Was yak'in up a storm with a buddy of mine yesterday aft at our marina and we eventually decided rather than BS'in sitting at the dock we could likely be more effective if we got out and put some rods out and continued on out there. We headed out in his lovely new welded aluminum ( thanks for the offer buddy!) for a short evening fish 4-7pm.
Beauty day with light winds and some sun. Not tons of action ( but decided to avoid the cap congestion so we could focus on our BS'ing! ) and it wasn't too long before my top rod popped - a very nice bright silver wild coho of about 7-8 lbs released. A little later my deeper rod pops and it feels "Chinook" but average at first and then turns into an incredible surface fight with very long runs and the fish ripping diagonally across the surface with a huge "bow" wave, almost spooling a 4000GT and included a jump which cleared the water by about 4' . We quickly realized this was much more than a teenager lol. A seal approaching very close as the fish neared the net just added to the adrenaline rush ! 40.5" x 26" 34 lbs. Great evening, great company and such a bonus for Vancouver area fishing in late September!
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