Sk8man

They are truly amazing fish. I was watching folks fly fishing in the Snake River a couple weeks ago in Wyoming but they were after cutthroat trout. What a beautiful river to fish though.

Admiral Byrd and I trolled from 6:15 AM until 6 PM from Hughes and threw everything but the kitchen sink at them. We started in about 140 and worked the water out to 200 plus and back in as we marked fish in there but not out as we went much deeper. We ended the day with 4 kings (biggest about 14 lbs and smallest about 5 lbs) and 3 lakers biggest about 15 plus. All but the one laker (Spin-N-Glow) were caught on Spinneys and green flies (my home made ones and commercial ones so fly color was probably important ) Most fish came about 85-105 down. The largest king had a humongous 18 inch lamprey on it which we got into the boat and the Admiral applied his "loving touches" to its head with pliers. thus preventing its genetics from further dispersal. During those 12 hrs we did mark intermittent fish down deep in the 100 or so range and a few in the 60-75 ft range but they didn't seem interested in our offerings. The fish we did catch seemed to come out of nowhere especially the king I got on the 200 copper with mag dipsey and spinney/fly . No action whatsoever on the spoons regardless of presentation technique. Had one downrigger release with one on but gone when got to the rod. The most unusual thing is that we didn't see bait anywhere even when we cruised in closer after pulling lines etc. We saw a couple tiny things that could have been a small amount of bait (or maybe flea pod) and that was it. For the most part it appeared like a vast desert out there in terms of active life forms. In the past I've always seen some bait within that trolling range often hugging the bottom with some suspended at this point in the season especially considering we trolled past Ginna to the west and half way to Sodus Point east. On a brighter note. the fleas weren't bad even on a leadcore that was out for quite awhile and we didn't encounter the nasty biting @#%$&* flies . We also saw a few dead seagulls as reported buy others.

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nice going Ed.....better break out the Beano though

Go get em Ed....lets hear some brown, landlock and bow stories to get excited about

Not only a good fisherman but it looks as though you're an excellent chef as well Ed.....looks delicious. My chicken caaesar sucked in comparison

Geez your dinner makes mine look pretty weak... chicken caesar salad Enjoy!

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick Ed

Moral of the story: It pays to be specific in a post or you spark all sorts of creativity

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One of the critical factors running through the thread relates to basic courtesy. Unfortunately it is becoming a rare quality in American life these days. The exploding road rage cases lately are another indicator. Instead of thinking about getting out the flare gun for a broadside hit on the offending boat we may need to collect ourselves a bit and get perspective on the situation. We've all been there emotionally but these days especially being right or having the right of way may be irrelevant in the larger scheme of things. Many folks out there are operating with a very short (or no) fuse and it really isn't worth it getting into it with them and some of them seem to be operating on "low voltage" in terms of intelligence as well and that always has the makings of a bad situation.

I believe it is just the spawning males that have the pronounced hump.

Really nice pics Sean and great looking specimen there too Did you do your Alaska thing yet?

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