Good times.  So glad I went.  Lots of laughs and a great turn out.

Thanks Dino for putting on a great tournament.  Great turn out ( I heard around 60)

Congrats to Jimbob45 on the win and Jed for taking 2nd place.

This was fun to fish for a new species.  I was able to catch two chum fly fishing, which was also my first salmon on a fly.

Do you guys keep chum?  Are these considered near spawning "dark" salmon?  How's the table fare on chum?

Chum turn dark really fast.  Where we were fishing is still salt water, but they are also near their spawning ground.  We fish next to the hatchery.  This was a retention tournament where you weigh in your four chum.  The people I talked to said they are not even very good smoked.  I heard the hatchery collects the eggs then turns the rest into fertilizer.  They are really fun to catch though.

Quote from: bb2fish on October 29, 2018, 09:26:43 AM

nice pics.  Looks like decent weather this year (or at least when the camera was out photographing).
Do you guys keep chum?  Are these considered near spawning "dark" salmon?  How's the table fare on chum?

Makes great dog food. I turned 6 fish into 80lbs of pooch chow.

I would just add (and I am sure you did so Anthony) is that you cook the salmon prior to giving it to the pups, raw salmon can potentially poison your pooch.

https://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/outreach/Pet-Health-Topics/categories/diseases/salmon-poisoning