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[dennyman]

Got to the upper half of Peg Leg and started bbing at about 6:30 am. Fishing was slow for the first hour or so. Then I got into a Sox and was able to land it. Decided to fish a while longer to see if I could limit out.  No more than 20 minutes later my rod bends over and line is peeling out. Knew the fish was  a large one, from the way it fought, as it either ran straight out from me....or did some side to side  zig zags. After about 10 to fifteen minutes, able to get it in shallower water,  and lo and behold it is not a Sockeye. Maybe Steelhead ?.......No the dude fishing to me says it is a Chinook!  Finally with some help able to corral it and get it to the beach. Feel very lucky to have landed this fish as I was only fishing with 17 lb. mainline, and a 10 lb. leader.  After that decided to call it a day and head back  home.

Will send some pics over to Rod to post.
Also the Chinook weighed out at  a little over fifteen pounds.

[Rodney]

Dennyman's photos

[BwiBwi]

Oh WOW Congrat. It's also a red spring too.

[dennyman]

Very good observation Bwi Bwi, as yes it is a red spring. Should taste good on the barb q tonight   

[lucky]

nice catch! I was also out today and had similar luck, fished a popular bar past the agassi rosedale bridge and caught my first spring on the fraser this year around  and the very next cast and I beached a sockeye,

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/lucky/Picture_335

[SnaggedADuck]

Is there a way to tell visually if its a red or a white short of gutting it?  someone said the gills look different but i just dont know these things.  Help would be nice and pics would be even better, thnx

[kingpin]

some people will say by smell, that a white always stinks, not true in some cases. whites have more oblong spots almost kind of puzzle shaped on their backs. reds usually have small round dots similar to a coho except bigger.

[troutbreath]

Nice Chinook. I had a monster on today as well but let it break off rather than angle it past the beeks fishing downstream. They don't move, or stop casting, and actually I watched one guy cast over another guys line who had a chinook on and reef on it. Then he started yelling at the guy across the river to reel in as if it was the other guys problem. Then another group attacked the guide boats near by. They were practically on the bow and stern of one guide boat casting. saying "you must know were the fish are cus your a guide". I would think the guide would like to make some money on the long weekend and not have to put up with that shizen. Serves me right for going on the weekend. Bonus was we caught some fish and enjoyed some of the trip. Shitzer on it I go on Tuesday when the weekend warriors are back on company time. Not even worth talking sense to them, as they bring the 3 year old along to max out on another limit. I am dismayed as usual at the end of the season.

As for white springs you can smell them before you land them. Dosen't mean there bad to eat. I guess.

[Coho Cody]

fresh whites tend to not smell at all...or from what i have experienced. but when u get a boot, PLUG YOUR NOSE! . like kingpin said, you can tell a lot by the spots. i usually tell by the spots, the shape of its nose...more blunt usually indicates its a red, and the colour of its belly. a darker belly usually also indicates its a white

[Adacas]

dennyman. Congratulations on the by-catch. Most people don't refer to Chinooks as by-catch but hey, call em how you see 'em.
I see you left your waders on all day after that, even tho it was 32 deg in the shade yesterday.