Dave and his Fat Chicks!
December 4, 2007
You’d have to go to the Kenai or Skeena rivers to find bigger hen Chinook salmon than these two caught by David Pitts of www.salmonandsteelhead.com on the Chetco River last week.
The upper fish is a massive, 45-pound hatchery hen (note the missing adipose fin) Pitts caught in the Willow Run on a chartreuse/green Sledge Hammer by Mack’s Lures, tipped with a red label plug-cut herring.
The big native girl on the bottom weighed a “mere” 40.7 pounds and was taken on a chrome body/chartreuse head No. 15 Pro Troll StingFish in an area known as Tamba. The really cool thing about it is, Dave released ‘em both. Way to go!
Wouldn’t mind hookin’ up with those fatties!
Something is a little ‘fishy’ about this hatchery hen.
If she was indeed released then why is everything buttoned down in the boat, including the oars? On top of that Dave here must be one strong guy to hold out and keep such a big beautiful king upright with both of his hands under the fish.
Also, the blue glove wearing left hand does not seem to leave the slightest indentation on such a soft spot on the fish.
Even though both fish are quite flat eyed, if they were indeed released, Dave here is the man. He should get a lot of respect for releasing such impressive creatures.
Rudy
Hmmm.
Rudy’s on to something.
If you’ll notice in the upper right-hand corner of each photo, there’s a small, blurry spot that appears to be a flying disc of some sort — obviously a UFO.
Seems eerily similar to the so-called Apollo moon landing, the 9-11 attacks or the aliens at Roswell.
Doctored photos?
Is Dave a special agent working with a black ops unit?
A government cover-up?
I tend to say yes.
I’m not the one to point any fingers, but I can’t stop staring at this picture and keep myself from thinking that this pic is photo-shopped.
The second pic of the wild hen looks very legitimate and large. I hope Dave Pitts did indeed release that fish as it is very valuable to the river.
Like I said before, if he released them then he has my respect.
Rudy
Those two massive hens are some of the best spawnning matierial I have seen for the Chetco in the ten years I have fished that river!I hope that so called ”45 lbs hen” was not killed for boasting purposes.
It looks like to me that that fish was on its way to the fish box!!I hope for the future of salmon populations in all the west coast states, peoples pride and pounding of the chest at the end of the day on the river bar dosn’t blind them from the truth of the global issue of fish depletion.
Hmmm rudy is right about ssomething bein fishey here! If both fish were realesed the native died anyhow im sure, left hand in the gills of the fish would of killed it more than likely. As for the the first fish like Rudy said why is every thing buttoned down so quickley? You meen to tell me that while he was fighting this fish his guied was raping up the day? this all seems a bit strange!!!
Rivermaster
Such a tough call. Dead or alive. I say both are on their way to the smoker. It is rare to see a king with the eye looking back at you. I will say they are very clean and have just been landed. Perhaps Dave can shed some light on happened to them. What ever the truth is I wish I was along on the boat that day. The rivers in that country kick out some beautiful fish. Congratulations on a great day of fishing!