ccmtcanada Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Bly and I haven't been pounding the shores nearly as often in the past month as we did last year. We've tried for Salmon on piers and river mouths 3 times before tonight and only had one hook up...and none landed. Well, tonight we decided we needed to get out of the house and throw some cleos for an hour. We hit our fav pier near the creek mouth and began casting away. It was still hot and humid out...we were chatting, wondering if it was possible that with the HOT temps the last few days if they may have headed back out to the big lake. We decided we'd try a few more casts and call it a night, when suddenly I felt a strong hit!! I set the hook so hard that my drag went off a little....I wasn't going to lose this one because of a poor hookset...LOL. This fish didn't know it was hooked for the first 20 seconds or so because it started coming in nice and easy. Suddenly it SHOOTS off like a rocket and line is peeling off my line at an alarming rate!!! I manage to turn the fish around and after a few nice acrobatic jumps and a few more runs (each run getting shorter and shorter) I finally landed this chinny. This one breaks my old PB length of 39" by 1/2 an inch. It weighed in at 22lbs 2 ounces on the rapala digi scale. This beats our teams salmon by 3.5 inches...and once the bonus inches are in, it'll add 5" to our total. She was released to swim another day to head up stream to lay her eggs. It's good to get that first one of the season out of the way...hopefully they'll be hanging around for the next month in good numbers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenhawk Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 nice looking fish there cliff! still pretty fresh.......can't wait till the steelies follow em up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncogene Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 it seems every other time I saw a thread by ccmt, it's PB of something lol Darn good fish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted September 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 nice looking fish there cliff! still pretty fresh.......can't wait till the steelies follow em up..... Thanks. I hear you...cant wait to hit those tribs for steelhead....it's been far too long since I donned the waders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Great fish and a PB smile as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 back comes the 11pm ccmt report! Congrats on the PB Cliff, you must have been REAL HAPPY. Don't see a smile like THAT from you very often . Thanks for sharing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Uh-huh! SSDD! "Oh Honey my hair is a mess... you hold the fish for the picture." Congratulations on "your" PB Cliff! I dunno what makes me say that kinda stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 nice fish, that one still looks a bit on the fresher side,22lber or so is a good average King for sure,I also like the way you keep at it and breaking new PB's all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharper Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Beautiful fish! Congrats on the new PB, the smiles says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 WOW!! Luuuuvv it.. Keep em coming brotha! cheers HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Awesome looking fish Cliff! Ill be standing right about where you are there friday evening and probably saturday morning as I am home from Guelph for the weekend to do some fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Nice going Cliff....congrats! Fishing for salmon has got to be my favourite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brifishrgy Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Nice fish .. good too see our team adding up the inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Wtg bud, nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Beauty fish, big smile, congrats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Urban Fisherman Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 congrats buddy! nice lookin salmonoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef Runner Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Very nice fish Cliff! Congrats on the PB. I'm still yet to get my first of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Great job Cliff...she's a real beaut Congrats on your PB Thanks for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Congrats on the new PB Cliff. Very nice looking fish for this time of year. Way to go Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 WTG CLIFF!!!! Beauty of a fish. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy - Curtiss Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Amazing fish dude! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Great fish Cliff. You and Bly enjoy the fall tribbin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Thats a great fish Cliff!.......i was reading the post, i scroll down and see the picture and i said out loud" HOLY SH@T"....my wife asks...'whats up?".......i says....."come and see the salmon Cliff caught".....she walks over to have a look, sees the picture, and the first thing out of her mouth is...."HOLY SH@T"! LOL. Well done on the PB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 nice fish cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Nice silver Salmon. Congrats on your PB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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