Salmon... From start to finish

TunaHead · #1 06-03-2007, 02:45 AM

First Salmon trip out of Northern CA today. (My buddy's boat, not the V). We fought the fur bags... ummm I mean the sealions for much of the day. Anyway, the pictures'll tell the tale.

Small silver salmon that would have been released... well I released what was left of him after the fur bag grabbed him on the way in. "Swim", I said to him, "It's just a flesh wound."

The one small 27" king salmon I kept for the day.

Fresh salmon steaks in my secret marinade.

Grilled FRESH salmon with alder smoke. Absolutely one of the best things around.

phester · #2 06-03-2007, 10:08 AM

looks like nice table fare TH, good job. How do you like your buddies Trophy?

TunaHead · #3 06-03-2007, 01:59 PM

A guys boat is his baby. Not my choice of boats but the 19'er runs well and handles fairly rough condition without problems. NOT a dry ride in chop.

randlemanboater · #4 06-03-2007, 03:28 PM

Man that looks like some good eats.....my mouth is watering.

Do you ever hook the sea lions? I bet they would put up a good fight.

msbhammer · #5 06-03-2007, 07:49 PM

Damm, I gotta stop eating oodles of noodles and need to stop over at Tuna's for Dinner more often. ;D
Great Pics. Bro. ;)
Hell, you could have over nighted the fish and we could of had it today before the boys rolled out of town. ;D
Thanks again for the dinner in Lewes Tuna. ;)

TunaHead · #6 06-03-2007, 08:30 PM

Very much my pleasure Hammer.

charlie_the_tuna · #7 06-03-2007, 08:45 PM

hey tuna where are the sealion pictures?
we dont get a helluva lot of them on the east coast.

by the way, i dont want to scare you but theres some lunatic holding your fish.

charlie_the_tuna · #8 06-04-2007, 12:31 AM

if thats you tuna, dont you ever smile ?

TunaHead · #9 06-04-2007, 03:17 AM

CTT,
I am smiling. Although at just that moment I was thinking "Gosh, I wish I hadn't had that second chorizo burrito for breakfast..."

About the lunatic thing... very observant. Most people don't get that until the meet me in person. (It's the drooling I think).

About the fur bags... Truth is that I only dislike the sealions when they steal my salmon. The first picture was the second fish of the day. The first was pretty cool... another silver salmon, maybe 4-5 pounds came to the boat. I released it without lifting it out of the water and it swam away strongly. Seconds later a bull sealion, maybe 400 pounds or so errupted from the water 10-15' away from the boat with the salmon in it's mouth and blood spilling into the water. Bummer for the fish but very cool to see.

Blue_Runner · #10 06-04-2007, 11:37 AM

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Seconds later a bull sealion, maybe 400 pounds or so errupted from the water 10-15' away from the boat with the salmon in it's mouth and blood spilling into the water.

That was MJ man, where's your glasses ::)

Sorry MJ ole buddy!