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To: Sam Cree
What kind of fish do they even have in Washington?

My good friend... we have the King of fishes... the fish that once you've fished successfully for, you'll abandon the fishing for all else: The Chinook Salmon. :-)

In Puget Sound, they are typically in the 15 to 30lb range, though the record on sport tackle in Washington is something on the order of 105 or 110 lbs.

They're perhaps one of the more fun fish to play and catch in the world. They run like crazy when hooked, and have to be played carefully. They generally get hooked very lightly in a very soft mouth, and so must be played slowly and carefully to avoid just tearing out the hook and losing the fish.

My personal best for Chinook was a 45 pounder I got up in Sekiu, on a flyrod, of all things. It took maybe 45 minutes to get it up to the boat for the last time and into the net.

3,189 posted on 11/22/2004 7:38:25 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius; HairOfTheDog

I've never been salmon fishing. ~sniff~


3,198 posted on 11/22/2004 7:49:55 PM PST by ecurbh () | () | ()
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