The fish in my avitar was caught twice in the same weekend on the upper Queets.

My buddy got the fish on Saturday morning. I landed the fish and removed the hook from the upper part of the fishes mouth. We snapped a couple of quick picture and marvled at this 23# fish as we revived it.

On Sunday, I was fishing a side planner with a plug in a hole 1/2 mile upstream from where this fish was taken. After a hard take down and a 15 minute fight, my buddy tailed the fish for me. I went to remove the plug from the mouth and noticed the wound from the day before. This lead us to inspect the fish further and notice the same markings. After another quick picture this big buck was on his way.