Northwest Fishing Reports

ok guys post your boots of the year see who gets the ugliest bugger on the site. boots like this

Wow

I dont think its possible to beat that boot. O_o

Nice boot. Is that in the 30 pound range?

thats a 32 pound fire truck

Is that a jig hangin out of his neck?

Ive seen people keeping and walking back to their rigs with boots like that. To an Alaskan thats chrome.I seen them carry those off the Kenai and proud. Hahahaha

spoon wrote:Is that a jig hangin out of his neck?

looks like gills to me, that would be one big jig but that is one big salmon.

Right behind the torn gills it looks like a pipe jig hanging there. I'll bet just about anything that guy snagged that fish.

racfish wrote:Right behind the torn gills it looks like a pipe jig hanging there. I'll bet just about anything that guy snagged that fish.

rac, I'm guessing that's a pectoral fin.

Looks like a couple corky's and yarn to me.

Here is a Sky river kelt from earlier this year:



and... sadly... the worst boot I ever kept although it does look especially terrible in this pic from being on ice for over an hour. About 5 years ago and not at the "height" of my river carrier, lol! Needless to say, sorry I ever gave it the wooden shampoo. DOH!



How come nobody else has posted any boot pictures? Too much pride I suppose..... Hahaha

Oh I'll be posting up some boots. I'm won't be keeping any, but I'll run into my fair share. I already have, but having issues loading the pic up. I have boots from years past as well, but the topic is for this year.

Ok, caught this boot 8/25/10 - it tried to eat my corky

Wait until doggie season arrives, you can get some serious boot pics down at Kennedy Creek.

Hahaha Kennedy Creek. The lil Skok.Thats another great combat fishing area. I seen people keep all kinds of boots there.Hey Matt those arent boots in my book. Them is yummers. I made the original pic bigger and its a fin. Sorry to the fisherperson who caught it.

aint fished kennedy yet, but gave minter a try last year and even with some brite fish in the bunch most fish kept looked like a calico cat. guess some people dont wanna put in the time for sumtin shiny an just have a good time with the booters

I may sound stupid for saying this. What exactly does the boot mean ?

boot means dark salmon or spawned out. here is some more the steelhead is from 3 years ago and the coho were the year before last. and like said before Wait til the doggies come to boot city

Oh wow that coho is sexy. Haha

Just a term used for a salmon that is nearing the end of it's life cycle. I suppose looking at the reader fishing definition list, I see the term boot listed as a dark salmon/steelhead. I'd go a step or two further and include the term pre-spawn. So a dark, pre-spawn, salmon or steelhead would be a boot. Once a salmon has spawned and is on it's last legs, they are usually referred to as "zombies". A post spawn steelhead/trout is usually referred to as a "kelt", they can survive the spawning ordeal and brighten back up after heading downstream.