sandy creek ... ATLANTIC

[choo-choo]

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name:choo-choo

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):7/31 + 8/1

Time on Water:9am to 2 pm sat. + 6am to 9am sun

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 9 sat + 6 sun

Total Boated:8 and 5

Species Breakdown:kings...steelhead...laker..And an ATLANTIC !

Hot Lure: stingray green nbk///sutton 39////dw ss orange

Trolling Speed:

Down Speed: 2.0 to 2.3

Boat Depth: 70 fow to 200 fowsat...50 to 120 fow sunday

Lure Depth: 60ft to 85 ft sat ...40 to 60 sunday

5 steelies sat.6lb to 12 lb,2 skippy kings(unclipped)6lb laker////Sunday 14 lb atlantic ,2steelies6 and 8 lb,2 skippy kings

====================I caught the 14 lb male unclipped atlantic 50 ft down over 80 fow...The fight was truly un -believable!! airborne before i got to the rod,jumping backflips,cartwheels..tail slaps...head slaps...Greyhounding!!!!several long ,fast runs.. more jumps ... then he even sounded,and never gave up ,all the way to the net!!!I will never forget it!! Powerful,lightning fast,plenty of stamina,and super acrobatic !!! One awesome fish!! ...... I've got some good pictures of him on photobucket,but still can't figure out how to get them here...will try to get help tomorrow to get them posted....He has a huge kype,pure white mouth and gums,no teeth on the upper mouth,giant dark adipose fin, jet black markings..blotches along his upper sides and back,oversized monster tail,very slight fork......steve

SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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[Yankee Troller]

Congrats! Wish mine fought that way!

[K Gonefishin]

Nice fish, great descriptive action report.

The one Atlantic we caught a couple weeks ago faught like a maniac, sort of like a steelie but way cooler.

[icedd]

Heres choo- choos atlantic

[choo-choo]

Hey Dave...ICEDD... thanks for posting the atlantic pictures..... what's with the picture of the kings doing in there?...anyway, thanks...and can't wait for you to show me how you did it...steve