Beginners Luck on Siletz

Little did I know I had some "Rock Star" genes....for Coyote Rock that is.  Within an hour of launching from the Siletz camp, I hooked into a nice chinook.  I'd been seeing fish rolling and jumping, so I was trolling thru the area multiple times from different angles and different speeds.  Telling Kathy (C_Run's wife)...this looks fishy.

My net was WAY too small.  And my pedals were rendered useless so I paddled back to camp.  Adrenaline rushed for quite a while and it was hard to wipe the grin from my face.

I'll be back to the Coyote Rock.... Oooowwwwww   (Coyote howl). 30lb and 41" -- my biggest chinook from a kayak.   

Thanks Chris (C_run) for the stringer rope and help with my kayak when my cart broke.

That is awesome Barb - way to go!

(I think we all knew you had some inner Rock Star.)

What a TOAD!

Wow!  What a nice looking fish.

YES!!!  That's awesome!   

Awesome Barb. What a hawg!

  That's a great king Barb. Glad to see you made it happen.

  Your grin says volumes..............

Nicely done!! What a pig

Salmonzilla nice

Awesome!  How did every one else do?

Very nice! Way to go!

Sweet! Nice job Barb. That looks like an amazing fish.

Nice one! I can't seem to have success on that river. That gives me hope though.

Wow...nice fish,Barb. Would loved to have seen video of you getting that monster n that net!

Nice one! I can't seem to have success on that river. That gives me hope though.

Yep,spent 3 days down there last fall,fish rolling everywhere..not a takedown.
The guys that caught were using bobber/eggs/sandshrimp cocktail.

All the rest of us were skunked for both days but getting to witness this was priceless. There are a lot of fish in there but most had lockjaw at least for now.

Barb went contrarian with her method. We all had been trolling herring with flashers which seemed to be one of the standard methods on the river. After the "this looks fishy" statement I noticed her just kind of drifting along the near the bank and wondered what was up. Then I heard this faint "fish on woo-hoo!" in the distance and didn't believe it until I saw the thrashing and bent rod. Turns out she was mooching a shad she had caught earlier  and had  barbless hooks and not even a depth finder on her kayak.

She netted the fish and it un-netted itself a time or two before she wrestled into her lap. There were still some tense moments because there was'nt really any extra room for it but we got it lashed down so it wouldn't go anywhere. Great job, Barb, and thanks for the hunk of meat! It was great!