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Snohomish County, WA

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08/25/2015
66° - 70°
Casting
Pink Salmon
Pink
Mostly Sunny
Jig
Morning
08/26/2015
5
2748

Headed out to fish the SnoHo yesterday. It was a superb day with a couple of surprises....

I was not able to catch a single bright colored fish; they were all green with most dawning superb arches in their backs. The humpies were ecstatic over my jigs. I tie my own; they produce much better action than store bought ones. 22 humpies landed in total, all safely C&R. Had me doing the "humpy dance" with my ultralight spinning outfit. Most were bucks; the guy/girl ratio was quite askew. Also, a couple of aggressive cutties and even a little bulldog clamped down on my jig as it twitched happily about. All safely C&R as well.

The biggest surprise came as I reached for my vibrax spinner and ML rod to see if I could pull in an early coho; theres been a couple spotted milling about already. A heavy grab on the fifth cast signaled something was willing to do battle. But far too heavy to be a humpy, and even big by silver standards.....

Finally he surfaced, thrashing about and "dolphin leaping" out of the water, showing off a brilliant bronze coloration. I managed to hook the "King of the River." Here we go, fighting a king on a 7ft ML twitching rod and 8lb flouroclear line. Well, my "humpy dance" apparently works decent on kings as well, because after a 20 minute fight, I was able to tail the beauty and get a measurement. The wild tank measured 42" nose to tail fork. He never left the water and was quick to swim off. Anyone know how much a king like that weighs?

Noon approached and I headed off the river, with nary a fish on my stringer but no remorse over that fact. I usually C&R anyway, so being able to do so on some amazing fish was a great experience.

Tight lines


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nvan
8/26/2015 1:24:00 PM
When my daughter was 10, she hooked and landed a 45 pound King out of the Coquille River. It measured about 46 inches long. There is a formula for estimating the weight of a fish by measuring it's girth, length, date of birth and divide it by how long it took to reel in :) ...........but seriously, there really is a formula......really.
Teenangler07nwest
8/26/2015 1:48:00 PM
I would say mid to possibly high 20s sounds like an awesome day of fishing to me
john maher
8/26/2015 3:39:00 PM
easily high 20s, more likely over 30 lbs. Nice catch! I had the same thrill on the Skykomish few years ago. Fish was in the same size range as yours. That boy took 20 to 25 minutes too. He hit a #4 mepps aglia.
the piranha
8/26/2015 5:11:00 PM
Length x girth x girth / 800 is calculation. Nice report, I tie my own also. I always lose my big kings I hook on light line.
joshcoward
8/26/2015 8:24:00 PM
What area of the river were you in
jonb
8/26/2015 8:33:00 PM
that king is most likely 30ish lbs, great catch.
laketroll
8/26/2015 11:28:00 PM
you measured it correctly and it should be 35 lbs give or take a pound
mountainman25
8/27/2015 10:25:00 AM
Dude that's a really nice cutty, I'd be stoked on that. But that king, that's a Tule strain isn't? Does anybody know for sure? I caught one last year at Tualco, real dark green like that. Tight lines!
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