Friday, June 13, 2008

Fifth King

The following is my post to the Alaska Outdoor Journal private angler's fishing reports. Before I get to that I must say that this has been a stellar year so far. Five Kings to the bank. I am sure this is my personal best for a year. The downside is that for all of that, I have only been able to put two in the freezer. At Ship Creek I have had four take downs, reulting in two fish on, both snags!! I have been using a double hook rig which is what I think has bee leading to the problems. The 2nd hook gets the fish in the side when I o for the set, then the mouth hook releases with no tension on it. I think I'll try going to a single hook rig for a while to see if that make a difference.


ANGLER: FishonBruceAK
TRIP DATE: 6/12
REGION: Anchorage
WATER: Ship Creek
SPECIES: Kings
REPORT: Hit the high tide this afternoon and saw several hookups with many jacks coming in before the high then fish getting progressively bigger after the tide. Six to eight kings to the bank in the 15 to 30 lb range. I got one too, good for about 15 pounds. Too bad it was foul hooked and I had to let him go. For all the griping about a lack luster year, that was my fourth king to the bank this season, fifth if you include a jack. Fish On!!!

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