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08/24/2017
Pink Salmon
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08/24/2017
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I got a day off and took my wife out to teach her how to catch pink salmon. She never caught a salmon before and really only ever fished one other time in her life. It was a slow start action at first, teaching her how to cast a spinning reel, lots of tangles and snags, But she picked it up after a bit and started getting hook ups, she would try to continuously reel while the fish were attempting to run. This wasn't conducive to landing them though lol. Luckily i was using 12 lb maxima on that set up so, the line was forgiving at least. Next step i had to teach her how land a fish. So by this point i had already landed a few fish , and bonked a nice doe (hen) so i started handing my rod off to let her play my fish too, to help with the learning curve. She ended up landing the first fish i passed off to her, which was on my fly rod. Her next fish she hooked and landed completely on her own though. A very proud moment for me. She was pretty excited about it too. By the end of the day she went 2/5 on pinks and lost a chinook. I ended up landing 5 and lost a bunch. Visibility was poorer than on my last trip at around 18" vis not ideal, but we managed.


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chwong
8/24/2017 10:53:19 PM
Nicely done Mr. B taking the wife out finally! She looks pretty happy in the pictures, so you may have found yourself a new fishing partner! I can't believe this the first time she's been salmon fishing with you.
jonb
8/25/2017 6:08:38 AM
Thanks man. Yep she hasn't been interested in it until recently.
N E 1 FISSION
8/25/2017 12:55:22 PM
Good man Jon, looks beautiful up there,...
jonb
8/25/2017 7:23:01 PM
Thanks man
AJFishdude
8/25/2017 9:14:09 PM
Nice job John, finally getting the wife into some fish. As for my, I'm planning some smack talk tomorrow morning....
jonb
8/25/2017 11:21:45 PM
I hope you post a report man. I might visit the states in the beginning of sept. Would be nice to get the smack talk hole going again lol.
AJFishdude
8/26/2017 9:33:03 PM
Well, I was lazy and didn't hit Smack Talk in the morning, but instead fished it from 4 to about 7:20 in the evening. Good numbers of rollers, but not a single hit. Twitching the same jigs in the same place in the same way and at the same time as two years ago. Basically all conditions identical, and not a bite this afternoon. Oh well.
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