Alaska pics..reds, kings, halibut..enjoy

[aboos]

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


my cousin with a bigger red, roughly 9-10 lbs


filleting the reds..i wonder how they get the nickname "reds"?


halibut fishing, early in the morning. i think it was 4am since you have to fish the tide. beautiful sight tho.


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


king fishing, my 2 uncles. i believe they were 40 and 42 lbs.


my bros king..45 lbs


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.


half of our catch..i think more than half of our luggage bags were fish boxes..gotta love it


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

[johnsfishing]

cool pics!! :D
So what are "reds"

johnsfishing

[aboos]

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]

Isnt Chinook just a native word for a 20+lber?

Nice fish,

[johnsfishing]

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]

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]

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

[aboos]

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]

Great photos, aboos........Aweso me!!!!!

The hookjaw your bro caught is totally bitchen.

One_Leg

[steve092]

Yeah, I also find it hard to believe that thing weighs 80lbs.