12-03-2006, 05:55 PM
[unimpressed] Those big Kings are usually caught from a Drift Boat.
There is no such thing as 97 Lb Salmon fishing gear.
Usually we used 20-30Lb test line.
So you have to be able to chase the big ones.
The guides pull up the Anchor when the fish goes down stream and drift along with him.
When the Fish finally makes his last dash toward the Up stream spawning grounds he was headed for initially, the guide will skid the drift boat over to the bank and try to reach an Eddy so he can row up-stream to stay with the fish. Sometimes that works.
The Raw horsepower in a big fish like that will flat out amaze a person.
Your fishing for Fun, not for meat.
when you've set the hook, and you think you might have a chance to boat him, you stay with it.
But when it feels like you've hooked onto the back end of somebody's Pickup Truck, you know it's gonna take a long time, so they just break it off and go after another one.
Out with my Grandson, when he hooked into a good one. We stayed with it. Just me and him in the boat, and I wasn't about to make him give up that fish.
When we finally got it to the Boat, It had Seven of those Expensive Spoon Rig's stuck in his jaw and two bare Hooks with long leaders.
He was dragging some serious hardware with him.
My Grandson called him "the money Fish"
When I left, the limit was 2 Kings. There's a very long
story behind that too.
Over in the western drainages of the Big Susitna River it's "Catch and release only" in most of the popular rivers. Those you have to ride an Air boat or Jet boat for 30 to 60 miles.
So I fished for Red's (Sockeye) most of the time. The limit was Six per day.
They dont eat at all in the Rivers, but for some reason they will hit a fly. Or a reasonable facsimilie therof. They will hit a bare hook with some Red, Yellow or Green Yarn tied on at the Eye just about as well. The secret is getting that Hook to the Bottom and in a place where the Red's are running.
There is NO better eating fish than a Red.
Nothing in this world smokes better or Fries better or Bakes better than a Red.
The absolute best way to enjoy a Red is to eat it right on the Bank.
It's done the "Back log method" at a campfire and he's skewered on some Willow sticks.
I have stories!!!!
PS: Even though I have new PC, I cant get any down streamed things. They come in little short blurbs. Too much trouble to deal with.
Besides, I lived there and did all that. I have memories.
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There is no such thing as 97 Lb Salmon fishing gear.
Usually we used 20-30Lb test line.
So you have to be able to chase the big ones.
The guides pull up the Anchor when the fish goes down stream and drift along with him.
When the Fish finally makes his last dash toward the Up stream spawning grounds he was headed for initially, the guide will skid the drift boat over to the bank and try to reach an Eddy so he can row up-stream to stay with the fish. Sometimes that works.
The Raw horsepower in a big fish like that will flat out amaze a person.
Your fishing for Fun, not for meat.
when you've set the hook, and you think you might have a chance to boat him, you stay with it.
But when it feels like you've hooked onto the back end of somebody's Pickup Truck, you know it's gonna take a long time, so they just break it off and go after another one.
Out with my Grandson, when he hooked into a good one. We stayed with it. Just me and him in the boat, and I wasn't about to make him give up that fish.
When we finally got it to the Boat, It had Seven of those Expensive Spoon Rig's stuck in his jaw and two bare Hooks with long leaders.
He was dragging some serious hardware with him.
My Grandson called him "the money Fish"
When I left, the limit was 2 Kings. There's a very long
story behind that too. Over in the western drainages of the Big Susitna River it's "Catch and release only" in most of the popular rivers. Those you have to ride an Air boat or Jet boat for 30 to 60 miles.
So I fished for Red's (Sockeye) most of the time. The limit was Six per day.
They dont eat at all in the Rivers, but for some reason they will hit a fly. Or a reasonable facsimilie therof. They will hit a bare hook with some Red, Yellow or Green Yarn tied on at the Eye just about as well. The secret is getting that Hook to the Bottom and in a place where the Red's are running.
There is NO better eating fish than a Red.
Nothing in this world smokes better or Fries better or Bakes better than a Red.
The absolute best way to enjoy a Red is to eat it right on the Bank.
It's done the "Back log method" at a campfire and he's skewered on some Willow sticks.
I have stories!!!!
PS: Even though I have new PC, I cant get any down streamed things. They come in little short blurbs. Too much trouble to deal with.
Besides, I lived there and did all that. I have memories.
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