Chromeage

[highdrifter]

Hey gang,

 

Was cruising with a good pal yesterday trying to find some saturday night action.. We ended hooking up with some other TRCA buds for a poker game and a morning of chinny slayin!

 

 

First fish of the day and my only fish was a bright bullet that smacked a rusty rat on a swing.. What a dime!!

 

 

 

Mark got into the action too. His better fish and a nice and fresh one at that.

 

 

 

 

Rob was the one with the magic drift... I lost count of how many fish this crazy bugger layed into.

 

By the by, all fish were legit. Whether or not they were actually hitting our flies is subject to debate, but none were flossed.

 

 

 

 

Bring on the steeeeeel.

 

cheers

HD

Edited September 6, 2010 by Highdrifter

[Joey]

Sweeeeeeet!! Nice chromers. Looks like you're literally in someones backyard

 

Joey

[alphaalpha]

nice fish! good work and thanks for the report.

[bongo]

Nice going guys, good work. I hooked into a few chrome chinnies back 2 weeks ago, man are they ever scrappy, really fun to catch them.

[highdrifter]

Sweeeeeeet!! Nice chromers. Looks like you're literally in someones backyard

 

Joey

 

LOL. Was afraid of that!!

 

Thanks sug.

[Joey]

LOL. Was afraid of that!!

 

Thanks sug.

 

Hey, I think its great hon, your not "in" someone's back yard. To be able to fish in the city like that is great! I wish I had a river like that near me, I'd be there all the time

[spincast]

nice fish - and tanks for sharing. Any of those houses got a for sale sign?

[highdrifter]

Hey, I think its great hon, your not "in" someone's back yard. To be able to fish in the city like that is great! I wish I had a river like that near me, I'd be there all the time

 

true dat. Look honey.. there's a ravine in the back yard!!

[highdrifter]

Nice going guys, good work. I hooked into a few chrome chinnies back 2 weeks ago, man are they ever scrappy, really fun to catch them.

 

Thanks Brah!

Edited September 6, 2010 by Highdrifter

[highdrifter]

nice fish - and tanks for sharing. Any of those houses got a for sale sign?

 

MuHAH!! Prolly..

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

nice fish... but shouldn't it be of the "Onchorynchus" kind?

[Cudz]

Your buddy plays a mean salmon guitar.

That ragweed in the pictures is making my eyes watery and very itchy.

Nice fish

[highdrifter]

nice fish... but shouldn't it be of the "Onchorynchus" kind?

 

Ya know I was sure it was a mykiss when she breached because you could see a pink hue... but it turned out to be a tshawytscha instead!

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

Ya know I was sure it was a mykiss

 

Wishful thinking perhaps eh?

 

I can't wait.

[daryl0815]

Nice fish, that one you got is pure chrome, I havent got one like that yet this year!

[solopaddler]

Well done!

 

We got into a whackload yesterday as well.(Currently icing down my right arm. ).

Not overly chromy, but man they're a lot of fun to catch.

 

We'll have to get together for some serious chromage later this fall.

 

 

[highdrifter]

Well done!

 

We got into a whackload yesterday as well.(Currently icing down my right arm. ).

Not overly chromy, but man they're a lot of fun to catch.

 

We'll have to get together for some serious chromage later this fall.

 

 

 

It's already shaping up to be wicked year for steel. We'll be in touch!

[msp]

Some real ugly mugs there folks...... I'm not talkin bout the salmon either.

Tell Rob he's a dirty Finn that smells like rotton roe !

[Spiel]

Looks like a great day out guys but I'm skeptical that this fish is a Chinook.

 

 

Without a better picture I'm guessing Atlantic or perhaps an early run Coho, thoughts?

[highdrifter]

Some real ugly mugs there folks...... I'm not talkin bout the salmon either.

Tell Rob he's a dirty Finn that smells like rotton roe !

 

HAHAHAH!! He'll like that one. I thought it was more like 2 week old brie left behind the furnace..

[highdrifter]

Looks like a great day out guys but I'm skeptical that this fish is a Chinook.

 

Without a better picture I'm guessing Atlantic or perhaps an early run Coho, thoughts?

 

Oh crap not again! I'll dig up another shot of this fish that gives it a better profile. Figured between the four of us we had a pretty good idea of what it was. Definetly not an atlantic.

 

In this case the leading ray on the anal fin only went a third of the length of the fin. The ray on cohos extends two thirds of the fin and the atlantic's runs the full length..

 

Without a close-up of the anal fin it's almost impossible for a positive ID, but it just didn't have the profile of a salar.

 

This link helped big time. Might be a good idea to add it to the list of OFC links for others to use also.

 

atlantic or chinook

[BillM]

So what colour marshmellows were working for you guys?

 

 

Steel season is almost here!!!

[highdrifter]

So what colour marshmellows were working for you guys?

 

 

Steel season is almost here!!!

 

Itty bitty ones Bill.. Yellow sponge and red ear plugs!!

[ehg]

Nice going Fidel

Amazing that a river salmon thread didn't get locked. Congrats on that as well

[mepps]

Damn son, you couldnt have found any like this when we fished together???