Catch of the day

[Meridian7750]

There are many fish like it, but this one's mine
Tillamook area this morning, nice Chinook hen.
Put up a great fight, though at first I thought I was snagged.
Trolling on a buddy's boat, using a trolling lure.

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[jbett98]

Nice, it's been awhile since I've fished that area and I was very lucky for a noob learning the ropes.
Good eating.

 

[Dxbills]

There are many fish like it, but this one's mine
Tillamook area this morning, nice Chinook hen.
Put up a great fight, though at first I thought I was snagged.
Trolling on a buddy's boat, using a trolling lure.

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Nice catch! Congrats on landing a beauty like that! Trolling can be tricky, great job sticking with it.

 

[CountryGent]

Very nice. 'Gratz.

 

[Tkat5]

Nice catch, congrats.

 

[Mikej]

Beautiful fish! Looks like it should have sea-lice!

I was lucky enough to be shown the ropes in upper Tillamook Bay shortly after I move here in '83. And continued to fish it until shortly after the '96 floods. Took Wifey, before she was The Wife, to Tillamook bay for her first salmon fishing and she got a 27#-30# chinook just off the Oyster House boat ramp.

 

[Meridian7750]

Beautiful fish! Looks like it should have sea-lice!

I was lucky enough to be shown the ropes in upper Tillamook Bay shortly after I move here in '83. And continued to fish it until shortly after the '96 floods. Took Wifey, before she was The Wife, to Tillamook bay for her first salmon fishing and she got a 27#-30# chinook just off the Oyster House boat ramp.

Oyster House…
Sea lice…

 

[Mikej]

Oyster House…
Sea lice…

You must be old school? Hasn't been an oyster house for quite a few years. Used to have to get out the way for the Oyster Baron going out to get oysters and coming back in. "Memaloose" Or maybe technically it's always been Memaloose Ramp?

Anyway, great fish.

 

[Meridian7750]

You must be old school? Hasn't been an oyster house for quite a few years. Used to have to get out the way for the Oyster Baron going out to get oysters and coming back in. "Memaloose" Or maybe technically it's always been Memaloose Ramp?

Anyway, great fish.

Yeah, I guess it's now referred to as Memaloose, but I prefer calling it Oyster House.
Hell, at my age EVERYTHING is old school

 

[jbett98]

Thirty years ago, My brother and I drove to Garabaldi and we arrived at the boat launch in the dark before dawn (slack tide) with a borrowed 12' boat and it's old Johnson 9.9 hp outboard motor.
The guy I borrowed the boat from gave me instructions to start fishing the incoming tide right next to the old Garabaldi coast guard station in Tillamook Bay and use some brass/silver spinners he had in the boat. He didn't think I could figure out how to troll with herring.
I got the motor running and preceded to lower the lures and lead droppers close to the bottom while pointing the boat seaward against the incoming tide.
Right at daybreak, the motor quit. Seems the fuel line had cracked right where it was clamped onto the fuel barb near the carburetor.
As I tried to fix the fuel line with an old and rusty boy scout knife, we started to drift into the bay, all the while other boats trolled by laughing at the two knuckleheads dragging their fishing gear on the bottom.
I finally got the motor running again and turned the boat into the current and when my line came off the bottom, it snagged something real hard.
By some miracle, I had raised the spinner right in front of a 38 lb hen Chinook.
I fought the fish for 10 minutes and finally got it into an undersized net.
None of the other boats that day caught a fish. I was the only one posted up on the catch of the day board at the marina.

 

[7cule]

Nice catch! Congrats.

 

[Repshot]

There are many fish like it, but this one's mine
Tillamook area this morning, nice Chinook hen.
Put up a great fight, though at first I thought I was snagged.
Trolling on a buddy's boat, using a trolling lure.

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Congrats on the Tillamook Chinook, great catch!

 

[derrickrf]

Beautiful!!!!!

 

[Wsguni]

There are many fish like it, but this one's mine
Tillamook area this morning, nice Chinook hen.
Put up a great fight, though at first I thought I was snagged.
Trolling on a buddy's boat, using a trolling lure.

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Sweet Chinook! Looks like a solid morning on the water!

 

[thesquidler]

Very nice!

 

[Mishaducks]

What is up fish heads! Decided to share some chromers for the group!

 

[Dmshots]

There are many fish like it, but this one's mine
Tillamook area this morning, nice Chinook hen.
Put up a great fight, though at first I thought I was snagged.
Trolling on a buddy's boat, using a trolling lure.

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Hell yeah, congrats on that Chinook! Nothing beats that snag-to-fight surprise on Tillamook.

 

[Dmshots]

What is up fish heads! Decided to share some chromers for the group!

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

[OlyWolf]

That a beautiful lunker! Many fine meals from that one… congrats!

 

[Flymph]

Cooking into a pancake on the morrow...
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