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Snohomish County, WA

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06/20/2015
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Morning
06/20/2015
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Got up early this morning and decided to go target Dolly Varden. I've never caught one before so I packed my light gear, a few spinners and headed to the river. I was tossing a vintage 1/4oz Bolo spinner for about a half hour or so then something slammed it HARD. I fought it for about 5 minutes or so and got it close enough to get a peak, it turned out to be a monster King Salmon. Once it saw me it took off down river, peeled all of my line and snapped it clean off the spool. I've never hooked into a King before. Just feeling the raw power of a salmon that size is well worth 4 stars. The Kings were jumping left and right out there. It's too bad we can't retain them yet. I'd love to lock into another one with heavier gear.


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AJFishdude
6/20/2015 10:17:00 PM
Too bad about your line and spinner. It's pretty awesome though how strong kings are!
coughie
6/21/2015 12:39:00 AM
Luckily I found some bolos on eBay a couple years ago. I still have a few of them. By far my favorite spinner for trout. They still sell them up in Canada but refuse to ship them down here.. I had an 1/8 oz bolo for a while, man did the trout love it.
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