Shadow11
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Anybody know who won? Looks like the team up front had a commanding lead when this pic was taken.
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Tug of war tournament
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specialk
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poor trout.....
Batjack
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Kdog
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The opening day tournament was bad, but not that bad. Y'all can have all that you want.
Looks like some of the combat salmon fishing near Anchorage.
I really do not understand this at all....
Batjack
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I think they got a big carp herded up in there think'n it's a record trout and too stoopid to realize all the trout left long before the third one got there.
This is Ship Creek, runs right through downtown Anchorage. It still has a native salmon run. When the run is at its peak their nearly shoulder to shoulder along this stretch of the creek.
Shadow11
Senior Member
Wow. How does that work? Do they think fish swim in a straight line to the person that hooked it? When 20 ppl have their lines wrapped around one fish, do they fight over it? Do they trace down the hook? Do all 20 of the ppl have to cut their line and re-tie? A lot I don't understand about that.
Batjack
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The real funny part is that when they run up from the sea to breed, they don't eat.
TheWildLife
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I've fished for king salmon in Alaska many years ago. We didn't have anywhere near that number of people fishing around us (we referred to that as combat fishing). We were spread about 6-8' apart. Most everyone was real good about clearing the way for someone hooked up. When someone yelled "fish on", we looked to see which way the fish was headed and reeled in accordingly or did our best to stay untangled with the person hooked up.
And Batjack is right, those fish ain't there to eat. Mostly luck to hook one, and then really, really lucky to hook in the mouth so you could keep it. Foul hook a good size one and it was a fight for sure!
And Batjack is right, those fish ain't there to eat. Mostly luck to hook one, and then really, really lucky to hook in the mouth so you could keep it. Foul hook a good size one and it was a fight for sure!
campboy
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WHY???
Batjack
Cap`n Jack 1313
No limit for the locals. They can stockpile fish to last them the winter.
Lukikus2
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I believe there is only a three day window for the fishing.
campboy
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Nope. Not what I consider fishing
Is that the only hole in the creek that you can fish? I can't believe that there would be a trout in there that would hit anything with all that going on, even doughbellies have their limits.
Hence the term “combat fishing.” You get 20-30 lb salmon running up and down there‘s a bunch of folks got to get lines out of the way in a hurry. It gets down right entertaining.
My buddy and I didn’t drive not over hour out of town and would have plenty of room to fight a fish without that mess.
Excluding trips to DH water, I could fish my normal trout haunts for at least 10 years and not see that many other fishermen.
