August 22, 2012

CANADA: monster chinook salmon landed


At "Good Hope Cannery Resort" at Rivers Inlet in British Columbia (Canada) sport fishing record chinook was caught  that weighed about 83.3 pounds.Top fishing guide Tyler Mills got first time angler Deborah Whitman-Perry into the catch of a lifetime and it was the first chinook she's ever caught.
Whitman-Perry was fishing  when the rod was slammed, and after a one hour fight the huge fish was landed for some quick pictures and then immediately released.
On the same day another hige 72 pound king was caught and released as well as others in the 30 and 40 pound range.


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