Gigantic Salmon Found in California River

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STEELYS MANFISH
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 12:07:27 (permalink)
So THATS WHAT WAS ON THE END OF MY LINE!!!! SNNAAAPPPPPP!! I couldnt see it but knew it was big. If only I landed that fishy.
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 12:37:29 (permalink)
ya id say... that fish is massive, and the sad thing is it might not of been the biggest in CA... the arcticle says that the alaskan record is 97 lbs... i couldnt imagine catching a salmon that big.

For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught, not even how he has caught them, but what he has caught when he has caught no fish."
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 12:53:24 (permalink)
Thats what snapped me off at the One Fly and took me out of the Tourny! Did it have a P-Flash Minnow in its mouth.... Its amazing how far they can travel in a short amount of time.(From Erie to CALI) WOW
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 12:55:45 (permalink)
you still would have lost  it was just over 51"
 
could have got largest fish though!
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 13:39:30 (permalink)
Has anybody fished out west or in Ak for the BIG kings ? I got a 25lber out of NY, which is common, but never dreamed of one like that beast, would love to hear the stories if you got a massive one.
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 14:56:51 (permalink)
ORIGINAL: Cold


Just felt this was appropriate!


 
That's perfect for this site! 
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 15:10:21 (permalink)
ORIGINAL: JEB

Has anybody fished out west or in Ak for the BIG kings ? I got a 25lber out of NY, which is common, but never dreamed of one like that beast, would love to hear the stories if you got a massive one.

 
I did the clackamas and sandy last Sept (outside of portland)
no scale
no way to keep them as I was on an extended trip for work and still had 2 stops before I cam home
got a few nice pictures
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/07 16:50:54 (permalink)
ORIGINAL: KJH807

ORIGINAL: JEB

Has anybody fished out west or in Ak for the BIG kings ? I got a 25lber out of NY, which is common, but never dreamed of one like that beast, would love to hear the stories if you got a massive one.


I did the clackamas and sandy last Sept (outside of portland)
no scale
no way to keep them as I was on an extended trip for work and still had 2 stops before I cam home
got a few nice pictures

 
Please post the pics
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/09 18:40:15 (permalink)
I lived in Alaska for four years (91-95) and was back up last summer for acouple weeks, this is truely a big king.  How it ended up in California and not the Kenai river is beyond me. The biggest king that I have caught was 42Lbs.   I can't imagine this fish weighing as much as they say it does but it is a big fish.  You guys think these steelies are fun, hook into a big ole king in a creek like Elk and hold on.   God Bless..  
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/09 20:35:22 (permalink)

ORIGINAL: AKKingBuster

I lived in Alaska for four years (91-95) and was back up last summer for acouple weeks, this is truely a big king.  How it ended up in California and not the Kenai river is beyond me. The biggest king that I have caught was 42Lbs.   I can't imagine this fish weighing as much as they say it does but it is a big fish.  You guys think these steelies are fun, hook into a big ole king in a creek like Elk and hold on.   God Bless..  



"...hook into a big ole king in a creek like Elk and hold on.", you mean when they are way upstream, and all red, ready to spawn? Yea, thats deffinitely not a good time to be targeting Kings?
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/10 17:45:53 (permalink)
Your right it isn't, there is nothing like catching them fresh out of the salt when they still have sea lice on them and as chrome as a bumber on a 55 chevy.   They are so much better to eat then also.  Pacific salmon unlike the steelies of Erie die after they spawn.  It is a slow drawn out process of literally rottingto death.  But oh I can't wait to head back north to see Sarah and hook into a monster.   Heck I'd even settle for a 6 or 7 lb humpy.
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/11 00:45:28 (permalink)
Thats part of what I was getting at KingBuster, but targeting spawning fish way upriver is seriously detrimental to their spawning success rate.
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/11 13:08:21 (permalink)
For starters where did I say anything about fishing for spawning fish?  All I said was imagine what it would be like to hook into a big ole King in a creek like Elk referring to the size of alot of the streams you fish in ALaska.  Where do you think they fish for King's in Alaska or even New York?  It is not in the salt, it is in the tribs, just as we do in Erie.  You are  right though we shouldn't be targeting fish that are spawning.  Believe it or not there are several runs of Kings and silvers in Alaska that are maintained by stocked fingerlings just to keep them in existance.  We all need to take this into consideration with the steelhead of Erie. Yes it is nice to catch fish, but it is even nicer to have fish to try and catch.  Just talk to the folks on the west coast.  I have lived there also. It is ashame that those runs have been lost.   
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RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/11 13:23:20 (permalink)
If you have never tried it you should try the kings out on lake ontario. LINE RIPPERS!
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