The fishing thread

[deadheadskier]

always been catch and release for the most part myself. Bet I've kept 10 total in my life and that was more at the urging of the company I was fishing with. I just assume throw em' back and catch em' again another day when they're bigger.

[Cannonball]

I do keep a few every year. Generally speaking though, the last thing I want to have to do after a day of fishing is clean fish.

That's funny. Different strokes I guess. For me, it isn't a day of fishing if you don't get the chance to go from this....



to this....

[deadheadskier]

what kind of fish is that? Halibut?

[JimG.]

what kind of fish is that? Halibut?

Fluke?

It is certainly big enough to be a Halibut though.

[Cannonball]

Fluke?

It is certainly big enough to be a Halibut though.

Halibut. From AK.

[JimG.]

Halibut. From AK.

Nice.

Would love to take a trip there one day. Being a freshwater guy I'd of course spend all of my time flyfishing for big salmon. My brother-in-law went there and came home with pics of 50+ pound King salmon he caught on flys.

[deadheadskier]

Legendary bartender friend of mine in Stowe, VT, "Chief" used to go out to fish for Kings every summer. One summer he said screw it and didn't come back.

[Cannonball]

Nice.

Would love to take a trip there one day. Being a freshwater guy I'd of course spend all of my time flyfishing for big salmon. My brother-in-law went there and came home with pics of 50+ pound King salmon he caught on flys.

Very cool. I've been up there for a few vacations (heli-ski). But mostly I've spent a lot of time working up there. Those pics are from a research cruise I was on in Prince William Sound. With nearly 24-hour daylight, we had tons of free time to fish. Mostly we were stuck on the ship in deep water so we fished for halibut and rock fish. But we did manage to hike in for some pinks and reds too (no Kings unfortunately). I think a brought home 80-100lbs of fish every time I went up.

To me, this 'Kings and Corn' trip is about as good as it gets...http://www.chugachpowderguides.com/kingsandcorn.html

[JimG.]

To me, this 'Kings and Corn' trip is about as good as it gets...http://www.chugachpowderguides.com/kingsandcorn.html

Oh yeah! Throw in some whitewater rafting and I might never come back home.

[Cannonball]

Oh yeah! Throw in some whitewater rafting and I might never come back home.

See ya!

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