Sockeye and other interesting things

[Gogga]

Well, at long last the fish have arrived, went out yesterday to the pit river on a jet boat, with a mate of mine. Got that bloody Sockeye that's been eluding me - a few Chinooks as well as coho or two.

Anyhow here is a pic or two




All the best
Mike

[Chris Shelton]

Awesome Mike, well done mate! So these are recent sea-run fish I take it?

[Gogga]

Awesome Mike, well done mate! So these are recent sea-run fish I take it?

Hey Chris,

Yea - I'd estimate that they have been in the river for less than three days.

All the best
Mike

[Chris Shelton]

Hey Chris,

Yea - I'd estimate that they have been in the river for less than three days.

All the best
Mike

Looks like it. That fish is very silver. Nice size, must have given you a hell of a rev? How far inland is that?

[Gogga]

Chris,
Must be about 20 ks from the sea, and yes it was all over the bloody show - cartwheeling and trying to spit the fly - at first I thought it was a Coho the way it was behaving - but I was really surprised to find it was a sockeye.

All the best
Mike

[Chris Shelton]

Chris,
Must be about 20 ks from the sea, and yes it was all over the bloody show - cartwheeling and trying to spit the fly - at first I thought it was a Coho the way it was behaving - but I was really surprised to find it was a sockeye.

All the best
Mike

Awesome Mike....Eish, I need to experience that feeling again. Suffering from serious fishing blues at the moment. Thanks for the report.

All the best
Chris

[Jasper]

absolutely beautiful silver fresh-run fish!!! .... makes my mouth water!! ..... congrats!!

[KevinC]

Now that looks like fun

[KevinE]

Beauty fish Mike. Now, I always thought that sockeye had the pronounced humps on their backs, or have I confused species?

[rols]

niceely done mike
love the music on that clip in the end when he gets the fish. lovely size