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Me and my dad hit the water at 5:30 we launch the boat and i start out with a green hotspot flasher with a green splatter back hootchie. My dad ran a hot spot flasher and a cop car coho killer. Well i was not expecting to get much out there. But wouldn't u know it at 5:50 my rod starts bouncing so i break it off the downrigger and my rod goes down and the line starts going. This was a decent fish. After a long first run and some shorter runs we land the 15lb hatchery king. Gear was down at 50 feet at the bite. So one fish i was happy with that but around two hours later at 7:35 my rod starts bouncing again so i break it off the downrigger and it starts peeling line and is running like crazy so i do the right thing and let him run and he surfaces and we land the fish in around 5 minutes and it was another 15lb native king. But everything is legal in inner Elliot so in the cooler it went. Those were our only two bites of the day and we were done by 9:30. Those were also my biggest kings so far.

Toni

8/4/2008 8:18:00 PM

Good looking fish you caught. Well worth getting up for!

Rollin with Rolland

8/4/2008 9:03:00 PM

sweet fishingmachine!! feels pretty darn good to land some of them kings, huh?? Let the king slayin' begin....

fishingmachine

8/4/2008 9:17:00 PM

yeah it is awesome it makes getting up early worth it. these fish were powerful as heck

Gringo Pescador

8/5/2008 12:17:00 PM

Nice job fishingmachine!

fishingmachine

8/5/2008 2:38:00 PM

Thanks gringo i never really knew how powerful these kings were

rvnblk

8/5/2008 3:27:00 PM

Are you sure about "everything being legal in inner Elliot"? I am trying to verifiy it in the regs since a few friends have been setting the natives free.

trackster13

8/5/2008 3:33:00 PM

nice fish...and yes you can keep natives in elliott bay...i would release the bigger natives though, those are the fish you want in the wild gene pool

fishingmachine

8/5/2008 4:21:00 PM

yeah i am all for releasing the bigger natives but this was my first two big kings so i kept them and yeah everything in inner elliot bay is legal. as long as the king is above 22 inches

Gringo Pescador

8/5/2008 4:24:00 PM

Heh, heh, yeah, if you are going to start hauling in fish that size on a regular basis, your gonna have to hit the gym... :)

fishingmachine

8/5/2008 4:26:00 PM

yeah i know they fought like heck and especially when they cgarge the boat i thought i lost the first one

stephanp253

8/5/2008 8:10:00 PM

nice job but those arent fifteen pounds buddy sorry get a scale that works try 8 maybe 10 not trying to be mean but when you guys on weight you kinda need to know what your talking about. but nice catch good to know they are out there.

fishingmachine

8/5/2008 9:27:00 PM

weighed on two scales they read 15 and 15.6 so i dunno even the fish checker said they were about 15

kutthroatkilla

8/6/2008 1:08:00 PM

FM nice fish man. You caught them so you know what you're talking about... They're around 15 - looks about right. Gorgeous fish man and good job! Keep it up dude! Very cool.

fishingmachine

8/6/2008 2:06:00 PM

THANKS KUTT YEAH MY FIRST EVER BIG KINGS

stephanp253

8/6/2008 7:40:00 PM

ok go catch a cutt throat. I am done i was just saying "good guess" but no sorry man . i am junior warden south sound department i check fish daily wasnt trying to be rude but you and i know the truth but like i said good job and good to know they are out there. tight lines get some more buddy.

kgb98367

8/9/2008 8:49:00 PM

July 16-Aug. 15 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined).
Release wild CHINOOK. Handling Rule in effect for wild CHINOOK. Release CHUM
beginning Aug. 1. Handling Rule in effect for CHUM beginning Aug. 1. Hatchery
CHINOOK retention may close earlier if combined Area 9 and 10 quota of 7,000
hatchery CHINOOK is attained. See Duwamish Waterways Special Rules on
previous page. See Shilshole Bay Closure and Elliott Bay Closures on previous
page. See Inner Elliott Bay Fishery and Sinclair Inlet Fishery on previous page.

Not trying to be an ass but here are the regs

kutthroatkilla

8/10/2008 6:39:00 PM

Inner Elliott Bay Fishery

July 4 -Aug. 25 Open Fridays through Mondays ONLY. CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON
species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Aug. 1-Aug. 25: release CHUM.
Aug. 1-Aug. 25: Handling Rule in effect for CHUM. See Elliott Bay closure on
previous page. See Duwamish Waterways Special Rules on previous page.

Jacob Tieszen

8/11/2008 6:41:00 PM

nice fish were there any fish jumping

fishingmachine

8/12/2008 1:09:00 PM

No there werent any jumping but they are shallow this year
Thanks Kutt for clearing that up
we were fishing in inner elliot bay therefore they are legal

kutthroatkilla

8/15/2008 12:06:00 AM

You got it FM. Still eatin that "candy?" Man is that fish good!!

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