Kens KIng

gstours · April 28, 2018, 03:53:01 PM

My friend Ken went with me and I got to net his fish. Its a dandy. we were trolling in about 35 feet of water with a Blue Chrome King Kandy and Ka poww!

Gman_WC · April 28, 2018, 04:21:58 PM

Congrats to big Ken!
Gary, do you catch any small fish on your boat?
You always have nice ones.

Hope this is the start of a good year for you.

-gary

Alto Mare · April 28, 2018, 04:34:59 PM

Nice fish...way to go Ken! It's about time someone gets a better catch than the Captain

Bill B · April 28, 2018, 07:21:03 PM

Congrats Ken....good fish...Bill

David Hall · April 29, 2018, 01:55:59 AM

Hey those are some large fish you're catching it even looks big with Ken holding it. Glad to see he's back on the water. I managed to get out last Saturday, got a rookie his first fish and one for me too!

gstours · April 29, 2018, 03:20:51 AM

Thanks for the reply s , Ken is a good deck hand. He always says let me lift the cooler ! Weather is improving up here. Breezy afternoon. BBQ time.🙋‍♂️
Glad you got a nice one Dave and love the blue sky over your Smile 😊. Were you using your down rigger?
I love the smell of these fish in the boat 🚣‍♀️. Thanks 🙏

David Hall · April 29, 2018, 03:55:28 AM

I was using my downrigger and caught it on this.
One of my own ties, that makes six fish on the boat this year, all caught on this Same hootchie pattern.
We're fishing other rigs just not catching on anything else so I'm sticking with it.
The hooks are drawn out so you can see it's a double 6/0 barbless snell. The trailer rides rite just inside the tail. Had one chew off the trailer and landed him on the forward hook.

Maxed Out · April 29, 2018, 06:45:19 AM

Very nice king Gary. Chrome from head to toe

David I love fishing the hootchies. Your blue setup looks like it has a bucktail fly underneath. How far behind the flasher are you running ??

gstours · April 29, 2018, 02:42:34 PM

Thanks for the pictures and smiles. Nice looking fish and great food. mmmmm!

Hootchys are the good ol standby for sure.
Is the insert on the blue hootchy a Dave project? The fish like the crystal flash too! Nice.
Below is my other friend Deano with a winter one we got. mmmmmmmmmm.

This one hit a trolled whole herring. Sure was welcome. Keep the pictures coming folks.

Alto Mare · April 30, 2018, 12:06:08 AM

Yes sir...keep'em coming.

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Nice fish Dave!

akfish · April 30, 2018, 01:18:01 AM

Is king salmon fishing open around Gustavus? It's closed over here in Juneau...

gstours · April 30, 2018, 03:03:55 AM

Mr. Ak. Nope not as this post. Last year yes , Was slow, but we could keep a fish. Ak f& g saying your area may open in June for terminal area bubbles , Ie .... hatchery areas. We got closed here April first 😖

David Hall · April 30, 2018, 04:33:33 AM

I'm running roughly 5' behind the flasher. It's nasically just a blue squid skirt over one of those fancy flashabou inserts I'd have to look up the manufacturer, then I got a little piece of a straw in the body of the squid that I can squirt full of scent oil. Hasn't seem to matter wether it's got oil in it or not though. It's just weird that all the fish caught on my boat this year have come on this rig. Nothing on bait or spoons yet. I'm no purist bit I will stick with somethig that's working.

gstours · April 30, 2018, 03:08:06 PM

I wish we could figgure out what they like Dave. When I put on my green shirt and blue jeans the good wife says no

I always use a scent too. Foe Coho,s here we use a small pc of a fileted herring on the forward hook. Its just what they do here.
Keep going and always have a spare hotty lure where you can find it. Heres another from the past.

Maxed Out · April 30, 2018, 05:05:18 PM

I catch lots of salmon and never use scent.

Scent is just to mask non natural odors. I use "Secret Suds" to keep my gear super clean and free of any deturrent odors that turn fish away. It works many times better than any scent.

I used to swear by scenting my lures, but haven't used scent for about 10 years and will never go back to using scent