Slammin' Salmon

sawhorseray · Post by **sawhorseray** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 21:33

Yesterday's first trip of the year on the mighty Pacific Ocean produced this beautiful 21 pound Chinook salmon for me ten minutes after dropping the lines.

We filled out limits for three before noon and I made the 185 mile trip back home before rush hour hit. The big boy is brining and will be smoked in applewood tomorrow.

The smaller one made for a wonderful fillet dinner last night and will star in a encore performance again this evening. Good friends, calm seas, nice pink!

RAY

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 21:58

Wow, things are tough all over!
Nice job, Ray! Be sure to post a few photo of some "smoked' salmon eh?

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Krakowska · Post by **Krakowska** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 22:31

Nice looking fish Ray, When we were living up in Buffalo got quite a few "Kings' out of Lake Ontario. Now You got me going, Son#2 brought a couple steel head down with him when they visited in February. They are just screaming to get out of the freezer to be smoked. Going to happen next week, Got some smelt he brought down for supper Friday. Got a ton of talapia in the freezer also from fishing down here. Take care, "Tight lines"

Fred

Cabonaia · Post by **Cabonaia** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 01:44

Ray you ARE the man! I have gone out of SF on salmon boats 3 times in my life, and each time nobody on the boat caught a thing. Those are beautiful fish.

Jealously,
Jeff

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 03:20

Just one of those is more fish than I caught all of last season.
Nice, very nice.

sawhorseray · Post by **sawhorseray** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 06:26

Cabonaia wrote:Ray you ARE the man! I have gone out of SF on salmon boats 3 times in my life, and each time nobody on the boat caught a thing. Those are beautiful fish.
Jealously,Jeff

Cabo, the two guys I was fishing are your neighbors in Morgan Hill, old friends. We always fish out of Moss Landing early in the season, downriggers at 225' deep, huge flasher with a hoochie. You hook a fish that's a football field away, it really hurts a lot more than it used to to get it in the boat. Still doable tho! Next I'll either be going back down there or with another old friend out of HMB, I guided both those guys to their first wild hogs, show'd them how to gut and skin them too!

RAY

Cabonaia · Post by **Cabonaia** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 07:44

Salmon and wild pigs - Ray, you are getting the best out of this state.

Here are my two girls having some breakfast this morning...2 weeks to go.