Figured they would Jeff. To bad. I sure hope that the run shows up soon so folks can fish. I sure
Hope the up river guys will get to fish as well.

Otterman- that looks sooooo good.

-TJ

the little blackie was by the house yesterday and they brown's are from the Russian river the other day,I have to say the bears down there need thinned bad

Otterman:

How long do you let the fish hang on the racks ?

Been busy hanging my net. hope they open fishing season soon..lol

Been slow here, too. Kings are nearly a no-show. Picked up 2 on the first outing, then zip ever since. Don't know what to think about that.

Our Kings are realy late..sounds like the whole state has problems this year... the ocean still has some ice so thats probably the reason with the cold water, some are starting to show up but they closed us for subsistance to let them pass for escapement.

The Chums are running good we have over 300 thousand ran past us and we could be fishing them at a Buck a lb but they are afraid to catch any kings so its a lose lose situation for us this year.

You'll have to move south. Highs having been staying in the high 50s all month. 58 and raining again today.

Uh............no thanks. I'm allergic to rain. Gotta have snow

awww yes net hanging, I have done that once, my pinkies were raw for weeks from cinching the knots.

I have seen guys with bloody fingers but I invested in a piar of these and have no problems at all.
I also use the back of the pic to pull the knots.

Talk about bloody fingers............you ever use monofilament netting instead of multifilament ? Holy crow talk about sore hands. !

My wife's father, brother and nephew all hang nets for a living. I have seen some pretty ugly hands by seasons end

Blest be the twine that binds...

my under ice net is Mono those are the same gloves I use to check it..lol
I know they use it for salmon in Bristol Bay but for some reason no one uses it here on the Yukon I think its illegal here for some reason.

Yeah I think so too. I never use gloves on a net.

The salmon statewide seems a bust so far.
Will be interesting to see the entry. Fast and furious or just spread out late season. orrrr.

Mono is illegal in Bristol Bay too and I believe state wide for salmon, it is legal for Herring though

I could be wrong but I could of sworn we used mono in BB years ago did they change the regulations? it was back in 82

you are correct we did use it for Herring when I fished.

Jeff in 82 it would have been herring, it hasn't been legal for salmon in the 30 yrs I have been here

Thanks O-man it must of been in my dreams it was a long time ago