slabdaddy
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Memories for a Lifetime
 9lb 14oz  25lb 4oz Coho  Look at that hook jaw!  Epic day!  Warning: Too much fun may inspire goofiness!  Drew and I each caught a 9lb 14 oz brown!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/21 13:52:06
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Nice fish. Worth the wait!!..WF
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/21 14:28:09
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Yep. This whole trip cost me less than $50. The gas was $60 split 3 ways (my share was $20), the license $15, so that's $35, and then I had to buy some food and drink. Bait was provided and lodging too. It's great to have friends. This trip was a dream come true. I never thought it would happen.
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/22 06:07:46
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Slabdaddy, nice fish!!! That coho is a trophy!!!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/22 06:39:08
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Sounds like you hit it just right.
Goofy is good under the right circumstances and those seem right.
Great fishing with great friends=EPIC!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/22 07:32:52
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I'm heading up tonight for 4 days! Slab, Looks like Sandy but i could be wrong? We are headed to oak. .. word on the street is.. fish on ;)
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/22 08:43:55
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dimebrite
Slabdaddy, nice fish!!! That coho is a trophy!!!
I didn't even know what kind of fish it was until 2 hrs after I caught it! LOL! I had no idea how big it was either until a couple of natives saw it on my stringer and said, "Holy crap! That's the biggest coho I've ever seen! I've been fishing for 30 years and never seen one that big! Hey Joe! Come over here and see the size of this coho that this guy caught!" LOL! Too bad I couldn't afford to get it mounted. I loved that hooked jaw!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/22 08:48:46
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twobob
Sounds like you hit it just right.
Goofy is good under the right circumstances and those seem right.
Great fishing with great friends=EPIC!
You are absolutely right on all three counts! The fish weren't there the day before. They started running the very day that I got there. It was the first salmon run I've ever seen. It was amazing! I saw thousands of fish. You'd look downstream and see a 10" wave coming UPSTREAM! I just stood there like a fool for a minute watching them until by buddy poked me with his fishing rod and said, "Don't just stand there drooling! Catch some fish!" The goofy grin covered my face and stayed there for the rest of the day. I'll never forget this trip if I live to be 100. Amazing. You guys that live up there are truly lucky. I'm going to do everything I can to make this a yearly trip, even if I have to sell a kidney. LOL!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/22 20:26:05
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My buddy just got back from another trip up there. He caught a 20lb brown and an atlantic salmon. Those were the trophies. He caught a TON of browns. The smallest he saw caught by anyone all weekend was over 8lb.
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/23 07:15:27
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Slab that is one badass Coho ...sweet fish man!!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/23 20:52:58
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Thanks Blue! It was fun to crank in. Took me a while. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl when I saw that bad boy finally in a net!
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/23 22:14:55
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i just got back on sunday from up there ... i caught bout 30+ fish in the mouth eman if your fishing up at the dam give me a pm and i can give some darn good advice ... i hammered up there by the falls on thursday morning ...
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/23 22:21:45
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slab what day was that ... we were on sandy at the second bridge on friday and saturday. friday it was crazy watching all the kings come up into the transition holes ... the close to evening it got the more common it was to have anywhere from 5 to 20 kings in front of you ... this year was so good that we didnt fish the last day because we had a blast the first 4 days ... arms were just to sore lol ... and luckily well be going back in two weeks hopefully after our rut bucks are on the ground ... thats when its said the real brown fishing is
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/24 10:00:30
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Smally, that would have been October 6. It was a Saturday. We were at the second bridge also. And yes, it was like that for us too. I was seeing pods of 5-100 fish come through at a time, maybe spaced 1-3 minutes apart. I can't even guess as to how many kings I landed. I definitely understand having sore arms after 4 days of it. The browns are in now. In a BIG way. I hope they are still there when you go back. Let me know.
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/24 16:34:24
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Slab that looks like an awesome trip! Congrats!
I have wanted to get up to NY and try my luck at some kings for several years now, just hasn't worked out. Maybe next year.
Anyway congrats again on what looks and sounds like an incredible trip.
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/24 19:35:44
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I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/25 10:17:08
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Thanks guys! It was a lot of fun. I can't remember smiling so much. I probably haven't been that proud of a catch/kill since I dropped my black bear in 2001. It really is something special to have a dream come true like that.
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/25 19:02:44
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Great fish that's what's it all about
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Re:Memories for a Lifetime
2012/10/26 11:11:29
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Thank you. I had a blast. I'm already dreaming about next year!
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