Re: Unusual Fish Story
Originally Posted by
jeff98390j
His rod went down with a fish, so he played it, landed it, and all was fine. While the fish was still in the net, we noticed that it was not his hook that had hooked the fish. Someone else had hooked the fish, and broke it off at the swivel. My friend had hooked the swivel of the previous person's rig! A hook point going through the eye of a swivel, in moving water seemed way too much to believe. Had I not witnessed it, I would not believe the story.
Have fun, Jeff
I saw the same thing on a small river in NW WA, the Samish. Funny thing is the Samis has a similar type fishery and reputation as Ship Creek in Anchorage.
The differences in the stories is the guy, or should I say kid that hooked the eye of the swivel was 14 years old. The fish was a 50 lb. chinook that was broke off like the one in your story. The real interesting part of this story is I didn't know the kid that caught the fish and was telling the story at work a few years later. One of the guys I was telling the story to pops up a says I know that story is true becuase that kid was his son.
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