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Proud Mom

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Posted by Hank Pennington on May 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Proud Mom
Yeah, and dad's proud too!

"Serious" photography has taken a break for our pocket cameras in the last few days. When it's spring in Alaska and time to fill the freezers, we always become a bit distracted.

That's my wife yesterday and her biggest king salmon ever, taken a couple of miles from our house. One visual detail is worth pointing out- She's 5'8" and that great fish's tail is still dragging the ground. Another notable statistic, it weighed 60.3 pounds!

The weather promises to be perfect for photography for the next few days, but something tells me we'll continue to be distracted. :biggrin:

Posted by Barbara Graham on May 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Wow!!!
Posted by Keith Bauer on May 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Wow is right!! Something tells me that wasn't on a 5 weight fly rod :wink:
Posted by Hank Pennington on May 28, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Funny think Keith, we do fly fish for them around reefs and kelp beds offshore come July. Of course, that's with 10-weights and fast sinking lines! :jump:
Posted by Hali Sowle on May 28, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Incredible and impressive! I'm hungry just looking at it.
Posted by Bill Chambers on May 28, 2011 at 5:05 PM
Now that's a big fish!! Congratulations!
Posted by Eva McDermott on May 28, 2011 at 10:32 PM
I have seen some big fish (not caught by me) when I visited tAlaska in 1983 especially on Homer Spit but mostly flounder. Great catch! :toast:
Posted by Wayne Willison on May 29, 2011 at 3:31 PM
My brother fishes salmon in Newfoundland. He'll be jealous for sure when I send him this link.
Posted by Sharon Lane on May 29, 2011 at 4:01 PM
What can I bring for dinner? Amazing!
Posted by Ed Cordes on May 29, 2011 at 6:41 PM
Awesome!!! This should keep you in salmon dinners for a while! Congrats!!
Posted by Toni Lankerd on May 30, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Wow...great catch!!! :toast:
Posted by beth summer on May 31, 2011 at 9:17 AM
What time is dinner?!!! I'll be there :jump: Awesome catch!
Posted by Mark Turner on June 10, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Awesome fish. That has to be fun!!! I'm heading up to your neck of the woods (Petersburg) in a few weeks for a workshop. Can't wait :jump:
Posted by Hank Pennington on August 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM
And she's the winner!

That king salmon turned out to be the largest caught on Kodiak this year, and with it she won a juicy first place in the derby that just ended.

I had naturally assumed the winnings would go for new camera gear (who wouldn't in this household?), but she told me to renew my passport. Travel photography, anyone? :toast: