First king of the year!

The first king of the season is always worthy of mention…and here’s the official King #1 for 2007 on my boat. This chrome springer was taken today, May 7, by Justin Kelly, who was actually fishing for stripers when this dandy clamped onto his ripbait in the Feather River.

After a quick photo, this fish was released to go do her thing…

Of course, our target was stripers and we caught a bunch that morning. Proving Justin isn’t a one-species kinda guy, here’s one of the nicer ones he caught that ate a Zara Spook:

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