Finished Business
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We made our annual journey up to the land of giants, Rivers Inlet recently. I could go on and on, but figured a few photos from the trip would say enough. The first few are shots of my biggest fish to date, an honest 40 lber, with an interesting story to go with. In short, the fish put up a great fight, but not as good as expected...once landed we found the reason why. It must be noted that barbed hooks are a serious no-no (as in any waters for salmon) but here, they keep very close tabs on everyone's gear. The fish I landed on the other hand, had a massive hook, I figure a 10/0 at least, with a very large barb stuck just infront of its pectoral fin. The wound was fresh, we figured 24 hours give or take a half day. It was clearly a snagged fish, and after talking with the local Good Hope guys, found out the fish run a small section of River, into a large lake, and back into the ocean. The fish was more than likely snagged in the river, making this journey within a day. It made for a sad, but interesting story.
Here's some shots of the beast, and its foul Hook. Followed by some other shots I snapped as the long (as many as 14 hour days) passed by. The action was slow but rewarding. Some days we were skunked, others, we were very lucky to hook into a few fish. Over the 5 day period, averaging 12hour per day, we hooked 9 fish, landed 4. 22lb, 35, 37, and 40lbs.
As a huge bonus, the fish I landed was a hatchery fish. I look very forward to recieving the information from that head. Enjoy the shots....the last picture is over the biggest fish caught during our stay, 64 lbs.
Cheers,
FB
Here's some shots of the beast, and its foul Hook. Followed by some other shots I snapped as the long (as many as 14 hour days) passed by. The action was slow but rewarding. Some days we were skunked, others, we were very lucky to hook into a few fish. Over the 5 day period, averaging 12hour per day, we hooked 9 fish, landed 4. 22lb, 35, 37, and 40lbs.
As a huge bonus, the fish I landed was a hatchery fish. I look very forward to recieving the information from that head. Enjoy the shots....the last picture is over the biggest fish caught during our stay, 64 lbs.
Cheers,
FB
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but kick myself in the crotch I forgot to clear GoPro memory space and only got footage to the dock on our first day before the memory card was full. Still kicking myself over that one!!
