fishindevil Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 (edited) Well i hit the water at 4:45am....and it was a chilly start to the day but i had a good feeling ,because the water temps have set up nice from bowmanville to oshawa,so myself and my friend droped lines just west of the darlington nuke plant in 70ft of water,about 35ft down....marked a few fish,and within a few mins i picked up about a 12lb king,on the michigan stinger spoon,and then nothing for about 1hr1,bang,the dipsey rod fires off,and i pulled another 8-10lb king,caught him on the same spoon,about 45ft down,then the long wait.....talked to my bud and a few other boats on the VHF,radio and there was a few fish being caught but not to many big ones a few just around the 20lb mark....by this time i have put a monkey puke fly/and a dipsey/spin doctor,off the wire rod,on setting #3 111ft back.and was running about 45ft down..and bang...it goes crazy the fish hit so hard i had a difficult time getting the rod out of the holder,as line is burnning of the reel big time....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...well the fish stops running at 320ft out,man the fight is on,and about 20mins later he is at the boat.and wouldnt you know it,the fish just wont come to the net,its very hard trying to drive and fight a big fish like that all at the same time,and net the thing as wellhe keeps making runs under the boat so i end up driving in circles to avoid a break off,this salmon does not want anything to do with my boat what a tug of war...man what a big fish...glad i had my big salmon net or i would be in big trouble,so i net the fish,and do my thing with the measuring & weigh the salmon he hit the scales at 30.10lbs and 43inches long....yeeehhaaaaaa.....so we headed to the marina and got some pics and chatted up for a while and that was my day salmon fishing out of port darlington.and thats the big fish of the year so far...the fishing is awesome right now,so here is my pics and my entry for team 3 fin-chasers...enjoy Edited July 2, 2007 by fishindevil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little angler Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 HOLY ________!NICE CATCH MAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silveradosheriff Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Thar' she blows.....great catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFSC Kevin Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 holy crap shawn! that thing is massive.. congrats shawn and yay team 3!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 awesome fish,congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Congrats and hopefully you can find one that big when the big tourney gets going down there. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsbassman Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Its sounds like you were alone. If so, that is an amazing feat FnD!! Great story and what a PIG!! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 WOW!! now that is one big fish! awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger1414 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 amazing fish man..great report, great pics, and thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 ahh mannn!!!!!!!!! i was savin that fish and nowya had to go and catch em before he beefed up for the salmon derby!!!!.....ohh well nice little one anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacklebuster Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Great Fish, and story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Nice!! ... wow.... sweet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Wow, what a fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Nice fish Fishindevil, I was out on Saturday at Bluffers and we went 3 for 5 plus a shaker. One was 20 and one of the fish we lost was big and broke us off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 WOW !!!!!! Congrats on that monster catch Shawn, she's a real beaut !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustink Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Man, what a nice fish! Congrats! dk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 WTG Shawn! Great fish and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Beauty fish FD, sounds like quite the battle by the boatside there, glad you got him in to share with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyb Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Awesome fish dude! But a week too early!!! That fish would have made the top 10 in the Great Ontario Salmon Derby. Congrats. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 SWEET looking fish!!! Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckhead Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Nice job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Wow, that's a GIANT!!! Way to go Shawn. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 What a monster!!! I wonder how old that fish is??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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