I used to drive past this spot every morning en-route to the put-in on Northern California’s Trinity River when I was guiding there. The “Fish On” sign always got me fired up for a day of good action.
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From the monthly archives:
June 2007
Here I am with a big Alaskan ‘bow caught by a client of mine on the Nushagak River while we were backtrolling a “California Watermelon” K-15 Kwikfish on 60-lb. mono leader. So much for cobweb tippets and matching the hatch…
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Forget salmon, steelhead & stripers. Asian Carp may just may be my new “niche fishery!”
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So there we are, Big Fred and me, guiding a saltwater fishing expedition in Northern California when Big Boy gets the bright idea to hook up a chunk of bait on a light spinning outfit…”just for kicks.”
It doesn’t take long for the bait to get eaten…by an alien.
And let me tell you, when hooked on light gear, the extraterrestrial beast put up quite a scrap! Ron Milam, of Rocklin, CA was the man on the stick for the battle, which raged on for a good 36 straight hours. Well, okay, maybe it was more like 20 minutes, but it took a good week for Ron’s fingers to uncramp and straighten out after the encounter.
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“Come one step closer and I’m gonna whack you over the head with this thing. I’m serious…stay away or there’s going to be trouble!”
Our pal Mike Fridley sent in this fine photo of his buddy with a Trinity River chinook to be considered for our Smoker of the Year Contest and it gets high marks not only for the excellent darkness of the fish but also for his pal’s menacing, cyborg-like (check out those red eyes!) look. Kinda seems like a scene from a bad futuristic alien-invasion horror flick…or maybe one about a Zombie Apocalypse!
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After taking the test, it looks like I have slightly less than a 50-50 chance of making it through a Zombie Apocalypse, which, all things considered, seems like pretty fair odds in such an event…Click the screen below to see how you’d do.
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Okay, so you know I’m always on the hunt for really, really bad fish mounts. I just get a kick out of ‘em for some bizarre reason. Anyway, I recently ran across this dandy…I think this one is so great because it looks like the bastard offspring of a rainbow trout-carp breeding session.
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Though he felt good about his chances at the FLW Tour’s stop at the Potomac River last week, our man Big Fred Contaoi had a bit of a rough go at it. After Day 1, he was still within 8 pounds of making a check with his 3 fish for 6 pounds, 9 ounces but things got a little tougher the second day and Fred only weighed in 2 bass for 5 pounds, 3 ounces.
I haven’t been able to get in touch with the big fella since then, so I don’t know the whole story but I’m sure he’ll rebound and do well at the next event. Stay tuned!
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