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Old 05-03-2012, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Wasillaguy View Post
A popular saying up here- "we don't go fishing, we go catching."

I remember one weekend silver salmon fishing from the beach in Valdez. They only run in close at high tide. This yuppie next to me is playing a fish for the whole high tide on his ultralight setup, so he can brag that he landed a 18-19lb fish.
In the meantime, my wife, son, daughter, and I are using our king poles and had a pile of 14 fish on the beach. We are there for the meat!

For kids, you take them when the pinks run on even number years. They'll bite anything, including an empty hook, and a 7-8 pound fish is pretty exciting for a 4 year old.
I sure do miss silver catching on Eyak Lake and Eyak River. Some of the best fishing er...catching ever.

The cutthroat trout in Power Creek were so thick you could almost walk across them. Throw out a treble hook and catch three....
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