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Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10167172 07/19/15 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ D dennisinaz OP Campfire Outfitter OP dennisinaz Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,091 Kodiak & AZ Fish weighs 21# NRA Benefactor Member Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10167286 07/19/15 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 630 M maggie Campfire Regular maggie Campfire Regular M Joined: May 2011 Posts: 630 Bender, you have over-bid, sorry, but you do not win the NEW CAR!! As always, thanks for playing! (notice I refrained from bidding, as I didn't want to pay taxes on my prize.) "The day I went to work everybody showed up to watch Johnny Luster work. Well, they had a wheelbarrow there, and said I was to push that thing around all day. I looked at it, then turned around and headed for the mountians..."

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10168704 07/19/15 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,172 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,172 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Originally Posted by dennisinaz Fish weighs 21# Sure. NOW it does. 3 days ago it was 22.3#. Dave - thanks for the support! If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10168716 07/19/15 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA see, I told you IB was wrong a lot.... but this time so was I! Hey Mike, when is the gun raffle for the rodeo kids coming up??

Re: How big is this fish? kid0917 #10170218 07/20/15 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,172 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,172 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... I'm no longer on the BOD. Current board is not running the raffles. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10170932 07/20/15 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA yeah, well you see how things go when the ones who care.... leave!! well, best of luck to you and the clubbers anyway. ( I still think the king was 22 lbs... ) We got a lot of those size in Kodiak, not many of the 70+ like youse guys do...

Re: How big is this fish? 2legit2quit #10170942 07/20/15 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA Originally Posted by 2legit2quit Originally Posted by kid0917 Originally Posted by coyote268 I'm with Iron, appox 22 lbs Ironbender is wrong a lot.. but yes, 22#... there's a guy that knows stuff ^ listen to him Hey Jim, you old water rat you...!! Doin' OK?

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10171320 07/20/15 Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,136 PNW R ribka Campfire Ranger ribka Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,136 PNW 20 lbs give or take a lb

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10171326 07/20/15 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden 2legit2quit Campfire Ranger 2legit2quit Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden I'm not as handsome as waterrat but I hope to play him on TV someday I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10208204 07/28/15 Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 147 Southwest WY G GUhunter Campfire Member GUhunter Campfire Member G Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 147 Southwest WY I agree with most posters. Low 20s.

Re: How big is this fish? double tap #10210468 07/28/15 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,733 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,733 Palmer, Alaska Originally Posted by double tap 20lb, give or take (probably take) a pound either way. Chris THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain

Re: How big is this fish? Cariboujack #10210526 07/28/15 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,579 Lake Iliamna Alaska waterrat Campfire Regular waterrat Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,579 Lake Iliamna Alaska Fish are surprising,,I'd guess 17 or 18 lbs. This guy went 17lbs. I tend to use more than enough gun

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10210618 07/28/15 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 959 North Pole Alaska budman5 Campfire Regular budman5 Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 959 North Pole Alaska 16-18 lb he is holding it away from his body..

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10210936 07/28/15 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,406 C Calvin Campfire Ranger Calvin Campfire Ranger C Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,406 Watching folks try to guess the weight of king salmon is always pretty entertaining. Nice fish.

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10210948 07/28/15 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Or guess the weight of anything else. I remember a coyote I shot that weighed less than 20 pounds and some folks were guessing all the way to 50+ pounds! Better than kings though is yelloweyes... Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10211874 07/29/15 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 21,317 Alaska / Saudi Arabia 458 Lott Campfire Ranger 458 Lott Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 21,317 Alaska / Saudi Arabia Always fun filleting rock fish, you wonder how such a big fish provides such small fillets.

Re: How big is this fish? dennisinaz #10212274 07/29/15 Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,406 C Calvin Campfire Ranger Calvin Campfire Ranger C Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 23,406 The lateral line is a dead giveaway on king size. Can't make a lateral line look more pronounced no matter how much camera trickery is involved.

Re: How big is this fish? 458 Lott #10212304 07/29/15 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,172 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,172 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Originally Posted by 458 Lott Always fun filleting rock fish, you wonder how such a big fish provides such small fillets. Depends on who is doing the fileting. I watched an idiot very carefully and methodically turn a sockeye into two-10oz filets. Should have gotten a wanton waste ticket, IMO. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: How big is this fish? Calvin #10212334 07/29/15 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º It’s obvious that most guys here are trying way too hard. That’s a dead giveaway that most of them are not serious fishermen. That fish has to be at least 60# by now in any serious fishermen’s eye/mind/memory.... Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.

Re: How big is this fish? ironbender #10212356 07/29/15 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º Originally Posted by ironbender Originally Posted by 458 Lott Always fun filleting rock fish, you wonder how such a big fish provides such small fillets. Depends on who is doing the fileting. I watched an idiot very carefully and methodically turn a sockeye into two-10oz filets. Should have gotten a wanton waste ticket, IMO. Did he take the ‘backstrap’ filets, or the ‘flank’ filets? ‘Twould be a real shame to include any bones in such carefully ‘shanked’ filets. Last edited by Klikitarik; 07/29/15. Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.