Gigantic Salmon Found in California River

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2008/11/05 16:04:13 (permalink)

Gigantic Salmon Found in California River

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/nov/04/07/
 
This one is a big !
 
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    flyfishermanPA
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:07:00 (permalink)
    Measuring in at 51 inches - 4 1/4 feet - long, the male salmon was likely five to six years old, Killam said. Scientists used the salmon's girth and length to come up with their estimate of 85 pounds - and that's dead
     
    What a fish!
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:07:05 (permalink)
    yikes
     
     
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:10:38 (permalink)
    That's a beast.  Wish he'd hold it right, though.  Drives me nuts....fish held at a distance for a photo.  This fish didn't need it, unless it smelled to high heaven
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:10:44 (permalink)
    That's one BIG fish,too bad it was n't hooked up before it died.
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:11:25 (permalink)
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:12:23 (permalink)
    Look at the eye socket.  It's way bigger than that guy's eye socket.
     
     
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:22:28 (permalink)
    sMal duUd
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:23:30 (permalink)
    looks fake... notice the white line
    probably photoshopped
     
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:25:16 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: KJH807

    looks fake... notice the white line
    probably photoshopped


     
    I was just about to post the same thing lol
     
    love the sarcasm!
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:34:03 (permalink)
    I agree... looks fake!
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:34:54 (permalink)
    i doubt that dude could hold that fish the way he is with his arms extended like that and all. 80 some lbs holding it like that? nope. just can't believe it.

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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:41:59 (permalink)
    I join the memorex column.
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 16:45:44 (permalink)
    it looks exactly like the pic someone threw up like 2yr ago of the dude holding the fish pillow in the chutes with the ipod.....
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 17:00:49 (permalink)

    "If you kill it, eat it. If you eat it, cook it right."
    -Steve Rinella
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 17:02:19 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: kyler16



     
    haha
     
    Nice Feesh!
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 17:06:26 (permalink)
    hahaha
     
    nice pull... impressed on how fast that was posted
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 17:12:36 (permalink)
    my friend tagged my name on that photo on his face book so now every time im fishing with him and his friends from clarion they  refer to me as the guy with the pillow fish and its not even me lol 

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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 17:33:58 (permalink)
    Can't see the pillow pic, just a red X.
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 17:53:00 (permalink)
    Here some more record Chinook Salmon pics...I looked into the article some and it looks to be legit from a legitimate Newspaper.  I have to admit though, the one above sure looks abnormal! 



    post edited by ShutUpNFish - 2008/11/05 17:54:49

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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 19:11:58 (permalink)

    Just felt this was appropriate!
    post edited by Cold - 2008/11/05 19:12:26
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 19:27:50 (permalink)
    Thats definately real, thats huge. Imagine the fight if you hooked in that monster.
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 19:29:19 (permalink)
     i spoke to a warden and a fish biologist in Canada, and they both confirmed 3 years ago 3 salmon were test netted in Ontario, and they were 75+ pounds i forget the oz they were tagged /weight/ and finned to get DNA and released back into the water ,i have to believe them for the fact ,i spoke to them at different times and the same story no different takes on it
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/05 19:47:18 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: steelheadman28

    Thats definately real, thats huge. Imagine the fight if you hooked in that monster.

     
    YOU THINK 4LB AND A NOODLE ROD WOULD DO !
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 08:02:48 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: JEB

    ORIGINAL: steelheadman28

    Thats definately real, thats huge. Imagine the fight if you hooked in that monster.


    YOU THINK 4LB AND A NOODLE ROD WOULD DO !

     
     
    only if your using floro....4lb berkley vanish
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 08:38:21 (permalink)
    Would like to see that beast in the stop sign hole bet he would tangle a bunch of lines lol.

    Quit ****ing and take a kid fishing !!
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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 08:51:43 (permalink)
    would he fit in the stop sign hole???

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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 10:06:24 (permalink)
    Super tool strikes again!!!


    SMaLl DUud

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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 11:06:18 (permalink)
    WOW!!! you i couldnt afford to mount that fish.. MONSTER

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    RE: Gigantic Salmon Found in California River 2008/11/06 11:27:44 (permalink)
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    WOW!!! you i couldnt afford to mount that fish.. MONSTER

     
    At home, we got a taxidermie man, he gunna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him! hahaha!!!
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