58-pound Chetco salmon (pic)

Chetco · 09-30-2009, 06:43 PM

I've guided customers to plenty of big fish on the Kenai and out of Seward, Alaska, but today's trophy is really special.
Trolling the mouth of the Chetco River today, one of my passengers, Carl Johnson, hooked into one of the Southern Oregon river's monster kings, which tipped the scales at 58 pounds three hours after it was bled and placed in the fish box in the bow of my jet boat. The salmon measured 49 1/2 inches and had a 35-inch girth.

We were trolling Rogue Bait Rigs, which are spinner blades fished above a whole anchovy, along the jetties. We hooked three fish on three back-to-back-to-back passes, but this big boy was the only one that stuck long enough to get it into the net.

We've been getting a fish or two almost every day, but this is my first hawg of the season and has me really excited about October and November.

The Fish Box · 09-30-2009, 06:44 PM

that is a hog.

butwhymalemodels · 09-30-2009, 06:45 PM

Amazing. Awesome fish.

TakeEm · 09-30-2009, 06:46 PM

Hawg!!! Thanks for the report to!

big n bright · 09-30-2009, 06:54 PM

Congratulations!! What a trophy

Johnny Bowles · 09-30-2009, 06:58 PM

MAN thats a pig no matter where,when,how OR why

The best part is the NEED for shades !!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats

x's 2

Gotta love fall in Oregon

Johnny B

Premo · 09-30-2009, 07:01 PM

Now that is awesome!!!

troybuz · 09-30-2009, 07:04 PM

Very Very Nice....thanks for sharing!

Channel rat · 09-30-2009, 07:05 PM

58 lbs after bleeding and sitting in a fish box for three hours.

It would have been cool to see an honest 60 lbs on the scale. Wow and good job. I'm willing to bet your going to have more company down that way now.

mtpar · 09-30-2009, 07:06 PM

Very Very Nice Fish

Thanks for posting, that really gets the blood pumping

mtpar

Grant Scheele · 09-30-2009, 07:06 PM

All I can say is WOW!!!

shipyard · 09-30-2009, 07:06 PM

Only in my dreams.

eggzit · 09-30-2009, 07:07 PM

Awesome! Simply awesome!

PapaHog · 09-30-2009, 07:08 PM

Congratulations on the fish. Have not seen one like that is a while. Thanks for sharing.

River Ranger · 09-30-2009, 07:10 PM

Awesome, fish of a life tme!

RazorbackfaninWA · 09-30-2009, 07:11 PM

Very Very Nice Fish!!!!

07clackapramowner · 09-30-2009, 07:11 PM

Nice Fish

Deanrt · 09-30-2009, 07:14 PM

Incredible fish.

Hoghunter · 09-30-2009, 07:17 PM

Man what a hog. Huge congrats to Carl and you. Makes me tremble in my boots. Been awhile since I had one that size.

kevin king · 09-30-2009, 07:24 PM

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beckster · 09-30-2009, 07:25 PM

Wow that's a beautiful fish. I'd like to be in Brookings on the Chetco myself. Hope there's some elbow room and the weather holds. Thanks for sharing your catch!

Green Machine · 09-30-2009, 07:30 PM

Nice fish!!

Green machine

baitsauce · 09-30-2009, 07:35 PM

Nice fish! First real hog in a long time......

There's one for the internet fishermen.

Angus · 09-30-2009, 07:39 PM

Awesome fish and I have no doubt that's a 58 pounder but are you sure about that girth number? 49" X 35" = mid to upper 70's.
Either way,

mic4fish · 09-30-2009, 07:40 PM

Wow

Thats a very big fish! Thanks for sharing!

Chetco · 09-30-2009, 07:40 PM

Something I did different today that may have helped...
I always brine my bait in bottled water and rock salt, but today I added a bottle of Pautzke Nectar, something Val Perry turned me onto. I used to use the Nectar a lot in Alaska in my brines when I trolled for salmon, but the last two years I've mainly just been mooching hoochies or pink worms so I got away from doing it.
Anyway, today I was using a bottle of the green Nectar in my brine, not really for color, but to help mask any unwanted scents on my baits. I add the Nectar to roe all the time, but today was the first time in a while that I added it to the anchovy/herring brine.

Dave G · 09-30-2009, 07:45 PM

Very nice.

OSUhuntnfish · 09-30-2009, 07:47 PM

Good lookin fish!

ChinookSlayer · 09-30-2009, 07:54 PM

Thats the kind of fish you have mounted

What a steller fight that must have been.

Way cool, thanks for sharing. it keeps me dreaming of the day when I knock one back that big and that shiny!

5-Cents · 09-30-2009, 07:56 PM

A BEAST!

AlwaysFishn' · 09-30-2009, 07:58 PM

Wow man WOW Congratulations, my daughter caught one here in Tillamook 5 years ago weighing at 55 lbs but that one looks HUGE.

greenbuttskunk · 09-30-2009, 08:02 PM

andy, that's a TOAD!!!

Hawgchaser · 09-30-2009, 08:06 PM

That is a true HAWG!!!

djb · 09-30-2009, 08:17 PM

Dude, That is a awesome fish. Congrats!

Seefood Man · 09-30-2009, 08:29 PM

Damn Andy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which magazine cover will that be on????

Congrats on the HOG!!

No wonder you were pumped on the phone

Seefood Man · 09-30-2009, 08:33 PM

So the rest of the story???

Thump, Thump, hit, Hit, HIt, HIT,BEEEEND,,,,,,,,Just guessing there is more

David Johnson · 09-30-2009, 08:38 PM

A wall hanger

RiverMan · 09-30-2009, 08:41 PM

Wow, what a beautiful fish!!

RM

choppers · 09-30-2009, 08:44 PM

OMG, Salmozilla

Brian · 09-30-2009, 08:46 PM

Dang thats one heck of a fish.

NWWildCountry · 09-30-2009, 08:54 PM

Spectacular fish, Andy. I haven't fished the Chetco in over 10 years, but, man, I feel the need to go back now.

Go Bruins! (BHHS Bruins, that is ...)

JS/NWWC

help · 09-30-2009, 08:57 PM

WOW... that is all I can say.

yeep740 · 09-30-2009, 09:01 PM

Holy shnikies!! Awesome fish!!

sylvan bob · 09-30-2009, 09:04 PM

nice fish way to go

drifter15 · 09-30-2009, 09:10 PM

wonder what that rod looked like when it when off in the rod holder....

wish i could of watched and hooked that fish. you made an ordinary client the happiest man in the world. congratulations!!

RODACTION · 09-30-2009, 09:11 PM

That is the one we are looking for!

Great job guiding Carl into that fish!

Your a STUD!

Fishhead · 09-30-2009, 09:23 PM

I've seen other fish like that from some other coastal rivers. That one looks like an over stuffed football.
What a dandy. Nice photo too!

Wishin for one like that myself.

Fishhead

roguesteelheader · 09-30-2009, 09:27 PM

WOW right out of the salt man HOT fish. I pray for the chance at one that big someday. That is a very brite chrome fish congratulations.

eggzit · 09-30-2009, 11:43 PM

Any more shots of the fish?...i wana see more pics of it. Still blows my mind. There out there folks....keep at it.

Chetco · 10-01-2009, 06:06 AM

jd_ducker · 10-01-2009, 06:57 AM

Oink, Oink!!!!

chrome obsession · 10-01-2009, 07:23 AM

I just got to know, how long did it take to land?? What a fish, good job....

fishbait · 10-01-2009, 07:28 AM

Now that's a HOG

BIG SHINNY HOG

Thanks for sharing

Bloom · 10-01-2009, 07:33 AM

Major, big-time congrats to you. Beautiful specimen. I'll see you on the river.

mpmuscle169 · 10-01-2009, 07:34 AM

Man thats a monster good job!

No Fences · 10-01-2009, 07:47 AM

How many times would you have to double 5-cents recipe to smoke that thing?

Jedcraft · 10-01-2009, 08:05 AM

Finally proof there are true feral hogs in Oregon. WOW.

Imyourhuckleberry · 10-01-2009, 08:15 AM

WOW ! Nicely done

I bet the will be on Chetco's web page soon

radderbehuntin · 10-01-2009, 08:17 AM

Congrats on an absolute trophy fish!

Sea Saw · 10-01-2009, 08:23 AM

Beautiful fish , Congrats.

09-30-2009, 06:43 PM	#1
Chetco Tuna! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Brookings, OR/Gustavus, AK Posts: 1,596	58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) I've guided customers to plenty of big fish on the Kenai and out of Seward, Alaska, but today's trophy is really special. Trolling the mouth of the Chetco River today, one of my passengers, Carl Johnson, hooked into one of the Southern Oregon river's monster kings, which tipped the scales at 58 pounds three hours after it was bled and placed in the fish box in the bow of my jet boat. The salmon measured 49 1/2 inches and had a 35-inch girth. We were trolling Rogue Bait Rigs, which are spinner blades fished above a whole anchovy, along the jetties. We hooked three fish on three back-to-back-to-back passes, but this big boy was the only one that stuck long enough to get it into the net. We've been getting a fish or two almost every day, but this is my first hawg of the season and has me really excited about October and November. __________________ Andy Martin ifish.net guide and Alaska charter www.wildriversfishing.com wildriversfishing@yahoo.com (206) 388-8988 or (541) 813-1082 Book early for best fall salmon dates! Chetco River Salmon Also booking Alaska Trophy Halibut Get on our call list now for Brookings October Trophy Ocean Salmon, Smith River fall salmon, Klamath River fall kings. Team Pautzke, Wright & McGill Pro Staff, Penn, Eagle Claw Pro Staff, Worden's/Yakima Bait

09-30-2009, 06:44 PM	#2
The Fish Box Chromer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: pin high Posts: 587	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) that is a hog. __________________ You can't hang meat on the wall. How come when I went to the blm office and asked if they were hiring cattle guards they just laughed?

09-30-2009, 06:45 PM	#3
butwhymalemodels Ifish Nate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tigard Posts: 2,805	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Amazing. Awesome fish.

09-30-2009, 06:46 PM	#4
TakeEm Steelhead Join Date: May 2008 Location: Springfield Posts: 256	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Hawg!!! Thanks for the report to! __________________ "Its not about the friends you meet along your journey, but its about the ones you take with you after your journey is complete"

09-30-2009, 06:54 PM	#5
big n bright Tuna! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooks, OR Posts: 1,751	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Congratulations!! What a trophy __________________ www.twitter.com/bobbyraymedina

09-30-2009, 06:58 PM	#6
Johnny Bowles Tuna! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Garibaldi Posts: 1,001	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) MAN thats a pig no matter where,when,how OR why The best part is the NEED for shades !!!!!!!!!!!! Thats x's 2 Gotta love fall in Oregon Johnny B __________________ JB & Water Sportfishing Johnny Bowles Light Tackle sportfishing in Tillamook Bay and OCEAN! Booking for Salmon, now! WE HOOK EM - YOU COOK EM 503.322.FISH ( 3474 ) Ifish member # 305

09-30-2009, 07:01 PM	#7
Premo Chromer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Clackamas, Tillamook Posts: 985	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Now that is awesome!!! __________________ ------- Ian Premo------

09-30-2009, 07:04 PM	#8
troybuz Chromer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 841	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Very Very Nice....thanks for sharing! __________________ Happy Fishing Troy

09-30-2009, 07:05 PM	#9
Channel rat Steelhead Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 242	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) 58 lbs after bleeding and sitting in a fish box for three hours. It would have been cool to see an honest 60 lbs on the scale. Wow and good job. I'm willing to bet your going to have more company down that way now. __________________ Never sniff a gift fish

09-30-2009, 07:06 PM	#10
mtpar Chromer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tualatin Posts: 559	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Very Very Nice Fish Thanks for posting, that really gets the blood pumping mtpar __________________ Fish until you get it right Team Arima

09-30-2009, 07:06 PM	#11
Grant Scheele Ifish Nate Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Albany, OR Posts: 2,566	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) All I can say is WOW!!! __________________ Now booking Fall Chinook on the Siletz, Alsea and Nestucca. ph# 541-990-6358 IFISH Guide Amerman Salmon Eggs Lamiglas Pro Guide Clackacraft ProStaff Farmers Insurance Agent GDF Spinners http://home.comcast.net/~grantsnwguideservice/

09-30-2009, 07:06 PM	#12
shipyard Fry Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Federal way wa Posts: 18	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Only in my dreams.

09-30-2009, 07:07 PM	#13
eggzit Steelhead Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 254	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Awesome! Simply awesome!

09-30-2009, 07:08 PM	#14
PapaHog King Salmon Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canby Oregon Posts: 23,361	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Congratulations on the fish. Have not seen one like that is a while. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Ken Lane <>< Happiness is having someone to love, someone to love you and someone to hold hands with the final years of this journey.

09-30-2009, 07:10 PM	#15
River Ranger Sturgeon Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Gresham Posts: 4,509	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Awesome, fish of a life tme! __________________ Is there such a thing as to much fishing? Team Zissou Team Willie Boats

09-30-2009, 07:11 PM	#16
RazorbackfaninWA Steelhead Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 478	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Very Very Nice Fish!!!! __________________ Sandy River Chapter of Northwest Steelheaders CCA Member

09-30-2009, 07:11 PM	#17
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09-30-2009, 07:14 PM	#18
Deanrt Ifish Nate Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: McMinnville Posts: 2,466	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Incredible fish. __________________ Semper Fi, Team ACME

09-30-2009, 07:17 PM	#19
Hoghunter Chromer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Snohomish, WA Posts: 778	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Man what a hog. Huge congrats to Carl and you. Makes me tremble in my boots. Been awhile since I had one that size.

09-30-2009, 07:24 PM	#20
kevin king Chromer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: OR Posts: 947	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

09-30-2009, 07:25 PM	#21
Beckster Cutthroat Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canby, Oregon Posts: 24	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Wow that's a beautiful fish. I'd like to be in Brookings on the Chetco myself. Hope there's some elbow room and the weather holds. Thanks for sharing your catch!

09-30-2009, 07:30 PM	#22
Green Machine Chromer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Birdsview, WA Posts: 963	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Nice fish!! Green machine __________________ Why is my bobber down?

09-30-2009, 07:35 PM	#23
baitsauce Tuna! Join Date: May 2004 Location: The People's Republic of Eugene Posts: 1,626	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Nice fish! First real hog in a long time...... There's one for the internet fishermen. __________________ Nothing stops a drive faster than a turnover. -John Madden

09-30-2009, 07:39 PM	#24
Angus Chromer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kelso/Waterfall Ak. Posts: 876	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Awesome fish and I have no doubt that's a 58 pounder but are you sure about that girth number? 49" X 35" = mid to upper 70's. Either way,

09-30-2009, 07:40 PM	#25
mic4fish Tuna! Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: washougal wa. u.s.a. Posts: 1,175	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Wow Thats a very big fish! Thanks for sharing! __________________ Happiness is putting new felt soles on my waders when summer steelhead fishing. Go play outside!

09-30-2009, 07:40 PM	#26
Chetco Tuna! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Brookings, OR/Gustavus, AK Posts: 1,596	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Something I did different today that may have helped... I always brine my bait in bottled water and rock salt, but today I added a bottle of Pautzke Nectar, something Val Perry turned me onto. I used to use the Nectar a lot in Alaska in my brines when I trolled for salmon, but the last two years I've mainly just been mooching hoochies or pink worms so I got away from doing it. Anyway, today I was using a bottle of the green Nectar in my brine, not really for color, but to help mask any unwanted scents on my baits. I add the Nectar to roe all the time, but today was the first time in a while that I added it to the anchovy/herring brine. __________________ Andy Martin ifish.net guide and Alaska charter www.wildriversfishing.com wildriversfishing@yahoo.com (206) 388-8988 or (541) 813-1082 Book early for best fall salmon dates! Chetco River Salmon Also booking Alaska Trophy Halibut Get on our call list now for Brookings October Trophy Ocean Salmon, Smith River fall salmon, Klamath River fall kings. Team Pautzke, Wright & McGill Pro Staff, Penn, Eagle Claw Pro Staff, Worden's/Yakima Bait

09-30-2009, 07:45 PM	#27
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09-30-2009, 07:47 PM	#28
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09-30-2009, 07:54 PM	#29
ChinookSlayer Chromer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 560	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Thats the kind of fish you have mounted What a steller fight that must have been. Way cool, thanks for sharing. it keeps me dreaming of the day when I knock one back that big and that shiny! __________________ Do rocks fight back?

09-30-2009, 07:56 PM	#30
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09-30-2009, 07:58 PM	#31
AlwaysFishn' Cutthroat Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 20	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Wow man WOW Congratulations, my daughter caught one here in Tillamook 5 years ago weighing at 55 lbs but that one looks HUGE. __________________ "You ain't' a catching if you ain't a Fishing"

09-30-2009, 08:02 PM	#32
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09-30-2009, 08:06 PM	#33
Hawgchaser Steelhead Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hillsboro Posts: 215	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) That is a true HAWG!!! __________________ "You're on a gravy train with biscuit wheels!" Bill Murray, KINGPIN

09-30-2009, 08:17 PM	#34
djb Chromer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Beaverton Posts: 916	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Dude, That is a awesome fish. Congrats!

09-30-2009, 08:29 PM	#35
Seefood Man Sturgeon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Woodland Posts: 3,630	Re: 58-pound Chetco salmon (pic) Damn Andy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which magazine cover will that be on???? Congrats on the HOG!! No wonder you were pumped on the phone