Trying for More Salmon
June 8th (Monday) Early in the morning we headed out fishing. We had decided that if we could catch another salmon today, then we would can a bunch, and if not, then we would simply freeze the leftovers from yesterday’s fish. It was a beautiful glassy calm morning! We ended up having the most action trolling for Chinook Salmon that we had had so far. Unfortunately we did not manage to keep any of them. The fish must have all been bigger than yesterday's 20-25 pounder because they broke three of our pre-tied hoochie hook set-ups. We learned a new lesson today; never trust the strength of pre-tied hook set-ups. We were using the same hoochies that we purchased from Shearwater last year and that we used all season for our Coho fishing. We never had any problems then, and even though Chinook are definitely bigger fish, we never thought that the line would be that weak. Due to the line breaking,...