RIVER Fish Pictures !

[RiverChromeGS]

Just like JENS, my day on the samish was EASILY the best all year. It sprinkled last night, and i didnt think it was enough. WOW was it enough. LOL the fish were running up SO hard. I could hear splashing over shallows ALL day, i just watched and enjoyed as hundreds moved up between holes in the upper river. ALL CHROME AS HELL. sea lice all over their backs and fins. WOWOWOWOW a large % of the fish in the bay moved up and ran ALL the way. it was like a youtube video of alaska. Anyways, once i finally found a holding hole where i could find some fire cure hungry nooks, i took some casts. first 7 cast, had 7 take downs and landed 4 jacks and a 15 pound darkie. It slowed a bit as the fish got spooked, but ended the day going 33-for-WHO KNOWS how many bites and lost fish i had. LAnded 33 chinook today, 25 at least were sea lice chrome, i would say 15 weere jacks. biggest buck was about 35 and dark. walked out with a 34, yea 34 pound CHROME hen and a 28 pound CHROME buck. Im at work now, but ill post the pics of my fish and my buddies (18 and 14 pound chrome hens) when i get home tonight. Amazing salmon fishing. there were so many fish that they were chasing my eggs in, biting them the second the landed in the hole. it was like trout fishing in a hatchery. If i could just keep the jacks off the eggs, i would have likley landed even more HAWGGGS.

BTW i am releasing fish at the samish because i am tieing my eggs 3 inches above the hook, so when they eat it, i hook them on the outside of the mouth, thus having to be released, makes for a longer day and more fun, then when u wanna keep some and leave, tie it normal and u got a keeper! pretty sure theres nothing in the rules against this! lol

[EAmon___hoffman123]

Nice chrome pair you got!!!

[Kockmandoo]

Yeah I freaked when ff told me about it, so as soon as I got done with school I hauled ass to the river. couple holes taken, I managed to get 2 fish. one darker than dark black beast/moldy nasty slimey thing and this 30 pound chrome hen. huuuuuuggggggggeeeee skeins on her. Im gonna have a lot of steel bait this winter.

[Brian253]

I had probably one of my best days on the river last weekend. I went 6 for 10 using bobber and eggs and with eggs that I cured up a few days before fishing. I released 2 bruiser Nooks pushing the upper teen range and a couple buffed up jacks. I did bonk a bright Chrome hen about 12 pounds, the meat on that fish was incredible.

True story. I was cutting up some eggs when these 4 guys walked up to where I was fishing. The look of these guys screamed flossers. I rolled my eyes and was shaking my head when each one of them bombarded the hole with 1oz cannonballs and long leaders.

I caught one of the guys looking over to what I was doing and them whispered something in the line of, "He aint catching anything, why use bait?"

I shook my head and smirked after hearing them say, "Dude, I just rolled one. Oh bro, me too I just missed a bite."


Anyways, I just sat back admiring what they were doing while trying to ignore the sound of whipping mono. I had to cough out loud a couple times to let them know I was waiting to cast.

I cast my offering in the hole watching my bobber drift about 10 feet when it disappears. It went down right where I knew there would be a fish and right where these guys couldn't cast to. After fighting this beast and taking a quick pic I released the fish unharmed.

No words were spoken when I left but retrieving my chrome hen from the water was extremely satisfying when I heard one of them say, "Man, we should have used eggs."

Bahaha great story jensen, I can picture the look on your face when they walk up with ten foot leaders.... Priceless, sounds like a good day.. Lets fish soon ain't no nookie like chi-nookie

[knotabassturd]

Man, jens and Freak are catching chinook like they were pinks!? Nice job guys... Thanx for the pics (and riverside story jens LOL- makes the smile a bit bigger during those moments).

[Kockmandoo]

I convinced my dad to come out and fish the samish this morning, good decision on his part. walked down to the river. first hole is taken. shoot. walk down to next hole, first cast my dad lands a nice nook. we ended up hooking 14 fish. all on eggs. when we didn't want to keep, just scooted the eggs up the hook like ff does. ended the day with 2 fish about 14, one about 21, and one smaller about 6 or 8. released a couple pushing 20, and some jacks. 3 of the fish were bronze and one was nice and chrome. kinda hard to tell in pics.

[kingfisher101]

Dang the kings are in crazy.Nice job Kockmondoo and FF also jens got one huge on in his pic.

[Kockmandoo]

Sapiplate-thats a beautiful brown, what river did you catch it on????

[EAmon___hoffman123]

Nice fish! one of thoose is beat up though:-"

[Kockmandoo]

yeah the buck was a bit dark but nice red meat. fought like a champ. bit my eggs so hard my bobber shot like 5 ft forward underwater.

[Matt]

Good ole' Samish river boot stock. Yikes.

[RiverChromeGS]

Haha i like how we have been posting chrome HAWGS for weeks now and the FIRST dark one we keep is the one that Matt makes a smart ass remark on.
Anyways...

Limited today easy. Heres pics. Big buck my buddy caught WELL over 35 pounds

[Fish_Bait111397]

Yeah I dont think Matt is jealous, hes easily one of the best fisherman on the site.
Im pretty sure he gets his share of all the fish out there.

[fishingmachine]

good ole bickering haha.
fishenfreak your buddy has some serious go go gadget arms

[RiverChromeGS]

Haha fishbait, not sure what makes u think that. he just makes himself look good by pointing out fault in others who catch fish, like citing the rule book and waiting for someone to say something bad or wrong so he can make himself sound smarter. Youve prob caught more salmon than him this year.

[RiverChromeGS]

I really have to take a break from the samish, my arms are sore and the freezer is FULL. Nothing but chrome today.

First cast at 615am in dim light this morning i took my first bobber egg cast under my favorite logjam. Literally the second it land, my bobber goes under SO HARD straight into the logs. Set the hook, somehow out of the snags jumps a 20 pound chromer literally jumped 10 feet in the air, went through branches!!! anyways good day, pics are here. Fire cure on eggs is killing.

[Fish_Bait111397]

my arms are sore and the freezer is FULL. .

I know that feelin, i was out fishin saturday, i caught one small silver about 6 pounds and was ready to call it quits. LOL

[Steelheadman12]

I've filled two cards almost now... only 6 total pinks rest are nooks and silvers..... Have fish coming out my ears

[SAPIplate]

Dang jens! You should be a flyfisher LOL. Was that 6 for 10 all 'nooks?? Geesh. That's some fish fighting practice!

SAPI- that is a beautfiul brown Was that on fly or gear? Nice either way.

I caught it on fly (I don't do that gear thing :D on Belt Creek in Central Montana. I'll try and dig up some pics of Washington trout from this year....

[RiverChromeGS]

haha fishbait i kno what u mean. Im getting tired of the chinook, the coho are gonna come soon in samish and that will make things more interesting.

Im like 5 spots away from filling card # 2 also steelheadman. Ive got about 8 pinks, 12 sockeye and the rest are Alllllll nookies. LOl