23+ lb king caught from kayak!

The coho fishing has been great for the better part of a month now, but I’ve been itching to get into some kings. A couple weeks ago, I was able to land a 12 lb king along with a smaller one to go along with 3 cohos. This past weekend before the storms rolled, I managed to double up in my kayak, landing a 15 lb king and a coho. After I reset lines, my rod doubled over and a nice king pulled out 350 ft of line before I could start chasing it down in my hobie (after I cleared my leadcore rod to avoid tangles). After a 10 minute fight, I landed a 23.5 lb king (bled out), a new season best and the 6th king I’ve landed this year. Storms were rolling in, so I worked my way back in. Ended up 3-4 in about 2.5 hours on the water.

Here’s a few more pics…

I apologize, apparently I can’t throw more than one pic in a reply… file size too big.

Very nice. That big fish had to pull you around for a while.

A little. I pedal my Hobie, so once I cleared a line and was looking at 400 ft on my line counter and climbing, I actually went and chased it down.

Got out yesterday morning in my kayak before work (launched at 4:15, back on shore at 7:00) and went 3-6 with 2 steelhead and a small king. Lost at least 2 steelhead on jumps and had 2 drivebys. Landed my largest steelhead of my life (boat or kayak), a 14.1 lb beauty!

Another pic

Awesome! Mthamks for sharing.

When you have a few fish, how do you transport them while you continue to troll? You can’t be pedaling while towing all that dead weight/drag can you?

Very cool fishing and catching on a yak on big water. Very cool, thanks for sharing!

I actually do generally just put the fish on stringers on each side and bleed them out. If it gets to be too much weight, then I can always throw them inside the kayak. It’s been a while since I did that though… Even when I caught a limit of 15+ lb kings last year, I was dragging them all. It’s a good workout, lol!

looks like an awesome time. I thought getting dragged by a bass or nordski was fun.