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Offline Emptyhanded

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My First Salmon!
« on: October 02, 2011, 09:46:32 PM »
Made my first salmon fishing trip on Saturday and caught my first Chinook! We ended up hooking 3 and landing 2, back-trolling plugs. Solid first day for sure!

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2011, 06:13:32 AM »
Nice! Congrats.  :tup:
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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2011, 09:27:21 PM »
Congrats on your first catch. I wish you many more.
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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2011, 11:35:01 AM »
A great fish, congratulations.
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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2011, 11:36:49 AM »
Nice!

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2011, 11:40:06 AM »
Nice looking fish!

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2011, 12:30:47 PM »
Congrats!!! :tup:
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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2011, 02:08:00 PM »
looks like a dandy.  time to get it on the grill  :drool:

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2011, 09:33:50 AM »
congrats man. got my first one not all that long ago and what a fight it was. took about 40 minutes to land it.
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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2011, 03:58:53 PM »
Congrats! Great looking fish and will be tasty on the grill :tup:
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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2011, 07:20:41 PM »
Thanks guys!

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2011, 07:43:04 AM »
Congrats!

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2011, 02:02:44 PM »
 Nice work.

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Re: My First Salmon!
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2011, 03:22:21 PM »
Have to change your "handle" now - can't call you Emptyhanded anymore...

Congrats on a great fish!  :tup:

 


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