03-23-2011, 11:59 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Yeah, it was probably about 5 years ago when Gary died. I did not even know about it until I talked with another outfitter from Soldotna and asked about Gary. We used to pull the oars together on the Smith and Klamath in California. Then he sold out and moved north. His wife Bev caught an 85# king their first year there and he was frothing at the mouth to beat her all the time they were still together.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know there are still some big ol' bigguns in the Kenai. That is a special run of special fish. But they are fewer and they really get hammered. Size is the only real attraction. Those big ugly dark fish are good for little more than a picture or a replica mount.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The sockeyes, on the other hand, seem to keep a lot of folks happy and supplied with fish. I just can't get excited about having other folks standing on my left foot while I am fishing. Too much like the ice fishing crowd down here at Utah Lake when the white bass come in.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Never did get after the big bows on the Iliamna.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know there are still some big ol' bigguns in the Kenai. That is a special run of special fish. But they are fewer and they really get hammered. Size is the only real attraction. Those big ugly dark fish are good for little more than a picture or a replica mount.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The sockeyes, on the other hand, seem to keep a lot of folks happy and supplied with fish. I just can't get excited about having other folks standing on my left foot while I am fishing. Too much like the ice fishing crowd down here at Utah Lake when the white bass come in.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Never did get after the big bows on the Iliamna.[/#0000ff]
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