Hi chilli, it’s crazy to see neighborhoods that are miles away from the mountains catch on fire like that I’ve never seen anything like that before. I know one coworker lost his house he grew up in. It’s sad.
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Spinning rod for me. Catching a Steelhead is like lightning strikin' your pole.
I still remember my father hooking up with a big one.
It seriously sucks losing a big fish. I hooked and fought a 5 foot plus long King Salmon in Yeppoon when I lived there for easy 45 minutes. It stripped my line 8kg 350 meters down to the last several metres, I thought ok this or nothing and grabbed the spool stopping it. The mono must have stretched several more meters and it turned. From all that distance I could see its tail and dorsal fin cutting the water surface. For a kingy it was a beast. I finally was winning, more runs but less each time till finally i have it near the rocks almost beat.
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My father built a 12ft plywood boat. 3hp old Evinrude motor. Had to bail water with a tobacco tin till the wood was swollen up.It seriously sucks losing a big fish. I hooked and fought a 5 foot plus long King Salmon in Yeppoon when I lived there for easy 45 minutes. It stripped my line 8kg 350 meters down to the last several metres, I thought ok this or nothing and grabbed the spool stopping it. The mono must have stretched several more meters and it turned. From all that distance I could see its tail and dorsal fin cutting the water surface. For a kingy it was a beast. I finally was winning, more runs but less each time till finally i have it near the rocks almost beat.
Im "you gotta be I kidding me this things gonna make the local papers".
Its beat now, I go to reach down with my big long handle net and for crying out loud, the net caught on a button of my shirt, my movement as I desperately tried to free it spooked it and it gave one last run straight around a nearby moored yachts anchoring chain.
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Was the catch of a lifetime, lost by a damn
I felt your fathers pain with that one. Best fish iv ever lost.
Again I haven't produced my West coast pics from yesteryear.... But I still remember the fun and beauty of fishing your beautiful land. Have driven through a few of the back country in and out the Shastas and Rainiers, hitting a few lakes rivers and stocked ponds along the way. St. Helens, Hood, and northern Oregon, and I was just in my 20's fresh out of the academy. From trips in Vancouver BC and that complete coastline is just truly breathtaking Vike. Guided around at that time by an older merchant marine buddy who knew the areas, we took the weekends to fish fast and hard. A place and time I'll never forget and swore to return to.
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😁 They are good memories aren't they. You know what, I think us fishermen remember longer the monsters that beat us rather than the goodies we landed. I think that's what makes those beasts so legendary. Not just legend but real legendary memories. Yeah I know others non fishers joke about us as "ha ha the one that got away!" But what they don't get is you battled a beast. And that's why they get that big and get away! They don't get that big because they are easy to catch! Im just glad I got to fight a lot of monsters and experience it. Id prefer memories like that than easy boat chases the catch and all you do as it backs up and wind. Hah, how many kids catch behemoth Marlins and Sharks here and its the boat and skipper that really caught them. Land based, no reverse "wind...wind...wind.."
Im in Oz, we're all crazy whatever state we're in. Listing wont help to profile us!Am I wrong, but shouldn't it be some kind of mandatory that a T-net entry member have to list his or her state of location on their profile? Yes I suppose you could lie, but there should be more to becoming a part of this forum than what it is....
