What lake did you catch it at?
Maybe you need to start using Surf rods..lol..
Nice fish
I lived there 20 years 5 minutes from the Kenai river.
Always loved the third week in July til end of August fishing the reds...I still think they are the best eating Salmon of all. Managed to never do dipnetting though...to much work cleaning fish...lol
Halibut ain't bad either
Alaska is truly a remarkable place for sport fishing.
And hunting to for the residents. I got caribou on hunts and I'm here to tell ya the hamburger is better than beef.
I was fortunate enough to live there 20 years. Just 5 minutes from the Famous Kenai river and did some unsolicited guiding on the river for Sockeye , rainbow and Dolly varden.
I have many but my most memorable one was in Alaska when I lived there.
Did a fly out trip to fish rainbows in a small river...almost stream size.
There were 5 of us and a guide. We landed ,got ourselves geared up to fly fish, got on the raft and started down the stream. We'd stop every now and then on good areas and wade walk the banks fly fishing for Rainbow trout and Dolly varden. We all caught fish... I was leading group while fishing and came across an island mid-stream...I waded out to it and started fishing whe everyone else kept moving down stream with the raft and guide. I stayed there about 30 minutes and wS watching a black bear and her 2 cubs on the other side of the river. We were warned about bears in the area and knew our guide had the bear gun in the raft so I wasn't to concerned as I had been around bears in the wild before.
For some reason unknown to me at the time, the hair on the back of my neck rose and I felt like something was wrong.
I slowly turned around and on this 2' cliff above the bank about 40' from me was the largest brown bear I've ever seen. He was staring at me and scratching the ground like a bull in a bull fight..I just thought to myself Oh Sht...then he started clackin his jaws together..at this point I figured I was his lunch..
I knew never to look in a bears eyes and held my rod just as high and wide as I could and slowly backed across steam to the other bank. I kept backing down the bank about 75 feet from where I was on the island. The bear stood up on his back feet and stared at me for about 3 minutes then dropped down on all fours and came down the bank to the island while all the time eyeballing me. He decided I was no threat and took a left to go down stream from me. It's then when I started breathing again.
He hot about 30 ft. Off the island and sat right down in the middle of the stream. I concluded that I was in his way to his fishing spot and he didn't want me there. I managed to get my shaky butt up and back down the bank I was on about 50 feet still watchin him to make sure he'd stay where he was.
I heard a loud voice yelling at me from upstream.
The guide was yelling for me to turn around and look. I had forgot about the black bear and her cubs and they where about 40 yards from me...oh crap...here we go again..so slowly crossing the stream I got down to where the raft was...and stayed real close to it the rest of the trip.
I'm still surprised to this day that I had clean britches after that trip.
I was also glad I'd done some previous reading on how to survive in bear country as I did alot of back country hiking in my 20 years up there.
This is a true story..I'm now 70 years old and surprised u made it thru the 20 years there...lol
I'm in agreement with JB.
If you have limited time to fish and want to have the chance to catch some then try FFS.
I have almost the minimum equipment in Garmin line with livescope. The head unit also has side scan and clearvu and traditional sonar. I use these as much as livescope.
They will only help you find the fish...but you still have to get them to bite. When they ain't hungry that can be a chore...
I love being in my boat floating around like a bobber enjoying the day as well as its all part of my fishing trip.
By the way...I'm 70 years old so I know of all the sonar option going back to the 60's and still have the 2 flashers that came on my Skeeter...
Just sayin...if ya got use it...if ya don't don't knock it until you try it.
I had same problem so I cleaned glass real good and installed glass screen protectors from Precsion glass...it seems easier to clean plus I have screen glass protection from lures and jigs hitting them.
Sometimes we get a little wild with hook sets lol
I put 2 ionic 50ah to work on my Trolling motor as it's 24 volt. It really depends on how much you troll and at what speed and whether or not you use spot lock.
I rarely use higher speeds on my Ultrex with spot lock..I get Bout 14 hours and still have charge left over..
They do say not to draw them down too far so I charge mine depending on what my Bluetooth charge says..and whether or not I'm fishing multiple days. I do my 32ah on my livesvope the same.
I don't use the Xtra heavy at all...med and medium heavy...I feel like I get better lure action and Med Heavy I've found to be ok on my jig sets.
Not at all...give me a reason to buy new rod..lol
Was that at Lake Fork?
It does still exist...it's been on a rebound since they drew lake down 6 ft to fix the damn...
It s been slow for me because I can't get down there enough...been busy on the farm but this year will be different.
It's still getting grass and weed growth around shore lines but still has good fish in it...
If I was coming from out of state I'd hire a guide for my 1st day on water...that will help your fishing for rest of your time on the water
Please let me know when you find some...I've been on 3 half day trips and only caught a couple small bass which is what I target
I've been following your catchs at Fork..as a 35 year veteran of the lake...it's good to see good fish being caught..
I have a Skeeter and put an Ultrex on it...mount holes were same as motorguide I took off so I just put it on in existing holes. It over hangs front just like the motorguide. I found out depth of my trailer in the water was reason mine was hitting. I started just backing trailer in far enough to drive on trailer then power it on and it doesn't hit...I I'm too deep with trailer it will..angle of boat ramp also dictates how deep I back in..