍
40GRIT wrote:
I thought we had 2 more days left of fishing on my last post, but alas only one…… but what a difference a day makes. Went down to the same spot, about a 1 mile hike, 1/2 mile of boardwalk and another 1/2 of river shore hiking. Again it was low tide and just a few people were fishing (roe) near the spot we wanted to fish. The fish were “boiling” but the existing anglers had nothing to show for it. An angler, not of our group, walked down with us and set up his fly rod and within minutes was on. He fought the fish for 30 minutes and about 100 yards of river before finally landing it, wow, exciting to watch, and a beautiful 32” 20 lb King.
He and I were fishing a little up stream from my group, and he continuously kept hooking up. After he landed his second fish and was preparing to leave, we all asked what he was using, and since we helped him land/net his fish he obliged and showed us, even gave me a couple of the hooks with artificial eggs so I could make up my own set up albeit on a spinning rod vs a fly rod. He stuck around for a bit and watched me hook up and land 2 fish, both around the 34” length and 20 lb. range. The hooks were so small, not sure of the size, but more like something I would use for pan fish rather than the behemoth kings we were targeting. Just goes to show sometimes less is more.
As the morning progressed and the tide rose, the fish began to churn the water at the rapids about 100 yards downstream and coming up, the excitement was palpable, we all were hooking up with various set-ups from spinners to roe on fly rods, but the best set up was what Russell (the kind young man who showed us/me) was using.
In the end we landed 9 fish total, all over 30”, max was 38” 22 lbs. and all others averaged 32” and around 20 lbs. The limit is 2 @ 28” or under and 2 over 28” per person, and we fish as a group, we all pull our lines out when someone hooks up and jump in to help land/net the fish…… so I’ll let you figure out who caught how many each (see pics). I know that I batted 1000 this day, every fish I hooked was landed, as my brother in law says “I’d rather be lucky than good”!
We floated the fish the first 1/2 mile upstream, took photos, then backpacked the fish a 1/2 mile on the boardwalk. Was a workout to say the least. Just an exciting and beautiful day and trip all around!
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Great narrative and beautiful photos Denny ! Thanks so much for sharing your outstanding vacation with us !👍🤙🤙
saw1 wrote:
Wow Denny what beautiful Kings. They are the best salmon to catch I think. But I've never fished for much other kind here in California.
Thanks for the wonderful pics.
Thanks Steve, it was a fantastic end to the trip.
Jarheadfishnfool wrote:
Great narrative and beautiful photos Denny ! Thanks so much for sharing your outstanding vacation with us !👍🤙🤙
Thanks Bobby, the pleasure was all mine brother!
Whitey wrote:
That's awesome man, who'd think about that little hook setup. Looks like a great time with a wild lookin bunch there 🤪. Glad I didn't see know bears 🤗. Have a safe trip home 👍
Thanks Whitey! No bears sited at all, plenty of eagles, a handful of moose and surprisingly few mosquitoes and no see ems. That hook/leader set up shocked us all.
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