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All   Goin' Straight To Hell   Today !

This Is The Cold Day In Hell !

Wait.....He'll Bury That Rod !

1  2  3  4   5     "Set The Hook" !

"Unbelievable"   What A Feeling ! !

Screamin' drag & bowed rod and for sure…
a little faster heartbeat! Come on up in the
Electric Chair! 
Hooked up like a Showdog and
comin' down" ! The cameras are on you.
This is a cowboy-
Torpedo Out Of Shoot No. 9
A streakin' sixty foot semi-circular V right under the surface! That last trick looked
like a one and a half… too big a splash
to score well though!

Action  "On Top  &  In Your Face" !

"Hang On Judy"   !

How's That Feel ?

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We're gaining on him now .
In the electric chair it's amazing-
the rain stops, no wind, and
the temperature warms up.

You and your rod,  an extension of your arm,
are one… FOCUSED! You are the essence of
the modern day predator and this ones
not getting away! you're still   
Gaining on him??
You're the boss???

Get your thumb off that drag.
Get it off there!
He's got to have line when he runs!
Hell !     There He Goes Again !

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I Thought I Saw It All !
Broken Lines & Rods    "Straight Hooks"     "Undone Plug Snaps"
THEN I SAW A RUBBER GLOVE "MELT" !
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Right now I'm in charge. Hell… that poor fish doesn't know
what he is up against.  This is his first  "fishing trip".
I've slid a net under thousands of his relatives!
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"TONS OF EM"  
  Pickin' a fight with us, he's not getting' any virgins.
We're in good shape.      Everything is fine !

With each fish, Judy went from an "I Can't"
To an "I Did" Kind Of Gal !
The one above, 65 lbs. is a "wall hanger' !

Men Envy Her......It's "Always" Ladies Day "On The Kenai" !
We may not know much about fishin'
But we know a little about women !

Everyone Can Do It !
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This is getting me excited. It's the middle of the winter, it's eleven thirty
at night, and the river is froze up like a fisherman can't imagine.
Just   re-reading what I wrote makes me want to be out fishing.
Believe it or not, we like being out there every bit as much as you…
maybe even more. Back to the script. But… damn it…
THIS IS THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD
WE STILL GET EXCITED !

 

 

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KENAI  KINGS


KING OF ALL KINGS

WORLD'S LARGEST

"HELL ON A ROD"

IMPRESSIVE


DO IT !     IT'S   FUN !

TRULY AWESOME

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The big boy is only about fifteen feet from the boat.
You're thinkin'…
I can see the smoke comin' out from under your hat.

Really!  I'm getting the upper hand here. 
WRONG!
Not to burst your bubble, but up till now
you've been a passive  spectator  just  hangin'  on.
Sure you've done a little crankin' on that reel but
The Fish Has Been "The Worker" !
Your Turn Is Comin' !
Til Now Your Ass Was Tired
Your Left Hand, Wrist & Arm Are "Tired" Next!

 

 

MIKEY LIKES IT !         Ask Him
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Now and Only "Now"  ~  Does "Your Work" Begin !
Take My Jacket Off !

When Ya Gonna "Net Him" ?
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Lift up..reel down..lift up ..reel  down
continuously!
And, each time you lift up you'll lose
a little line. You won't see him for
  a long time. Thumb in your pocket !
Still, lift up…reel down.
Now is when the left hand become
"a little tired". Shake it… you will.
He'll make  short runs but he won't
go too far. You're standing on top
of your work. Circles & figure-eights…
they all do. Just a matter of time till this
buckin bronco's spirit will be broken.
You'll think you know when !

Although Little "Kids" Catch Em Regularly
I've Seen The "Big Boys" Whimper !
They "All" Shake That Left Hand

 

 

Hell Of A Job, Mikey!

Then… on the surface, with his
head coming toward me,
wasn't quite right on that pass-
I'll slide the net right under him and
He'll Be "Bagged" !

Don't try this at home kids…we're professionals! 
Experience!
When it's "just right," it's like scooping
a rubber duck out of the bathtub.
Six to ninety-six
we can make this happen for you.
It's one hell of a fight, even with a little help,
Well… that took care of half the hard ones…
the first and the last. Right now I could use
a hand though. Grab the net down by the
fish and help me pull him over the gunwale.
Now… lets get some pictures and get back

KING FISHING where time is our friend.

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Look For   "Mr. Big"  !

NEED SOME DENTAL WORK?
WE'RE PRETTY GOOD
WITH THE PLIERS

THIS IS HARDER WORK
THAN IT LOOKS !

FREE WILLIE !

IF YOU WANT TO
CATCH "MR. BIG"
BE WILLING TO

LET JUNIOR SWIM

 

 

 

I LOVE TO

LET EM GO !

FOR YOU !
SOMETIMES A HARD DECISION ~

SOMETIMES   "REAL HARD" !

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Will "Test" Our Patience !

From experience we know "everything" is  "just right".
These holes, these lures, these colors, do produce fish.
We wait… not much going on.   Then it happens!
Better  water conditions,  new fish move in, the change
of a tide, or maybe lady luck just smiles on us !

 

We Caught It....She "Bites" !

THE MAGIC
"WHITE DOVE"
APPEARS

THE BITE IS ON !

 

"FLOATIN' MAGIC SHOW"!!
6:00 AM Show Time

 

 

But Remember
Every Day  Isn't  "Dynamite Fishing"
Maybe This Makes The Good Days That Much Better

The Charm Of Fishing
The search for what is elusive but attainable
A perpetual series of occasion for hope.

The Longer Your Worm's Wet !
The Better your Chance To Get It Bit!

 

 

 

Let's Have Lunch

Lets take a break. We'll run up and have some lunch. I'm having the halibut and shrimp basket, how about you? How does a burger and clam chowder sound?
We've been fishing in a twenty foot, aluminum, powerboat. Four comfortable seats and one "really comfortable" seat. Hell, if you had mine, I'd never get you out of the boat. These are "state of the art" boats for our in-river fishery. Yes, you can all gawk over the port side and take pictures… we won't tip over.
How Bout The Other "Port Side" ?

THIS BEATS EATIN'

YOU GUYS HAVE TOLD ME

THIS IS BETTER THAN

" A LOT OF THINGS "

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You can eat in Topeka.
Lets get back out there amongst "em" and do some fishing.
We'll make a few passes right here through "the aquarium".
We'll run some plugs, quickfish, or magnum wiggle-warts, and spin n glows. Everyone has an equal chance of getting bit. EVERYONE! 
Get ready… where the current picks up in the tailout has been the hotspot.
WHAM… drag screamin', line takin', hook settin',
a big boil & silvery flash, a white water eruption ~ sixty feet
behind the boat… then nothing.

They don't all get hooked.
You'll react in your own"personal manner". "#@%&"
"#@%&"       "#@%&"      "#@%&"   Will "Never" Pass My Lips
"On Purpose" !    It Just Slips Out Now & Then !

 

 

These Didn't Get Away!
They'll "Assume The Position" On
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King Salmon  ~  Growth  "After Death"

Lets re-group and do it till we get it right.
Luck is with us today and we've boated four fish.
We released one ~ twenty-five pounds and one ~
forty pounds and we boxed one weighing
forty-three pounds and another "pituitary giant"
weighing sixty-seven pounds.
(He was only sixty-three pounds when I wrote this.
But that is the nature of king salmon.
They are the only species that continues growth after death!
And…a few biters didn't get hooked.

You're  going  to  leave  here  a   smarter  person.
Alaskan anthropology to zoology- we'll talk about it all.
No politics  (maybe a little),  no religion  or  weather.
And… sometimes we break the rule on the latter.

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QUITE A DAY !

 

 

Lets suck 'em in and head up the river.
We can't fish till dark because today it might not get dark.
On the "gallows of fame" we'll hang these fish
and get some great pictures. Then,
I'm off to  "The   Processor"

See You This May or June

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Filleted, smoked if you'd like, froze, boxed and banded,
your' at home "seafood buffet" is ready to travel.
It's been a great day and we know the ones that got away
were all over seventy pounds. Who loses a little one?
They'll be here tomorrow and so will we.
Now, it's "Miller Time"!
Lets go have a Bud & a Coke.  A few stories,
some will be and some won't be fishy.  We'll recall the moose
that swam across the river,  the arctic terns fishing ,
and the ever-present eagles.   And,   you know
what really feels good right now?
A little nap before dinner is truly a "fisherman's delight"!
Get  a  good  nights  sleep  ??
We'll see you bright & early tomorrow morning and do this again.

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