A Fish Story

I went out fishing to the Penny River on Tuesday, to try and catch what would be my first salmon of the season. Everyone else I hang out with had to work, so I went off by myself.

Here is the story:

1. See the fish



Here we see the Humpies or Pink Salmon swiming up stream. It is kind of cool to watch them swim. With there hump, the look like small sharks coming up the river.


More fish joining in. Once I saw them, I knew I had to catch them.

When the fish are running to spawn, they don't normally feed. To get them to bit the lure, you have to bug them, pester them and generally piss them off until they get mad enough to bit at the lure. It took about an hour and a half, but I am good at pestering things so...







2. Catch the fish


Here is the one I finally caught! He (the females do not have the hump) got pissed off enought that when he did bit the lure, there was no letting go!

These fish normally get between 2-4 lbs on the river I was fishing. This one ended up weighing in at 5 lbs.








Because I was out fishing alone, I had to go back to the office to have my picture taken with my fish.














3. Eat the fish

I also caught Dolly Varden trout with the salmon. The Dollies sit behind the spawning salmon and when the eggs are laided, they eat the eggs. At this point in time, the dollies are really agressive and easy to catch. This the the cooked up dolly.

We also cooked the salmon on the grill. As soon as I opened the tinfoil, I knew it was not going to be good eating. The fish had a strange smell and a really bad taste.

Point to remember, do not eat salmon when they are at the end of their spawn cycle....




Eating the Dolly.






4. Drink beer and tell fish stories!

Kicking back on the back porch, drinking beer, full of fish, in the sun at 10:30 at night!

What a day off!