Heres some pictures from yesterdays adventure on the saltchuck. As I had been awau from home for a few months it was especially great to fish again.
The day seemed promising as the morning was cloudy and thats in our favor.
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One of my plans was to retest my hotrodded Jigmaster this time on some trolling for King Salmon
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We were trolling around a rocky point and saw some bald eagles on the rocks watching and waiting.
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It wasn,t too long before we had the first fish on .
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Whenever the skunk is out of the boat everything seems better, so we went back to work.
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the Jigmaster worked great, as its a great little reel, a classic for sure.
after a while I got a fish on, and it stayed hooked.
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these are beautiful fish. wild , native, tasty, all good for you as well.
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Later I found another pulling out my line, so I reeled it in, as shown below.
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The day seemed to go fast, and ended well. Overall it was fun, work, and we were tired, but it was all worthwile.
I hope you can enjoy these pictures and relive some of your adventures, or get out and do something similar, as you only go around once. Get outdoors and enjoy yourself. gst.
sorrry again on the mixed up pictures. the eagles are out of place. so here they are now. thanks. photobucket grrrr!
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heres another eagle shot on the point described earlier.
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THANKS, ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR PICTURES.
DAVE
Always a great report Gary, thanks!
Sal
Some beautiful pictures and nice fish.
Joe
good morning gary great pictures and great fish, the picture of the mountains with the snow caps was really picturesque, the eagles and you holding the fish were nice also, didn't see the red cooler, is that just for halibut? take care my friend, harryk
You are the man! Gary
Beautiful, Gary!
Thanks for sharing.
Best,
Fred
Awesome
That's the good life for sure !!
Nice fish Gary, that last slab looks like a springer. Nice healthy fish and gourmet to boot !!
Ted
Fresh salmon is hard to beat on the table. Thanks for the beautiful pictures in the report. I am curious as to what rods you are using for your salmon trolling.
Thanks for the kind words, n not nagging me about my persistent photobucket issues. and for the questions?
The jigmaster was on an Okuma 10-6 xhd Celilo rod. Most nof my mooching trolling rods are modified to shorted nthe butt and extend the foregrip, typical of the Canadian style they have adopted.
I like the Buz Ramsy air Troll rod in 10-6 xhd and shorted it two top guides to add horsepower, also the Fenwick 10-6 casting rod (dont remember the spec #) also shorted two top guides, is a good one. These are a good place to start.
With the longer rods you get a wider spread when trolling and with 6-8 ft leaders, a little easier to lift the fish to the net!
Thanks Harry too, the red cooler is a propriety Halibut Helper! It works hard and must rest up! Thanks to all, enjoy!
Gary I have one criticism when you take pictures. Have your subjects step to the side so the venerable cooler is in the photo. :D Dominick
Ya I think this cooler should not be covered with a bunch of fish! :'( Stand to the side folks, let the people see! ::)
Kinda like this?
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Thanks for the pointer!
Nice work Gary. Man I am envious of those giant halibut, they're my target species for this upcoming season.
I need to get on the pond soon.
Gary, tell your buddy to get his foot off our cooler, he might scratch it ;)
I hope I'm still around to see the day that cooler gets in a museum somewhere, I know that's where it's headed ;D.
Great report Gary - that last fish is hefty!
Looks like an incredible place to call home.
Cheers, Justin
Quote from: Alto Mare on March 13, 2016, 11:35:47 AM
Gary, tell your buddy to get his foot off our cooler, he might scratch it ;)
I hope I'm still around to see the day that cooler gets in a museum somewhere, I know that's where it's headed ;D.
Why not put the Cooler in the Library of Congress. They don't put anything of use in there anyway.