Big Skagit king

[Skillet]

Anybody else hear about it?

[bingman]

Picture?

[h2ofowlr]

This one.

[Boss .300 winmag]

That's just a mere minnow. 

[HunterStrait]

Holy ****!
I wonder if hes still good to eat.

[Timberstalker]

Holy cat piss. What's the rumor on weight?

[bingman]

That's an old picture

[h2ofowlr]

That's an old picture

This is the one that has been going around all day!

[Skillet]

That's an old picture

This is the one that has been going around all day!

Got that pic from a co-worker this afternoon who said it was HIS buddy that caught the fish... so, tomorrow should be fun 

[bingman]

It's at least a year old. I think it was from last year. Net caught fish. Huge fish regardless.

[Skillet]

Please tell me you got a link.  This is going to be great

[bingman]

Did your buddy say his friend caught it on rod and reel?

[Skillet]

Coworker (not buddy), and I didn't ask.  I just posted up on here asking of anybody had heard of a big fish being caught.  I was a bit skeptical since, you know, interwebs hoaxes and all...

[bankwalker]

The girlfriend of the guy in the picture posted the story on a Facebook fishing group I admin on. The fish was 4'11" long and weighed 70+ (guess). "Caught" a few years ago, pulled from a net.

[RELV]

It better be from a net.  The last Opener on Skagit Kings was an early summer dealio a few years back and the hatchery springers are not very big.  Way, way back in time I would hunt for those hogs at Biz Point and Hope Island, even doing a stint in the mouth of the North Fork.  Hooked a few hogs, never landed them.  I was 14 years old in a 14 ft sears aluminum boat.

Oh the memories.