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King Salmon, Alexander Creek, June 1998

Here I am at the mouth of Alexander Creek, in June 1998. David came with me (he took this picture),

and helped me get this 28 pounder out of the water. He netted it all by himself while I was fighting a

loosing battle with a line that was terminally tangled around the oars. The weather wasn't so great, mostly drizzle

that day, but that's the best weather to catch fish - say the people at home and in the dry. In fact I latched

onto a much smaller fish, also a King but probably around 15 lbs, about half an hour after we reached the

mouth of the creek but it broke loose when the steel leader I was using parted at the eye. I was later really

glad it did get away because I would have surely kept it which would have limited me out, meaning we wouldn't

have been able to bag the big one above! I'm sorry to say David spent the last 6 hours of the day practicing

his casting and not much else, only a few nibbles but not a really good bite at all. Still, there is always next time!

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