I like catching

[Yepblaze]

Salmon Downtown Sacramento<br /><br />

<br /><br />Too bad it was amonth early for the season and had to throw it back.

 

[Backlash]

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WOW! <br />Backlash

 

[12Footer]

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Good googly moogly!!!!!<br />I woulda had a tear in my eye if I had to throw that one back. But he'll be there to catch another day, i guess.

 

[JB]

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Oh Lordy lordy, Yepblaze!!! What a lovely creature. Hope she's there for you when the season opens.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB

 

[paintermn]

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Boy Howdy! Nice fish Yepblaze. I must be stupid, but is it at all common to catch fish like that where you did?

 

[Yepblaze]

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Large fish like this one are actually quite common during "the run" although most will be from 12 to 20 lbs.<br /><br />Thing about salmon is that they are spawned in hatcheries due to dam placement on the rivers where they may have had, or one time had spawning grounds. <br /><br />They are then released into the system and find their way out to the ocean to grow up. <br /><br />After about 2-4 years they get some signal that tells them it's time to head back upriver to where they were hatched and might swim hundreds of miles on a scent track back up river to spawn and die. <br /><br />The season lasts 4-5 months as they enter the system in the thousands to reach the various hatcheries.

 

[Yepblaze]

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Check this out. This is now number 13 or 14 this season, I'm starting to lose count. The relitives and neighbors sure get friendly around this time of year.<br /><br />

 

[Backlash]

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Oh yeah! Once that aroma start through the neighborhood.......watch out. Sounds like an excellent recipe (we often use alder wood instead of apple up here). <br />Backlash