Great fish and excellent video coverage! After getting up exhausted to turkey hunt at 3 AM for the past 20 mornings, (fishing only in the evenings with little success), you guys are restoring my faith!
I recently heard the rumor from one "expert" that the fish catching has been bad because over the past decade we have trained so many competent anglers who are fishing on well-outfitted boats, who read this web site (and unabashedly, my book), that the fish are being hit so hard that we are out-fishing the larger salmon population, compared to 10-20 years ago when there were only 3-5 well out-fitted guides on the lake catching the big numbers. The other rumor was that something happened (disease?) to the 2-yr class fish. You prove in this post otherwise!
If you're on the water, I invite you to my wedding celebration on August 16 at the Bear island church at 11:30. We'll celebrate after at 140 bear. Come raise a glass to late but lasting love with us. There will be music, food (moose meat, cake, and drink) and even fish if you bring one to throw on the grill.
