On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:17:46 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

daytripper wrote:
I'm baaaaaaack. And holy crap this group has gone plumb crazy without
me! ;-)

Paul G, Dave P and I spent the better part of a week fishing the
Salmon River in upstate New York, and through dead lucky timing ended
up on the river during the better part of the salmon run.

Nice, Dave. Makes those lil 16" 'bows look mighty small!

Heck, it makes our stripers and bluefish look small - at least the ones I
manage to catch ;-)

Talking with the folks at the SR Hatchery we learned that big dude is of a
strain that constitutes about one quarter of the king salmon population in the
Salmon River. The males from the majority strain are usually around a foot
shorter at maturity. I hooked an even bigger one last season - got the leader
knot inside the tiptop and nearly landed it but lost him at the net.

My oldest son commented a full season of caught brookies wouldn't add up to
that one fish - and he wants to go with us next fall :-)

/daytripper