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10/17/2011
Drift Fishing
Coho Salmon
Corky & Yarn
Morning
10/17/2011
4
5474

I've never fished Tilton before and had heard bad things. I understand what people were talking about, but I wouldn't let it deter me from fishing there again.

I arrived at first light and had a fish on my second cast. It proceded to break my line. After a couple hours of getting snagged up I finally land a nice silver. A few more fish lost, and I hook into the big king. He was a fun one on a med/light rod with 10lb test and no net. I know he's a bit dark, but I wanted one for the smoker and I got it. A little while later and a few more fish lost I hook into and land another silver. ALL FISH WERE HOOKED IN THE MOUTH!

I left the river at 1500 and thought it was a pretty decent day for a place I had never fished before.


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dartdwarf
10/17/2011 9:25:00 PM
Nice silvers yooper_fisher. I have fished with you for the last 3 weeks and I know you are anti snagging and would prefer to stick bamboo under you nails or be water boarded then to drift corky and yarn. However, every now and then, you have to do what works. Of the 100 or so pinks I have seen you catch and release and the 3 or 4 silvers I have seen you land, I know 95% of them hit your spinner.
fishslayer61
10/17/2011 9:36:00 PM
OMG! that king is good for nothing but fertilizer!nice silvers though...
natetreat
10/17/2011 9:48:00 PM
Fishenfreak, you should play nice. I would say the same thing about some of the fish that I've seen you bonk from the samish. Most people can't tell the difference between a smoked boot and a chrome smoked salmon. Believe me. And he was saying that because EVERYONE at the Tilton flosses their fish, even though it is possible to make them bite. Nice chrome coho! I love that river.
Gringo Pescador
10/18/2011 7:05:00 AM
Yooper - thanks for the report!...... fishenfreak - chill out, I've seen you post up some pretty dark fish AND shout out in advance how your fish were legally caught before someone called you on it. If you don't have something nice to say....
Toni
10/18/2011 11:40:00 AM
Thanks for the report. I understand your comments. Now what I have found is that by looking at pictures of dead fish one can't tell for sure how the meat is! I have had some I through would be good weren't and others I thought were yuck were fine. How did you find the meat of that King? I have not caught a King in a river that wasn't a guided trip so I haven't a gauge to go by.
knotabassturd
10/18/2011 4:05:00 PM
yooper- the coho make up for the, uh, artistic(?) chinook :-) Nice looking book ends to that colorful 'nook!
They put a lot of coho in last week... Glad to see you were successful :-)
yooper_fisher
10/19/2011 7:13:00 PM
@fishenfreak: I believe you have posted negative comments about my fish in the past... and I do not appreciate it! I was simply posting that they were legal since it seems that everyone who posts about the Tilton gets grief.
@everyone who asked: The meat on that king was still firm and smoked up wonderfully!
@Dart, Nate, Gringo, and Toni: Thanks for sticking up for me on this! I have thought about leaving the site because of comments made, but you have given me pause.
yooper_fisher
10/20/2011 9:21:00 AM
Negative comments deleted
jumpinjim
11/1/2011 12:29:00 PM
Nice coho, those are great looking fish. Now the nooker is a boot, I did not read the other comments that were negative before they got yanked but if you take a photo of a uber dark fish expect to get some comments about the color. Gotta take the good with the bad I guess and It looks like you did on this day. At least the chromers out number the booters. Regardless I love reading reports either way they go, dark, chrome, skunked, or red hot. A report is just information your willing to share. If folks are rude and you feel inclined to stop sharing well that will slowly make this site useless. Keep the line tight yooper maybe we will bump on a bank somewhere. (bump in a good way:)
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