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Middle Kingdom · Post by **Middle Kingdom** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:49 pm

I JUST SAW THE HUGE FISH IN THAT FIRST PIC!
MY GOODNESS!

I just noticed I use all caps in the first sentence - too lazy to change it.

Nice job. I can't imagine catching a fish that size (I don't fish)
How tough was it to reel him in?

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:59 pm

You heard about the one-armed fisherman, right?

He caught a fish THIS BIG!

Middle Kingdom · Post by **Middle Kingdom** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:02 pm

D'oh!

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:04 pm

glad your having fun t

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:37 pm

The 85 pounder that was caught was tough. The man who reeled it in had to take lots of breaks and he was sore for a couple of days.

The halibut I got were not more than 25 pounds and they took some work themselves. My godmother and I both agreed that we would be content with any fish that was large enough to take legally and took the first two we got that were in that range. We were overjoyed we didn't end up with a record fish because we didn't want to have to fight the fish for hours.

Middle Kingdom · Post by **Middle Kingdom** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:58 pm

Well congrats on your fish catching!
I can't imagine fighting a fish for hours.
I bet he was sore for an 85lb-er.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:24 pm

Thanks!

I would not want to spend hours reeling in a fish, either. *shudders* The halibut I caught only took a mere fraction of that time to pull up.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:24 pm

I only fish for the frozen kind at Safeway.

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:54 am

my fishing is a bit like Ogg's....chuck in the line with a floater....crack open a few beers and roll a couple of doobies

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:23 am

Wow T, it really looks like you're making the absolute most out of your trip. You're having more fun than is legal in 40 countries!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:24 pm

I did have fun. I even made friends. I now have a place to go if I find myself in Minnesota.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:31 pm

Here are some pictures from my trip:

The view out of the window of the first place we stayed on Resurrection Bay in Seward:

An otter in Resurrection Bay during our boat tour:

Angler's Lodge on the Kenai River, where we stayed while fishing:

Looking downstream from Angler's Lodge at birds waiting for fish:

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:31 pm

awip2062 wrote:I did have fun. I even made friends. I now have a place to go if I find myself in Minnesota.

I'm thinkin' you've probably got more friends than you can shake a stick at...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:32 pm

ElfDude wrote:
awip2062 wrote:I did have fun. I even made friends. I now have a place to go if I find myself in Minnesota.
I'm thinkin' you've probably got more friends than you can shake a stick at...

Ah, I can shake a stick at all of them. I just get the stick and shake it while making a 360 degree turn, and viola!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:35 pm

Cook Inlet where we got the halibut with volcanoes bordering it:

Sunrise on the Kasilof River, where I caught my salmon:

A drift boat coming out of the mist rising off the Kasilof River about 4:30 in the morning:

A young eagle: