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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:49 pm
by Middle Kingdom
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?
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:59 pm
by ElfDude
You heard about the one-armed fisherman, right?
He caught a fish THIS BIG!
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:02 pm
by Middle Kingdom
D'oh!
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:04 pm
by schuette
glad your having fun t
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:37 pm
by awip2062
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:58 pm
by Middle Kingdom
Well congrats on your fish catching!
I can't imagine fighting a fish for hours.
I bet he was sore for an 85lb-er.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:24 pm
by awip2062
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:24 pm
by Walkinghairball
I only fish for the frozen kind at Safeway.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:54 am
by schuette
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
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:23 am
by Big Blue Owl
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!
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:24 pm
by awip2062
I did have fun. I even made friends. I now have a place to go if I find myself in Minnesota.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:31 pm
by awip2062
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:
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:31 pm
by ElfDude
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...
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:32 pm
by awip2062
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!
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:35 pm
by awip2062
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:
