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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Swatson on February 24, 2014, 12:57:46 PM

Title: 22lb Coastal Native!
Post by: Swatson on February 24, 2014, 12:57:46 PM: Caught this beauty Friday morning out on the coast! Caught 7 and this one came home with me!
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Post by: snowpack on February 24, 2014, 01:00:35 PM: Nice. should taste great...plus get a good amount of springer bait.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on February 24, 2014, 01:01:37 PM: Nice fish!!!! Is it going on the wall or just the skillet?
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Post by: Swatson on February 24, 2014, 01:02:49 PM: Thx! It's going on the wall!
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Post by: MtnMuley on February 24, 2014, 01:05:13 PM: Sweet! Hopefully it gets recreated to look as nice as it does in the pic. :tup:
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Post by: Mfowl on February 24, 2014, 01:07:57 PM: Congrats on a great fish! However, replica mounts are great too!
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Post by: Hunterman on February 24, 2014, 01:12:18 PM: Great color on that fish :tup: Have you checked into a replica type mount? That way you get to have your cake and eat it too :tup:

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: Swatson on February 24, 2014, 01:15:04 PM: Getting a skin mount. It's going on the wall and in the freezer!
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Post by: johnnyaustin44 on February 24, 2014, 01:34:47 PM: Congrats on a nice fish :tup: will make a nice mount.
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Post by: pd on February 24, 2014, 01:56:32 PM: Beautiful fish, Swatson. As hard as steelhead are to catch (for me, anyway, maybe not for others), enjoy your catch/harvest/kill. Congratulations.
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Post by: CP on February 24, 2014, 02:30:20 PM: Nice fish! It will make a great mount. :tup:
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Post by: mrmoskillz on February 24, 2014, 02:31:40 PM: Nice fish! That will make a great mount. Happy for you and screw what other people think. No need to explain yourself :tup:
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Post by: h20hunter on February 24, 2014, 03:00:53 PM: Quote from: johnnyaustin44 on February 24, 2014, 02:58:10 PM
Turning into another native bashing thread....... :chuckle:

Nice. :chuckle:
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Post by: JBar on February 24, 2014, 03:02:11 PM: :chuckle: Nice fish Swatson!
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Post by: 3nails on February 24, 2014, 03:10:15 PM: Beautiful pic and fish! Thank you for sharing.
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Post by: beave on February 24, 2014, 03:33:28 PM: Very nice fish, It will make a great mount... :tup: :tup:
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Post by: metlhead on February 24, 2014, 06:49:36 PM: So anyways, lets here the story Swatson. Most of us have yet to break the 20# mark and would rather hear the play by play all the way down to the wood shampoo!
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Post by: ffbowhunter on February 24, 2014, 08:27:23 PM: Great looking fish! I can't wait to get back out once the rivers turn around...
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Post by: Flick N Stick on February 24, 2014, 08:37:07 PM: Dandy fish! Congrats, and hope the mount turns out great!
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Post by: MLBowhunting on February 24, 2014, 10:06:23 PM: Great fish. :tup:
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Post by: rasbo on February 25, 2014, 03:29:27 AM: congrats on a beautiful fish,Cant wait to see it on your wall..I caught one that size and gave it to Stan Henry.God rest his soul
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Post by: TheHunt on February 25, 2014, 07:56:11 AM: Nice fish... Thanks for posting.
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Post by: huntnphool on February 25, 2014, 08:53:25 AM: Very nice fish, congrats. :tup:
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Post by: bearpaw on February 25, 2014, 11:43:22 AM: Beautiful fish, I would love to catch a fish like that!

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Post by: Woodchuck on February 25, 2014, 11:49:55 AM: Beautiful fish :tup: Congrats to you.
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Post by: 6x6in6 on February 25, 2014, 11:52:10 AM: Congrats Swatson.
Beautiful memories right there.
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Post by: Knotabite on February 25, 2014, 12:37:58 PM: Very nice Swatson - Believe me you will enjoy it... Post it when it is done next year.. I have a 20.2 pound from same spot in 1998 still hanging on my wall.
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Post by: Swatson on February 25, 2014, 01:05:36 PM: Thanks fellas. A guy in Aberdeen was recommended to me. Can't think of the shops name but the guys name was Phillip.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on February 25, 2014, 01:19:09 PM: Beautiful fish, Swatson. And, I'm wearing my 2013 World Series Champions Boston Red Sox T-shirt right now, so I gotta love the hat. :tup:
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Post by: Swatson on February 25, 2014, 01:23:49 PM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on February 25, 2014, 01:19:09 PM
Beautiful fish, Swatson. And, I'm wearing my 2013 World Series Champions Boston Red Sox T-shirt right now, so I gotta love the hat. :tup:

Atta Boy!
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on February 25, 2014, 03:11:39 PM: very nice!
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Post by: TeacherMan on February 25, 2014, 03:17:43 PM: That is a nice fish! I would totally have put that in the freezer and on the wall!
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Post by: REHJWA on February 25, 2014, 04:28:08 PM: Thanks for sharing the pic.
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Post by: rasbo on February 25, 2014, 06:45:12 PM: Quote from: bearpaw on February 25, 2014, 11:43:22 AM
Beautiful fish, I would love to catch a fish like that!

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good on you dale,that crap is upsetting :tup:
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Post by: cohoho on February 25, 2014, 07:05:55 PM: Beautiful fish for sure!
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Post by: SkookumHntr on February 25, 2014, 07:15:55 PM: Beauty!!
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Post by: Slimdog350 on February 25, 2014, 07:32:40 PM: Very nice fish! I love steelhead fishing. Was that caught on a a spinning rod or fly rod?
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Post by: Swatson on February 26, 2014, 06:14:59 AM: Thx everyone. I was just drifting eggs and sand shrimp the entire day. It was actually pretty funny, we were floating by a nice little hole and my buddy had first crack at it and went too far and snagged up on a stick, while he was busy breaking off I dropped it in the hole and Bang! He doesn't think its as funny as I do!!!
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Post by: deltaops on February 26, 2014, 12:48:47 PM: That is a real beaut for sure. :tup:
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Post by: elkfins on February 28, 2014, 12:52:38 PM: Great fish. Almost a once in a lifetime fish.
Congrats.
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Post by: cohocrazy on March 01, 2014, 06:56:18 AM: Congratulations on a great steelhead! Bet it was a battle to land that old boy.
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Post by: kisfish on March 02, 2014, 11:12:24 AM: great fish. congrats :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 02, 2014, 11:52:07 AM: :yeah: