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Fishing for Sabertooth Salmon

May 21, 2021 By JD Leave a Comment

Let’s take a ride in the ol’ Fishing Boat Time Machine and head back to what is present day Oregon and chase 300- to 500-pound tusked salmon!

Filed Under: Features, Fishing Videos Tagged With: sabertoothed salmon, Salmon, salmon fishing

That’s a Bad Fish: The 10-foot long Sabertooth Salmon

January 25, 2010 By JD 7 Comments

Artwork: Dmitry Bogdanov

Okay, so here’s yet another reason I need that time machine jet sled: So I can go back to the late Miocene epoch, (about 20 plus million years ago) and fish for oncorhynchus rastrosus, otherwise known as the “Sabertooth Salmon.”

This big boy was up to 10 feet long and weighed 300 to 400 pounds. As if that weren’t bad ass enough, ol’ rastrosus rocked some huge 4-inch fangs that extended down from the top of his jaw (bust out the wire leaders and titanium Kwikfish!). Click here to read more…

Filed Under: Exotic Species Tagged With: sabertoothed salmon, Salmon

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