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aboos
07-12-2007, 11:25 PM
im pretty new to this forum so these pics are a lil old but i thought id share my experience...

i have been fortunate enough to go on fishing trips to alaska with my dad, bro, uncles and good family friends so i thought id show some photos. i hope you enjoy and feel free to ask any questions that you might have...

my uncle, red fishing..one of the smaller ones
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0131.jpg

my cousin with a bigger red, roughly 9-10 lbs
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0134.jpg

filleting the reds..i wonder how they get the nickname "reds"?
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0003.jpg

halibut fishing, early in the morning. i think it was 4am since you have to fish the tide. beautiful sight tho.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0188.jpg

our halibut catch. the biggest one is around 80lbs, the next one is sbout 60lbs and all the other were around 30-40 lbs which is average where we were fishing
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0209.jpg

king fishing, my 2 uncles. i believe they were 40 and 42 lbs.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0624.jpg

my bros king..45 lbs
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0182.jpg

and my cousins king, 57 lbs. biggest king out of all of us. he got what we call a "grand slam"..big king, big halibut and big red. lucky guy.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/untitled.jpg

half of our catch..i think more than half of our luggage bags were fish boxes..gotta love it
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0028.jpg

and i gotta post this dude. wanted to buy him but had no way to bring it home. it was carved with a chain saw. pretty amazing huh? and plus it was like 300 something bucks hahaha
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb213/ourownstyle/IMG_0165.jpg

johnsfishing
07-12-2007, 11:34 PM
cool pics!! :D
So what are "reds"

johnsfishing

aboos
07-12-2007, 11:42 PM
cool pics!! :D
So what are "reds"

johnsfishing

"reds" are the sockeye salmon

i believe the "pinks" are the humpback salmon and "kings" are the chinook salmon. not 100% on the correct names for the kings and pinks tho.

ThemBastards
07-13-2007, 12:44 AM
Isnt Chinook just a native word for a 20+lber?

Nice fish,

johnsfishing
07-13-2007, 09:07 AM
cool pics!! :D
So what are "reds"

johnsfishing

"reds" are the sockeye salmon

i believe the "pinks" are the humpback salmon and "kings" are the chinook salmon. not 100% on the correct names for the kings and pinks tho.

alright. big fish! 8)

johnsfishing

saintarv
07-13-2007, 12:10 PM
Cool pics. Where in Alaska did you fish? I fished in Sitka 3 years ago but the water was too rough for me. How was the water for you guys? Was it calm? I want to go back again but I get too sea sick. Thanks.

zZaNg
07-13-2007, 12:15 PM
that halibut is not 80 lbs... but great job on the biggies.

aboos
07-13-2007, 12:21 PM
Cool pics. Where in Alaska did you fish? I fished in Sitka 3 years ago but the water was too rough for me. How was the water for you guys? Was it calm? I want to go back again but I get too sea sick. Thanks.

for the reds we were in sterling, near soldotna and for the halibut, i forgot where we went out of but it was like a hour drive from sterling. as for the water being calm..you mean the ocean right? not the rivers. the ocean was like glass for us, pretty much just like a lake.


that halibut is not 80 lbs... but great job on the biggies.

and yea the halbut is 80. i cant remember exactly how much. they weighed it when we got back to their place. it may not look like it but that sucker was fat!

one_leg
07-13-2007, 12:28 PM
Great photos, aboos........Awesome!!!!!

The hookjaw your bro caught is totally bitchen.

One_Leg

steve092
08-26-2007, 08:27 AM
Yeah, I also find it hard to believe that thing weighs 80lbs.

Oz
08-29-2007, 12:52 AM
man seeing reports like this of alaska just makes me wanna go even more soon 8)

awsome catches 8) congrats