Oregon Coast Chinook

[bigzee44]

I caught this 40 #er trolling herring in the mouth of the Tillamook bay in Oregon.  The four of us landed six fish in two days, four over 30 lbs. (september 2007)




A couple others from the weekend.
38#


36#


Thought i would contribute some pics since i like browsing everybody elses.

[pikemaster789]

those are some monsters for sure! Wish we had more like that in the great lakes

[BAZOOKAJOE]

Nice kings dude!!   

[Bassfishin1983]

Those are some nice ones.

[unreel]

  nice kings,  send some of the eggs to Lake Ontario,  ours a barely hitting 30lbs the last couple of years.  What make of boat are you in?   nice and wide.

[MikeThePike]

Some gorgeous kings.

nice kings,  send some of the eggs to Lake Ontario,  ours a barely hitting 30lbs the last couple of years.

The last thing the lake needs is more fish being stocked. Thats one of the main reason the size of the fish are down. Too many competing for the food.

[bigzee44]

nice kings,  send some of the eggs to Lake Ontario,  ours a barely hitting 30lbs the last couple of years.  What make of boat are you in?   nice and wide.

We were fishing a 22' Willie sled.  Every body likes them down there because they have a wide beam and can run in shallow water. 

[unreel]

Some gorgeous kings.


The last thing the lake needs is more fish being stocked. Thats one of the main reason the size of the fish are down. Too many competing for the food.

Thats not totally true,  first the state was getting students from Oswego State to strip the eggs and do you really think they were picking the largest fish......( Human  selection was helping bring the size down)....also I never said they should "add" to the number of eggs fertilized..........    

We were fishing a 22' Willie sled.  Every body likes them down there because they have a wide beam and can run in shallow water.

Sweet looking ride, will have to check them out.....Thanks

[BottomDweller]

bigzee, it looks like you're holding an elephant in the second picture.  awesome job.

[taxid]

A friend in Michigan that runs a couple of fish farms was on the west coast talking to a guy that supplied the first fertilized chinook eggs. The friend made the comment that maybe we need to get some more stock to increase genetic variation. The guy turned to my friend and said, "Hell your fish started out as inbred hillbillies. A male and two females is what started your whole program!

Personally I think the main reason is reduced forage but inbreeding could play a part too. 

[the lunker taker]

thats anice one