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scook
05-24-2007, 12:12 AM
Well, it's not much of a Salmon, but it made a nice Mother's Day BBQ and I ate it for lunch the rest of the week. This one was 25 1/2" and 6 lb. My buddy who I was with when I caught this one caught a 19+ lb, really bright, nice looking one the week before in the same place. I kinda get a kick out of the buildings in the background - goin' down town to catch fish.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/oregonv20/FishWillametteBeccanTom5-11006.jpg
I hope this works - first time doing the PhotoBucket picture thing. Well, yahoooo it did.
Don't you guys get jelous now, seein' me with this this monster fish.
scook
05-24-2007, 12:12 AM
Well, it's not much of a Salmon, but it made a nice Mother's Day BBQ and I ate it for lunch the rest of the week. This one was 25 1/2" and 6 lb. My buddy who I was with when I caught this one caught a 19+ lb, really bright, nice looking one the week before in the same place. I kinda get a kick out of the buildings in the background - goin' down town to catch fish.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/oregonv20/FishWillametteBeccanTom5-11006.jpg
I hope this works - first time doing the PhotoBucket picture thing. Well, yahoooo it did.
Don't you guys get jelous now, seein' me with this this monster fish.
Parrot_Head
05-24-2007, 02:10 AM
Nice catch !!!!!!!!!!!!! When we eating?
Parrot_Head
05-24-2007, 02:10 AM
Nice catch !!!!!!!!!!!!! When we eating?
Nice fish, and location. You get to sit there and fish and watch everyone else go to work ;D
Nice fish, and location. You get to sit there and fish and watch everyone else go to work ;D
randlemanboater
05-24-2007, 04:30 PM
Thats a lot bigger than the salmon that I have caught.......oh, wait, I've never caught a salmon.
Nice fish!!!
My dad goes to Alaska every few years and catches salmon which he has smoked and mailed home, man it is gooooooooood eattin.
randlemanboater
05-24-2007, 04:30 PM
Thats a lot bigger than the salmon that I have caught.......oh, wait, I've never caught a salmon.
Nice fish!!!
My dad goes to Alaska every few years and catches salmon which he has smoked and mailed home, man it is gooooooooood eattin.
Blue_Runner
05-24-2007, 06:32 PM
Great pic Oregon, I've never caught one either. Looks an aweful lot like a rainbow trout. But its not - right??
Blue
Blue_Runner
05-24-2007, 06:32 PM
Great pic Oregon, I've never caught one either. Looks an aweful lot like a rainbow trout. But its not - right??
Blue
scook
05-25-2007, 02:17 AM
PH - Sorry, I ate it all up. Well, not all that sorry.
S - Yeah, we laughed about that. We were right by the freeway bridge, and a couple of other major highways. Of course, we had to get after it later, but it was nice to be on the river when the other poor guys were on their way to work.
RMB - I went with the same guy I caught this with to Alaska a couple of years ago and caught a couple of nice Kings and served them at my son's wedding. They must have been good - when I finally got to the chow line, they were completely gone. If you get a chance to go with your Pop, take it.
Blue - No, not a trout, but close relative. This one's probably a jack (came back early), but they grow up in the salt water and come back to spawn. We have a pretty good Spring and Fall fishery (usually), but it's no sure thing that you're gonna catch one when you go out.
Here's a pic of the one my buddy caught the week before - about three times the weight of mine and really bright. Look at that s-eatin' grin - I told him he was a swine but the grin just got bigger.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/oregonv20/Toms19lb4ozSpringChinookinPortland4.jpg
scook
05-25-2007, 02:17 AM
PH - Sorry, I ate it all up. Well, not all that sorry.
S - Yeah, we laughed about that. We were right by the freeway bridge, and a couple of other major highways. Of course, we had to get after it later, but it was nice to be on the river when the other poor guys were on their way to work.
RMB - I went with the same guy I caught this with to Alaska a couple of years ago and caught a couple of nice Kings and served them at my son's wedding. They must have been good - when I finally got to the chow line, they were completely gone. If you get a chance to go with your Pop, take it.
Blue - No, not a trout, but close relative. This one's probably a jack (came back early), but they grow up in the salt water and come back to spawn. We have a pretty good Spring and Fall fishery (usually), but it's no sure thing that you're gonna catch one when you go out.
Here's a pic of the one my buddy caught the week before - about three times the weight of mine and really bright. Look at that s-eatin' grin - I told him he was a swine but the grin just got bigger.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/oregonv20/Toms19lb4ozSpringChinookinPortland4.jpg
randlemanboater
05-25-2007, 10:31 AM
Wow!!!
Now that is a SALMON.
I plan to go to Alaska some day soon, if I could just get my 3 kids to stop wanting food and clothing, I could go now.
randlemanboater
05-25-2007, 10:31 AM
Wow!!!
Now that is a SALMON.
I plan to go to Alaska some day soon, if I could just get my 3 kids to stop wanting food and clothing, I could go now.
reelapeelin
05-25-2007, 11:46 AM
Nice Salomon, Oregon!! ... all the guys in the hi-rises behind you w/binoculars must be REEL jealous!!... ;D ...
reelapeelin
05-25-2007, 11:46 AM
Nice Salomon, Oregon!! ... all the guys in the hi-rises behind you w/binoculars must be REEL jealous!!... ;D ...
parishht
05-25-2007, 12:13 PM
Great pics.
I love salmon, one day I am going to make a trip to upstate New York,
to do a little salmon round up.
parishht
05-25-2007, 12:13 PM
Great pics.
I love salmon, one day I am going to make a trip to upstate New York,
to do a little salmon round up.
scook
05-26-2007, 04:43 PM
RM - About getting to Alaska. We got a Visa card that accumulates air miles and try to buy everything we possibly can with it (groceries, clothes, gas and I buy as much business stuff as I can) and pay it off every month. That way you can feed and clothe the kids, pay no interest and fly to Alaska to go fishin' for FREE. I know - the fishin's not free, but it helps.
RAP - We're doin' our best to make 'em green with envy (like you guys make me with your pictures of all those Stripers, Cod, and fish I never heard of back there).
P - Post the pic's when you get back.
scook
05-26-2007, 04:43 PM
RM - About getting to Alaska. We got a Visa card that accumulates air miles and try to buy everything we possibly can with it (groceries, clothes, gas and I buy as much business stuff as I can) and pay it off every month. That way you can feed and clothe the kids, pay no interest and fly to Alaska to go fishin' for FREE. I know - the fishin's not free, but it helps.
RAP - We're doin' our best to make 'em green with envy (like you guys make me with your pictures of all those Stripers, Cod, and fish I never heard of back there).
P - Post the pic's when you get back.
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