OH...MY...GOD! 40# s of *******' Springer

[dogfishboy]

...now that's a fish you can write home about. When I was at OC Fishermans this afternoon I saw the pic of the 40#er that was weighed earlier this morning.

Mulkey happend to be there and said he'd only every seen 2 over forty -- I've been unable to break 25#s for the last three years. Fishermans guy said he heard of two over thirty last friday and saturday by plunkers over at MB. Maybe it's almost time to hang-up the smelt and pull out the prawns???

Must... wait... longer...
... fight... urgh... to...

yea RIGHT! I'm outa here...
WhoooHooooo!!!!!!



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Rumors, rumors. Nah, those over 40's were
just Oregon City dilwads that Pilar threw
in the river! Major (Man - were they
fin clipped?)

[dogfishboy]

N,
Couldn't tell if it was "clipped". Store guy was giving the girl that took the pic lessons on how to position for best results next time... but WOW!

[4u2fish]

visions of hog lines danced through there heads.. God I hate hog lines and 50,000 momo's fishing in all dirrections most not paying any attention. When do we fish :P


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AKC H2O-K9

A 40 lb. springer is certainly a 'nass feesh'; as Os would say. For those not familiar with the story of the BIG one that didn't get away, I will tell about this true story here. In the mid-80's fisherman Terry Seamster called in sick to his employer one day during springer season. He was bankfishing the lower Clackamas in May for springers, and he hooked into a monster fish. After fighting it for quite a while a guy in a sled picked him up to help chase and land the fish. They did ... a 55 pound spring chinook - officially weighed! The Oregonian newspaper ran a large picture of Terry and his record springer in the sportspage the next day. Well, Terry got the big one, but also got fired from his job. Hmmm. I think I would take the fish in that particular case . Terry showed me several pictures of that fish; in every conceivable angle a fish can have it's picture taken. I don't blame ya Terry . What a fish! ... A few years later I was fishing with a friend in the sled of a friend of his and he landed a 41 lb. springer in the tailout of O.C.'s 'Garbage Hole' on a standard size Wiggle Wart (chrome/blue herring bone pattern I think). That was a great fish to see landed up close. An early one too, about mid-February. - RT

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[Crusty]

RT, that's one of my favorite stories. The "guy in a sled" was guide Steve Kohler (sp?). His one one of the finest acts of sportsmanship I've heard of. He had a boat load of clients when he saw that the salmon was down through the rapids and that the fisherman had no way to chase him. He told the clients to reel up, picked up the fisherman and took him down through the rapids for the landing.

I happened to see Steve on Tillamook Bay this year and brought the story up to finally compliment him. The story impressed the hell out of the clients with him on TBay, but I think Steve was embarassed.

Crusty

About four years back I was in my father's boat on the weekend of Independence Day when he landed a 38 pounder. Yeah, that late. Beautiful fish hooked just off of the bulkhead.

[jawbreaker]

I remember several years back when this man was fishing for shad with his boys anchored at O.C. One of the boys rods went off....and I do mean off! It didn't take a genius to figure out that wasn't a shad at the end of his line. I don't remember how much time it took the boy to land this fat Spring Salmon. Probably 20 minutes or so. You should have seen the look on his face when he got it close to the boat. Priceless. It was caught on a chartruese dick nite spoon. The fish was released due to the closure but you could tell the father didn't want to let the boys first salmon go back in.

Springers are such an awesome fish, any
size, but the great big ones are such a
life time experience, for sure. Remember
when 40's were somewhat common. Is life
good again? Anytime we get to fish for
these "proof that there is a God" creatures,
life is good. See you guys in the channel
this year. Some one let us know the biggest
"fin clipped" they hear about out there.

Riggin' my stuff up!!

Rick

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[dogfishboy]

Talking about fishermen helping each other out... This last summer as we were sitting quietly in our hoglines across from Columbia City, Larry in the line above us hooks into a fish and breaks away from the line. After a few minutes, Larry is still struggling (alone in his 19' FishRite) to get to the inside and stay out of the anchor lines below. At this point I begin to realize he has a GOOD fish, because Larry’s been fishing for several decades and you can just tell what’s going on with someone when you've been watching them over the years. Larry makes it to the inside of the hoglines and into clear water. Several more minutes go by and Larry tries to position the net... but it's obvious this time something has to be different if Larry wants to get this fish in the boat. About this time were are all saying someone is going to have to go drop off a person into Larry’s boat. Sam and his buddy respond and Sam drops his buddy off into Larry’s boat as its drifting downstream while Larry’s fighting the fish. A few minutes later and a couple of tries later, THEY get the fish in the boat. Turns out to be a wonderful, bright 50# buck. Shouts and screams of joy came from all who watched.

It's nice to have some good fisherman interaction to
reflect on. Thanks for helping me
remember.

David.

[FishinMission]

I saw an older womam a few years back in the Milwaukie area that had a 40+ pounder...sure was pretty. Best I've done was a 36 up at Dog Creek on the 4th of July with 12 lb. line. There out there!!