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[Fish Assassin]

Call me a skeptic but I highly doubt there are 80+ lb salmon returning to the Vedder. Check with the hatchery to see whether fish of that size have return .

[Every Day]

Call me a skeptic but I highly doubt there are 80+ lb salmon returning to the Vedder. Check with the hatchery to see whether fish of that size have return .

Think they would make it up the hatchery channel 

[adriaticum]

I would have to agree with Every Day's conclusions.
I had a few shake downs this year on 15 lb leader that broke the leader like it was nobody's business.
My best days were during the clay bank erosion in early September, I was catching many chinook every day in double digits.
Water was high and coloured.
Few just ripped the leader off and left my heart pounding for 5 seconds because I could feel the head shakes and then pingggg!.
I check my leaders every few casts so I'm pretty sure they were in good shape.
Must have been good size fish.

[Fish Assassin]

Call me a skeptic but I highly doubt there are 80+ lb salmon returning to the Vedder. Check with the hatchery to see whether fish of that size have return .

Think they would make it up the hatchery channel 

If not, one would think there would be a carcass

[kellya]

80+ fish in my opinion only happen in a few certain rivers with the right genetics.  Skeena/kenai ect.  With the amount of people on the vedder someone would land one that big or the body would be found.

[Easywater]

I agree that most fish are over estimated when someone tries to guess the weight.

I caught a Chinook on a charter that weighed in at 40lbs and it was a chunky fish with big shoulders.

When I held the fish up it went from just under my chin to just a couple of inches off the ground and I am 5' 9".

[ever_hopefull]

Looks fake...

Not wanting to rain on anyone's parade, but if I was holding a fish weighing 85lbs, I would not be able to hold it in that kind of position (arms somewhat extended) even with that guys tongue expression.    I do  not see a hand holding the head, so exactly what is he holding onto?     The white line along the contour of the upper part of the head makes me wonder about a cut and paste.  I also doubt that the fish be as stiff as indicated as that to hold its shape, and the size of the head is disproportional for a fish that size  Usually the body gets larger but the head does not get as huge as shown.  The mouth is so big it could eat the guys head. 

Good thread, but put me into the highly skeptical column on the pic itself.

[Nitroholic]

For comparisons sake  I'm 6'2"

44.5lb



41.5lb



42lb

[bluenoser]

In the picture of the 85lb Chinook it looks like he's resting it on his knee.

I did notice that Nitroholic spends so much on his fishing trips that he can't afford shoes, shows that he has priorities...fishing comes first.

[Nitroholic]

I did notice that Nitroholic spends so much on his fishing trips that he can't afford shoes, shows that he has priorities...fishing comes first.

LOL that was my summer job up in River's Inlet 

[BigFisher]

There are years when Iv come across a dead spawned out chinook that are well above the 50 pound mark from the Vedder River. I remember one year in 1998 some friends and I came across a washed up spring that was close to 80 pounds, It was a Vedder monster. It was just as big as me at the time, that same day we also ran into one about 55-60 pounds.  Biggest Vedder spring Iv seen caught would be around 40-45ish, 2 years ago.

[Froodogga]

Nitroholic...dude...you gotta do something about that blue facial skin condition...

[troutbreath]

Saw a dead one on the Stave two weeks ago hitting the 50lb mark.

[HOOK]

did i say mine weighed 90  no i didnt. the one im holding up was weighed with a scale and was around 60lbs (bit over but i always take a few pounds off anyway) and i was talking to a guy that beside me and his daughter and she had landed an 84lb'er the day before  the Creel survey lady that was there confirmed this fish for me also(i asked her when she was scanning my fish) so it does happen every once in awhile, I couldnt believe how many huge fish there was that year. the smallest fish the day i got mine was 42lbs  I cant remember what year this was but it would probably have been like 2001 maybe 

[BigCoho]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eojE8SK2Kf8&feature=related