12-04-2006, 04:11 AM
[crazy]I Hooked a King in the Salt water off Deep Creek while trying to impress somebody with my Fenwick #9.
I say I hooked him, and got him near enough to the boat to verify it was a King, but in the end I lost my fly and part of the leader.
That's just too much fish in too much open water for a light rig to haul in. Trying to hold a bit of tension with two fingers is good for some burnt skin too.
Then if your able to lift him in a little for some slack line, you just cant reel the slack in fast enough with that fly reel. (Phluger 1495)
It was a 30-40 Lb fish. We call them "Punkin seeds" because they feed up pretty good on Herring and gain a heckuva lot of weight while they are waiting for conditions to lure them Up-stream to the Spawning grounds.
The next time Your Sis/Bro in law invite you back to Alaska, go in August and fish for Silvers over in the Seward area.
Trying to catch a Silver on that #9 was a little like trying to hold onto a Scalded Dog with a piece of Spaghetti.
All Salmon pass through the Salt water in different places and depths.
BUT... All the Salmon that go up the same streams, all pass through the same places.
So, when you find those places, you'll find thousands of other fishermen.
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I say I hooked him, and got him near enough to the boat to verify it was a King, but in the end I lost my fly and part of the leader.
That's just too much fish in too much open water for a light rig to haul in. Trying to hold a bit of tension with two fingers is good for some burnt skin too.
Then if your able to lift him in a little for some slack line, you just cant reel the slack in fast enough with that fly reel. (Phluger 1495)
It was a 30-40 Lb fish. We call them "Punkin seeds" because they feed up pretty good on Herring and gain a heckuva lot of weight while they are waiting for conditions to lure them Up-stream to the Spawning grounds.
The next time Your Sis/Bro in law invite you back to Alaska, go in August and fish for Silvers over in the Seward area.
Trying to catch a Silver on that #9 was a little like trying to hold onto a Scalded Dog with a piece of Spaghetti.
All Salmon pass through the Salt water in different places and depths.
BUT... All the Salmon that go up the same streams, all pass through the same places.
So, when you find those places, you'll find thousands of other fishermen.
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