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Been fun hitting the water again after hunting and trapping season. A few kings around around. Love eating the cold water kings. Crazy amounts of fat. Going to commercial troll a lot this winter. Been fun being outside so much this year. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/sfmDMCRS/74704032-A55-F-45-E7-A0-FC-0-C6-BD791347-A.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/VN0dtGFw/7-E6-C8919-4-D43-43-D0-9-BCE-18-CA390202-FF.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/RFR9JK29/021-D8159-D49-C-4342-A2-B7-4-B69-DDA363-A5.jpg)
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Fat kings. Food for kings.
Be gentle with me...dumb question...do you pull your boat out daily in winter or do you moor it? So if you moor it...what happens if it is pretty cold in the morning and you crank it over, does ice damage the raw water pump impeller? If you pull the boat at night, do you dry crank it to clear the impeller. I know they supposedly are self draining and normal salinity water doesn't freeze much until it drops to 28 or so.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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Fat kings. Food for kings.
Be gentle with me...dumb question...do you pull your boat out daily in winter or do you moor it? So if you moor it...what happens if it is pretty cold in the morning and you crank it over, does ice damage the raw water pump impeller? If you pull the boat at night, do you dry crank it to clear the impeller. I know they supposedly are self draining and normal salinity water doesn't freeze much until it drops to 28 or so. I keep it in the harbor. I keep engines in the water which is always above freezing. Never had had impeller issues. I am lower SE ak. Usually it’s above freezing
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Heck yeah!!! This makes me a little more motivated to try and get out and maybe get one. Not too many cruising around here though, you are in a way better area Joel! Nice work! Flasher/bait?
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11" flasher and either a skinny g or hoochie. I feel like I could have done better with smaller stuff like coho killers or wee g's. Everything they are eating right now is small. trap shack for the skinny g and 039r hoochie.
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Thanks for the info! Much appreciated! I think I have some of those
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Glad to see you're getting out and getting on the fish, im super jealous..
Still running that purple dank?
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Purple drank has been slow. Need to give it a try this year.
The purple nurple was hot a few years ago though. Green lantern has been killing it.
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I fished out of Homer a couple weeks ago. The hot lure of the day ended up being a blue tipped rainbow spinner. I never would have tried that on that day but glad thecaptain is way smarter than me.
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Very nice! Great pictures.
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Very nice. It appears you have a very capable deck hand too!
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Glad to see you're getting out and getting on the fish, im super jealous.. Indeed.
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Nice!
Winter doldrums here so I’ve been tying leaders, dipping jig heads and mooching weights and putting up a hundred or so more hoochies ….. tying up some Mylar skirts too since I’m bored. Head to the tackle shop now….😀
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Hoping to get the new boat in the water in the next 2 weeks
My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan"
Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK
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![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/vT28LPrK/4-A667533-8231-40-B3-95-E4-F26-C63-EEE50-B.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/6qp5ZsvR/872-D6-DA7-D34-F-4389-9-BC2-98348-A17962-D.jpg) Pretty nice one this morning right in front of town. Giving the kids crap because none of them wanted to go. Been steady king fishing this winter/spring. 1-2 a trip usually. Nice to have the boat in the harbor a 1 minute drive away from the house.
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Black lips for the win! Love those Kings!
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Nice!
Winter doldrums here so I’ve been tying leaders, dipping jig heads and mooching weights and putting up a hundred or so more hoochies ….. tying up some Mylar skirts too since I’m bored. Head to the tackle shop now….😀 Man, I need to get to work. I usually do this stuff while watching March Madness game. No cable TV any more. Hey Calvin, hang a picture of on O3R hootchy. Charlie White talked a bit about this one. I think it's green. Used to buy all my hootchies from Tyee Tackle in BC, but they folded.
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Black lips for the win! Love those Kings! They are known in some locales as Blackmouths . . .
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Would not know Kings are gone here in SC AK so forgot what to call them!!!!
kk alaska
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Nice!
Winter doldrums here so I’ve been tying leaders, dipping jig heads and mooching weights and putting up a hundred or so more hoochies ….. tying up some Mylar skirts too since I’m bored. Head to the tackle shop now….😀 Man, I need to get to work. I usually do this stuff while watching March Madness game. No cable TV any more. Hey Calvin, hang a picture of on O3R hootchy. Charlie White talked a bit about this one. I think it's green. Used to buy all my hootchies from Tyee Tackle in BC, but they folded. O39r?
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