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[LubeDude]

Took a close friend out Bass fishing yesterday, water temp about 55. Started right off with a deep diving crankbait and the second cast had a strike. I mean "I had a strike"!!! I almost lost a rod before I could get the drag losened! I knew right away It was no Bass. Turned out to be an 18# Coho Native Salmon. Cant keep them in this lake. I no sooner had this one released than my buddy had one on, his would go about 20#s. We quickly hooked another 15 Salmon in about two hours. Man did we have fum on our Bass poles. Only down side was that we lost abought $20.00 worth of Crankbaits. Some can be repaired, but all of them need new hooks at least.

 

[JB]

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Wow! Sounds like one of those "tell your grandkids about it" days, LD.

 

[Ron G]

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What a day of catching!Like catching big smallies while crappie fishing.

 

[jtexas]

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that'll make up for a lot of slow days! how bout a couple pics?

 

[MYTJC]

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You take time to snap some pics LD?

 

[LubeDude]

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yes I did, I have a couple pictures of the Bucks we caught, bright red. They are at home though so I will have to post them tonight.

 

[JasonJ]

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Very nice, any good fish fight is a good thing, regardless of flavor of fish...

 

[cwilt]

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i had a day like that last year ld. i was top water fishing for bass with a chugbug when something sucked it under. when it jumped my heart almost stopped it was a 60# something tarpon. the canal was about 15 ft wide. never got him in, broke my line. was worth the lure though...

 

[LubeDude]

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Here ya go! My buddy Rick.<br /><br />We only caught two that were red, the rest were very fresh and bright, some still had sea lice on them. We shook all of them off at the boat except this one which was all wrapped up. They all swam away. Its only about a five mile swim into the lake from the ocean..<br /><br />Remember, we were Bass fishing, we just couldnt keep these buggers off. <br /><br />

 

[Reel Poor]

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I forgot to come back and look for the pics. Man thats a nice fish. Its great to be catchin when you fishin.

 

[rosco_59]

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Nice catch, must have been a dreat deal of fun.

 

[KRS]

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Wow, what the heck are sea lice?

 

[LubeDude]

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Sea lice are little critters about 1/4-1/2" long that attach themselves to the Salmon in the ocean. When the get into fresh water, the fish try to knock them off by jumping. They (the lice) die in fresh water and I think they must itch or something. It takes about a week for them to fall off. (So Ive heard).

 

[Ron G]

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Is that like crabs for fish

 

[Reel Poor]

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Originally posted by Ron G:<br /> Is that like crabs for fish

 

[KRS]

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Didn't know that, looks like a great fish!