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scouterjames

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121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« on: December 17, 2015, 09:43:42 PM »
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2015, 10:07:27 PM »
Thanks for that sj :)
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dave c

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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2015, 12:52:03 AM »
WOW. I guess one might want to rethink the 4/0 hook and 12lb test.
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2015, 06:46:35 AM »
Pretty amazing to see fish of that size so far south.
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2015, 10:37:22 PM »
So, dams messed that up too.
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2015, 07:00:06 AM »
Quote from: halcyonguitars on December 18, 2015, 10:37:22 PM
So, dams messed that up too.

Pretty sure that the harvest of these June Hogs would have resulted in the same fait for these fish. 2 million plus cans, wow!!! The Dams would not have helped for sure.
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2015, 10:21:43 AM »
I'd love to see one of KWB's finest snag that one in the tail
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2015, 04:25:25 PM »
Those puppies used to travel all the way up the Columbia past Revelstoke and Golden to spawn just downstream of Lake Windermere north of the present town of Athalmer that used to be known as Salmonbed because of the numbers of huge chinook.  I have read of Hudson Bay fur records reporting large numbers of bear pelts from that region,  due undoubtedly to the attraction of the spawning salmon.

The Grand Coulee wiped out those runs in 1938.  I have wondered if the runs survived to that time in spite of the massive harvest or were they on the way down before the dam.
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2015, 08:20:23 PM »
Some of the old timers when I lived in Chilliwack told me about a race of large chinook that spawned in the Frazer watershed. This could be just a  myth. I have seen pictures of the tinned salmon that came from the Frazer. The main stream isn't damned but how many big springs are left, let alone the other species of salmon.
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243Pete

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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2015, 10:22:58 PM »
Damn... reminds me of something I read a little while back about prehistoric salmon in the 300+ pound range.

I'm thinking the 3/0 might be fine but the 12lb leader might be stretching it a tad. :P
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2015, 11:30:06 AM »
300 lb prehistoric salmon?
Link please.
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Re: 121 LBS Chinook?? Those were the days!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2015, 11:37:11 PM »
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