Glacial River Kings

[raz]

Slow action this time of the year on the forum so I thought I'd throw out a couple older pics I have.

Sheep Creek, AK 1985



Montana Creek, AK 1985



In 1986, my buddy and I rented a boat in Anchorage, towed it to the Kenai, and figured them out on our own. Neither of us had fished it before so we had to learn quick. We were pleased with 2 fish for the day. My buddies son landed the first one at 28 lbs. An hour or so later I hooked up and stayed hooked up drifting downstream and boated this 41 pounder.





The top two weren't weighed...they were filleted.
Guesstimated at 40 and 25 lbs

[Reelax]

WOW nice fish and trips...... Gerry who is the guys in the pics??

Now I wanna hear the story about the 50+ inch king on your wall...

[fishy1]

awsome pics. tight lines

[drachma]

Nice stuff Gerry. Ya gotta love the memories of being up there!

Michael

[digitroll (ron)]

Pretty cool Gerry! Some of the best memories are like you said just doing something like that and figuring it out by yourselves. Very well done!

Thanks for sharing .

[Phantom (griz)]

Very nice Gerry. Let me guess you working for Uncle Sam back then ?

[Phantom (griz)]

So Matt, Gerry has a 50 pound king on his wall, how big of a brown will it take to go on yours ?

[Reelax]

So Matt, Gerry has a 50 pound king on his wall, how big of a brown will it take to go on yours ?

7lb would do it.... Already got T's 6lber up. Can't mount one till I get one bigger than hers.

[raz]

WOW nice fish and trips...... Gerry who is the guys in the pics??

Now I wanna hear the story about the 50+ inch king on your wall...

Those are all me Matt...I had a little hair back then and no keg of beer around my midline. And a young fella named Scott Botkin
The one hanging on my wall is the fish in pic #3. 41 pounds on a non certified scale.

[will nolan (swilly)]

i know alaska all to well. have shared same experience. unforgettable. great pics raz.