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[elkhunter1]

It's been awhile since I've posted anything But I was on the river Thursday night through Sunday morning. Fished up towards the washout. Hooked into one about 8:00am Friday morning. I was fishing with my 6 year old and I wasn't expecting anything from all the information I gathered from other anglers and here on the board. Needless to say the net was still collasped down when the fish hit. I yelled for Canyon to get the net and he even extended it out and tried to net the fish the first time I had it to the bank but it wasn't done yet and took off like it was shot out of a shotgun. I also saw it was a hatchery and I knew I could keep it if I could land it. The second time I had it to the bank I tried to net it but the net spun on it's handle. Canyon had extended it but didn't know how to lock it in place so the fish took off again. The third time I was able to net the fish with the handle not locked down. The fish is the first salmon I've caught out of a river and I have tried before without success so it was pretty exciting for both of us. It was 33 inchs long and I'm guessing around 12 to 15 pounds. I guess the fish had my name on it after that comedy of errors. After 40 minutes of cleaning and taking pictures I went to fishing again and hooked another. This thing fought harder than the first one and after a few minutes it threw the hook.
I never got another hit the rest of the time I was there but I learned that a pod had moved threw and I was just lucky to be in the right spot at the right time. Sat. very few fish were caught and the fisherman that I talked to said very few moved up. Everybody reported including F.G. that we were still a week out. River is very fishable and clear. I know of 5 fish that were caught during the time I was there.

Hope this helps.
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