Mike g 61 pounder vs French creek derby

Roofus

Roofus

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I've seen numerous negative posts about this fish being harvested and I see a fishing tournament that is going to put a ton of boats on qualicum rivers bound spawners are these not the same thing minus the fact that one was rowed and all the other will be trolled over is there not a chance a lot of big fish will be killed? I don't personally have a problem with either dad passes fish mounted down to son that rowed him to it awesome! Guy catches huge fish ready to spawn wins prize awesome?
 
Stir the pot much?

At least Qualucum fish are hatchery raised
 
And Mikes fish could have been a Quinsam fish--- so what??? Remember the genes of this fish still reside in others from the same pairing of the adults that spawned. And that includes the jacks.
 
Fishtofino said:
Stir the pot much?

At least Qualucum fish are hatchery raised
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Not sure how this is stirring the pot but the Campbell river thread got derailed on this subject and I was interested on other members thoughts as I live close to both fisheries feel free to look through all my posts so far to see what a d!ck I've been I'm guessing you want a pissing match with a pile on? Thank you to Cuba for actually stating a possible theory
 
there may have been some negative comments in that thread, but when I made mine I wasn't trying to be negative and I hope I didn't come off as being negative.. I thought it was pretty kewl and quite an accomplishment what they had achieved... very few people would have been able to pull off what they did. I was just trying to get the point across that it can even be an even greater high for some people when they release a fish of such high stature and character... I know for myself it was pretty hard to release a large fish when I first started fishing, especially when it's the biggest you've ever caught. but after catching a few large ones it's not hard to release them. I get a kick out of my buddies face when he sees me release a nice sized fish. he almost cries cause he hasn't felt the urge to ever do it himself... haha. but maybe someday it'll rub off.
 
The guy catches a fish with a set of rules that are very precise. A fish of a life time to boot. He did absolutely nothing wrong. He was with his son who was not with him for the first time they caught another huge fish. Memories that they will all carry for life. I for one would love to have that memory with my father or family member. As stated both his sons will have mounts that every time they look at it will remember there father.
Hell, bigger fish then that are caught all the time by the commercial fleet and are killed. Just so you know I throw fish back all the time for different reasons. Some because they are to big for my needs, some because they put up a great fight and deserved to live. If I had caught that fish I may have done they same thing, I may have also let it go. It would depend on a lot of different things.
Like bigdogeh says after you catch a few big ones its not to hard to release some. For me it's about going out and getting away from all the $hit in life and having a good time doing something that I love and sharing that with friends and family and people that love doing it as much as I do.
 
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Aah jeez... it's a frickin HATCHERY FISH... Harvest the bastards. Whomever has an issue with killing this fish needs to become more familiar with this fishery.
Good job bringing 'em in! Gets my blood boiling just thinking about it. I'd have bashed it's brains in too! Hang 'em on the wall beside my 54.
 
Thanks High Five but that is really how I feel about fishing. Also came across this just a minute ago, This is some thing that this family lived about.

TYEE FISHING TALES - Mark Gage

This isn't really a fish story, rather a short memoir of time spent growing up in a fishing family.

Our Dad instilled in all of his kids a keen interest in the ocean environment we still pursue in our thirties. Our Dad has always been serious about his fishing, and as a result we spent the better part of our childhood either trolling up and down the wall north of Brown's Bay, or intently watching the rod tip while fishing the SE corner of the Pool. I still remember when I was about five years old hiding under my Dad's rowboat seat while fishing the SE corner to escape a particularly intense hailstorm, and wondering if other kids spent their summer holding their pee for hours in a rowboat. We also learned to listen for a break in the rhythm of the oar movement because that meant Dad could be leaning over our shoulder to make sure we had our thumb tightly on the reel. I think I was twelve when our Dad achieved his goal of rowing the last family member to a registered Tyee, and shortly after the "Tyee 7" license plates were mounted on the family car.

About the same time I became employed by the Club as a weighmaster for the summers of '81 and '82, and got to live in the clubhouse for a couple of months. I learned a couple of things that summer; firstly, there are a lot of old timers around whose number of fish stories impossibly exceeds the number of fishing days available in a life, and secondly, there are a lot of 29 and three quarter pound fish that grow sand on their sides when they get near the weigh scale...

Since then we've seen a number of Springer spaniels come and go from the bow of the rowboat, and watched in wonder at Dad's amassing what must be the world's largest "Lucky Louie" collection.

We are all proud to be a member of the Tyee Club, and are particularly proud of our Dad's involvement and dedication to the Club and various conservation organizations over the years. To all of those who work hard at maintaining the Tyee Club and its traditions, thanks for your effort!!

Regards,

Mike's youngest son,
Mark Gage.
 
The fact that it is a catch of a lifetime and that he did it the ole fashion way.. kudo's to him , if he wants to keep it and have it mounted, so be it. he earned that right after catching the 61 lb chinook in one of the hardest ways possible. I haven't caught a 30 lber in over 20 years and told myself when i finally catch one i will release it but this guy did nothing wrong and in my opinion has every right to keep that fish.
 
jeffywestcoast said:
The fact that it is a catch of a lifetime and that he did it the ole fashion way.. kudo's to him , if he wants to keep it and have it mounted, so be it. he earned that right after catching the 61 lb chinook in one of the hardest ways possible. I haven't caught a 30 lber in over 20 years and told myself when i finally catch one i will release it but this guy did nothing wrong and in my opinion has every right to keep that fish.
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yeah, i'm pretty sure the large majority of guys feel the same way as you do.
 
I think I worded my first post wrong I was thinking after the first reply I was gonna get hammered for thinking taking this fish was awesome.
 
That 61 would be coming over the side on my boat.
Like CL said the genes are still in the pool.
 
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