Coming home with Chrome - Shelter/Humboldt bay 9.2-9.4 (Video Report)

Great video brother glad you got that chrome.

Cool vid Kieth!  Next time narrate with Auto-Tune effect   

With us being so low to the water, I've found keeping the rod tip pointed up helps gain some leverage and allows the action of the rod to keep the pressure on the fish.  At times, some pedal pumps help too esp when turning.

When I hook 'em, I have to keep reminding myself during the battle to keep the tip up and keep reeling in any slack!!!

Cool vid Kieth!  Next time narrate with Auto-Tune effect   

With us being so low to the water, I've found keeping the rod tip pointed up helps gain some leverage and allows the action of the rod to keep the pressure on the fish.  At times, some pedal pumps help too esp when turning.

When I hook 'em, I have to keep reminding myself during the battle to keep the tip up and keep reeling in any slack!!!

I find that to be the opposite.  When I keep the tip rod up, the bouncing action of the fish on the rod tip pops off the hook. I find that keeping the rod tip low and into the water absorbs the shocks from the runs. The water becomes a buffer like a snubber. It's worked well over the years. (Darn my secret).  The  reason I lost fish was because of the large swells pushing through which made controlling the fish difficult, and I probably didn't get a good hook set. It's salmon!!

The beginning
After a phenomenal weekend of fishing up north, a few weeks back, with Tim (Krusty),
I had to give the north coast one more shot before closing the books for the year.
It was tough to stay back while most of the guys ran up north a few weeks back, but i knew will have my shot.

Short Report:

Day 1: Met up with Crazyfisher in Santa Rosa to caravan up on Friday morning.  We arrived at Shelter Cove at dawn after a long night on the road. Loaded the yaks and hit the water. First day we got raked by a million lingcods, but no love on the chrome. Day 1 scratch.

Day 2: Decided to hit up humboldt bay for a better shot at chrome. Day two was about losing fish. We worked hard to find the fish, but when we did, they were chomping. We found a school of feeding fish outside the north jetty. I lost two at the boat and crazy had multiple drive bys. We just couldn't get the fish to stick! Frustrating day. 

Day 3: Last day--Last chance! I got a hit early in the morning by a screamer. She hit the  line hard and ripped of 30 ft of line before turning around and causing a mess. Long story short, i was able to land her. 15 lbs of chrome to go home.  We cut the baby in half cause we don't care about king solomon's justice. Taste good too. 

Final Thought - Some of my friends have been requesting me to do another LA video. I know it's been awhile so i decided to do one this trip. I tried something different by doing a voice over. Hope you guys like it. For those that enjoy the creative writing, the full report is linked below.

Tight Lines - The Lost Anchovy
"The addiction is real"

Video Report


Full report:
http://thelostanchovy.com/king-salmon-shelter-cove-to-humboldt-bay/

Salmon Fishing Tutorial:
http://thelostanchovy.com/kayak-fishing-tutorials/king-salmon-fishing-tutorial/

Jealous as all could be!!! At GSX I had 2 lost at the side of my yak too so I know the frustration!!! So stoked to hear and read / view the persistence and pursuit on the hunt!! I really am aiming to get one landed this year (it'd be my first) if you wanna try HMB or north I'm in, keep in touch brotha and thanks for the report...

Nice trip overview and composition, Keith. Thanks for sharing the pointers and secrets, I'll will try to make good use of them!

Nice vid, nice fish, thx for the share.


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