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Title: Big A$$ Salmon
Post by: jdb on October 16, 2008, 12:39:34 PM: This is a good friend of mine and a salmon he caught on the columbia last week. JB
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Post by: eburghunter on October 16, 2008, 12:41:14 PM: :o
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Post by: Crunchy on October 16, 2008, 01:06:23 PM: You aint kidding 50lbs?
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Post by: bucklucky on October 16, 2008, 01:17:36 PM: Thats a slab!
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Post by: bowsandhose on October 16, 2008, 01:25:36 PM: sweet
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Post by: NW-Eric on October 16, 2008, 01:33:22 PM: nothing wrong with that
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Post by: Bean Counter on October 16, 2008, 02:01:06 PM: :yike:
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:20:42 PM: How's that adipose doing? :dunno:
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Post by: huntnphool on October 16, 2008, 04:24:56 PM: Quote from: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:20:42 PM
How's that adipose doing? :dunno:

:DOH:
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Post by: PolarBear on October 16, 2008, 04:26:38 PM: Hooknose soreback.
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:29:10 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on October 16, 2008, 04:24:56 PM
Quote from: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:20:42 PM
How's that adipose doing? :dunno:

:DOH:

Yeah I'm not sure it's leagal but even if it is? I'm not a big fan of taking wild fish out of the system ... there's one gene pool lost forever!
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Post by: Professor Chaos on October 16, 2008, 04:44:31 PM: good sized boot. wow... almost as good as the one that the guy in wenatchee showed me last weekend. :bash:
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Post by: jdb on October 16, 2008, 07:08:06 PM: Quote from: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:29:10 PM
Quote from: huntnphool on October 16, 2008, 04:24:56 PM
Quote from: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:20:42 PM
How's that adipose doing? :dunno:

:DOH:

Yeah I'm not sure it's leagal but even if it is? I'm not a big fan of taking wild fish out of the system ... there's one gene pool lost forever!
not sure I understand?
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 09:47:30 PM: Quote
Quote from: jdb on October 16, 2008, 07:08:06 PM
Quote from: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:29:10 PM
Quote from: huntnphool on October 16, 2008, 04:24:56 PM
Quote from: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 04:20:42 PM
How's that adipose doing? :dunno:

:DOH:

Yeah I'm not sure it's leagal but even if it is? I'm not a big fan of taking wild fish out of the system ... there's one gene pool lost forever!
not sure I understand?
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 09:50:42 PM: Not sure you understand? :dunno: Wild Chinook on the Columbia are listed as a threatend species and are illegal to retain! And that's as wild as they get cause the adipose fin isn't clipped, I'm not entirely sure if there are stretches open for the leagal taking of Wild Chinook but even if there were I wouldn't that's why I said even if it is leagal I'm mot one to take a wild fish!
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Post by: Ray on October 16, 2008, 09:51:28 PM: Huge fish. My bud caught one about 10 days ago similar size out of that river.
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Post by: M_59 on October 16, 2008, 10:05:02 PM: Appears as though someone needs to read the regs once in a while. As I read them, at least 1 wild chinook may be retained in most areas of the Columbia at one time or another. :dunno:
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 10:10:48 PM: It appears someone needs to read someones post now and then! Why do you think I said
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I'm not entirely sure if there are stretches open for the leagal taking of Wild Chinook but even if there were I wouldn't that's why I said even if it is leagal I'm mot one to take a wild fish!

If it is leagal then cool ... but I don't retain wild fish by choice but have no problem with those who do leagally ... so what's the beef?
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 10:14:59 PM: You know I'm starting to get fed up with this site it's turning into a monster muley type thing where everyone has to question and read right through what people are saying and it's getting real old real fast! Read what I said I didn't accuse him of taking a wild fish I questioned weather it was leagal where he fished and threw in there that I don't retain them :dunno: I don't get it????
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Post by: bucklucky on October 16, 2008, 10:24:20 PM: :fishin:
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Post by: M_59 on October 16, 2008, 10:32:48 PM: Well, then don't make such statements such as " Not sure you understand? Wild Chinook on the Columbia are listed as a threatend species and are illegal to retain! And that's as wild as they get cause the adipose fin isn't clipped." and then add a disclaimer in the fine print saying then that you are not really sure if it's legal or not. It would have been a lot more polite to just say "nice fish, but I don't believe in keeping wild fish" It's really not that hard to understand.
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Post by: M_ray on October 16, 2008, 11:23:22 PM: WTF are you takling about? go back and read it dude I'm not the one who made the statement "I don't understand" jdb did! And that's why I responded and elaborated on my original thought it's not a disclaimer it was a response to his question? I wasn't sure if there are stretches that are open and I said several times and I quote" I don't have a problem with people keeping them when it is leagal to do so!" The truth of the matter is that there are areas where it is illeagal to retain a wild chinook and it's a free world if the guy wants to post a wild fish I have every right to say what I did which is "cool I'm not a fan of taking that gene pool out of the system" It seems you are the one who doesn't understand ... whatever???? :dunno: I guess I was the only one who saw it that way too considering beancounter posted :yike: and huntnphool posted :DOH: Dude get your facts straight before you attack someone or go back to MM there are plenty of folks over there that will understand you.
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Post by: woodywsu on October 19, 2008, 01:24:51 PM: The term "wild" gets thrown around very loosely. There are a lot of federal, state, and tribal hatcheries that release Chinook smolt every year that do not have the funding for clipping 100% of released fish.
Also, the listed species of chinook salmon is the Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook. This fish is a Fall Chinook and most likely to head to Ringold where there are a lot of fish released every year for harvest.

By the way, very nice fish, "wild" or not.
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Post by: M_ray on October 19, 2008, 07:36:41 PM: Quote from: woodywsu on October 19, 2008, 01:24:51 PM
The term "wild" gets thrown around very loosely. There are a lot of federal, state, and tribal hatcheries that release Chinook smolt every year that do not have the funding for clipping 100% of released fish.
Also, the listed species of chinook salmon is the Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook. This fish is a Fall Chinook and most likely to head to Ringold where there are a lot of fish released every year for harvest.

By the way, very nice fish, "wild" or not.

Wich is exactly why I said "I wasn't sure if it was open" to jdb ... I didn't want to accuse or attack anyone and I also wanted to get my point accross to people that I personally choose to release wild or unclipped fish even when it is leagal to do so! It's all cool with me it's a great fish and one to be proud of!
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Post by: Bighorse on October 19, 2008, 07:42:49 PM: A little dark for my tastes.

Just let em spawn so I can catch em in the salt up here in Alaska. :chuckle:

There is no regulations keeping me from eating Columbia river Kings.......
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Post by: granola/hippyslayer on October 19, 2008, 07:49:32 PM: nice fish :bdid: i bet the meat is white . My 12 year old sister caught a croamer that size on the rogue . was it squirting when they brought it in the boat?
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Post by: coastalghost on October 19, 2008, 08:03:05 PM: I'll be lookin for your treble hook in its back Chris :chuckle: Okanagon or Wenatchee....Vantage caught fish? If its anything like the icicle springers it should be good table fair (some of the best). The upriver brights are a special fish and still have decent meat.
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Post by: huntnphool on October 20, 2008, 11:59:50 AM: Quote from: woodywsu on October 19, 2008, 01:24:51 PM
The term "wild" gets thrown around very loosely. There are a lot of federal, state, and tribal hatcheries that release Chinook smolt every year that do not have the funding for clipping 100% of released fish.
Also, the listed species of chinook salmon is the Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook. This fish is a Fall Chinook and most likely to head to Ringold where there are a lot of fish released every year for harvest.

I would agree Woody but when that is how the state designates the difference between the two, hatchery or not, non fin clipped fish must be released. I haven't read the regs either but would have taken a pic and released it myself.
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Post by: 6 Point on October 20, 2008, 12:03:49 PM: Fall Chinook in the CR system do not have to be clipped. There were probably 15000 taken by sports and even more by the netters this year.
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Post by: bankwalker on October 20, 2008, 01:29:31 PM: did he keep it? looks to me the flasher is still hangin next to the fish. so maybe he has yet to unhook the fish and just took it out for a quick pic then released it...although taking wild fish out of the water (when not legal to keep, or intending to release is also illegal)

nice fish though
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Post by: M_ray on October 20, 2008, 01:32:09 PM: Quote from: bankwalker on October 20, 2008, 01:29:31 PM
did he keep it? looks to me the flasher is still hangin next to the fish. so maybe he has yet to unhook the fish and just took it out for a quick pic then released it...although taking wild fish out of the water (when not legal to keep, or intending to release is also illegal)

nice fish though

Or holding by the gills and then releasing it :bdid:
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 20, 2008, 01:43:24 PM: you guys need to stop freaking out, FALL KINGS on THE BIG C are ANY, yes ANY salmon because the fall fish are not fin clipped!! thats a slab of a fish, a little to dark for me but a nice king either way.. know the rules before you flame someone........
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 20, 2008, 01:48:04 PM: Id put that fish near 50 in the pic, here is me and a chrome fall king I caught 2 years ago.. she tipped the scales at 51lbs......
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Post by: NW-Eric on October 20, 2008, 01:48:52 PM: uh oh paul it has an adipose on it haha
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Post by: Antlershed on October 20, 2008, 01:54:30 PM: Quote from: bucklucky on October 16, 2008, 10:24:20 PM
:fishin:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

That fish is bootiful....
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 20, 2008, 02:06:30 PM: yes she did,a huge adipose fin!! and she also had huge fillets!!! that fish was a pig.... and mint chrome.. that one in then pic is big, but dark as hell, smoker worthy maybe, but personally she would have gone back, that fish made it past all of us and got up the river that far and is dark and ready to spawn.. let it swim.....
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Post by: M_ray on October 20, 2008, 02:11:19 PM: Hoytstaffshooter83 Exactly who are you directing that at? and who is flamming the fisherman? I hope your not implying me or I would ask you to start back at the begining and read the whole post! I'm not sure who you are talking about but it's hard to come in on the middle of a conversation without knowing the entire story here ... we allready went through this once on this post!
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 20, 2008, 02:27:29 PM: I did read the whole thing and im not talking about just you, people in general make statements online that are criticizing and most of the time wrong, like in this case where it is in no way illegal to keep a "native" fall king on the columbia.......
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Post by: M_ray on October 20, 2008, 02:31:39 PM: It's all cool I don't fish it therefore I am not examining the regs on that particular area I did know that there are times and areas that are open and again I don't have a problem with people keeping them when it's leagal to do so! I bet yours :drool: tasted good! Nice Fish BTW!
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 20, 2008, 02:38:59 PM: understood... thank you. that was my biggest salmon ever, 2 years guiding in alaska never put me on a king that size, and yes it tasted amazing.. the fillets were id guess 3 in thick... just massive!!!
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Post by: cohoho on October 20, 2008, 11:27:00 PM: Curious, who did you guide for and what river?
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 20, 2008, 11:48:43 PM: I guided on the nush for rainbow king lodge.. that was a nightmare to say the least.. I also guided on the unalakleet river and came home early due to family emergency.....
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Post by: HawkenBob on October 21, 2008, 06:44:40 AM: How did this turn into GF.com? Oh yea, Paul is here...Lol. Kidding, kinda...
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 21, 2008, 07:27:26 AM: Bob- this isnt anything as bad as gf.. and what exactly do you mean?
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Post by: Antlershed on October 21, 2008, 07:41:45 AM: Quote from: HawkenBob on October 21, 2008, 06:44:40 AM
How did this turn into GF.com? Oh yea, Paul is here...Lol. Kidding, kinda...

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: MLCoug on October 24, 2008, 10:32:58 PM: Here's my big a$$ fish from the Columbia River (Hanford Reach/White Bluffs) and it's going on my wall! The color is a bit distorted as he was in the cooler for most of the day until I could get a camera. It's 50 pounds all the same. The other four we caught went in the smoker.

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10776/50lb_Chinook.jpg)
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Post by: cohoho on October 24, 2008, 11:08:32 PM: Right on, great fish.........
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Post by: boneaddict on October 24, 2008, 11:28:00 PM: Speaking of adipose fins, that one has been hanging around hanford too long. Look at that thing. Thats what you call dangling it and trolling for the ladies.

Whats gf.com?
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on October 25, 2008, 12:27:52 AM: Seriously, when did adipose fins start touching the tail? That's a biggun.
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Post by: Hoytstaffshooter83 on October 25, 2008, 01:15:22 PM: beast.....
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Post by: addicted on October 25, 2008, 02:18:40 PM: gutting those fish is gonna be like dressing a deer lol
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Post by: jackelope on October 25, 2008, 08:44:04 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on October 24, 2008, 11:28:00 PM
Speaking of adipose fins, that one has been hanging around hanford too long. Look at that thing. Thats what you call dangling it and trolling for the ladies.

Whats gf.com?

gamefishin.com

the MM of the nw fishing world.
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Post by: huntnphool on October 28, 2008, 11:21:30 AM: What a toad, what did you catch him on?
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Post by: Antlershed on October 28, 2008, 11:24:04 AM: Now THATS a true 50lb fish....
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Post by: HawkenBob on October 28, 2008, 11:27:37 AM: Yes sir! Thats a believable 50 right there!!!! What a friggen PIG!
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Post by: Antlershed on October 28, 2008, 11:28:48 AM: Quote from: jackelope on October 25, 2008, 08:44:04 PM
Quote from: boneaddict on October 24, 2008, 11:28:00 PM
Speaking of adipose fins, that one has been hanging around hanford too long. Look at that thing. Thats what you call dangling it and trolling for the ladies.

Whats gf.com?

gamefishin.com

the MM of the nw fishing world.

That's funny right there... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: coastalghost on October 28, 2008, 03:15:30 PM: Krikey! MLcoug that is prehistoric looking. Congrats on an awesome king.
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Post by: MLCoug on October 28, 2008, 08:42:21 PM: Thanks everyone. I caught this fish on a Silver/Orange Quick Fish k-19.
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Post by: snipekillr on November 06, 2008, 04:42:22 PM: yeh a big on ebut it looks like he is not clipped :dunno: