It's all in the camera angle.... the fish is really being viewed from belly to back, and the mid-section of the fish is curved down into the water, hence the "skinny' appearance on this otherwise very girthy king. The key feature belying the fish's true girth is the beefy tail "wrist".... it was all I could do to get my hand around it.

I still can't believe that we didn't get one decent C&R shot of this fish. This singular photo just did not do that fish any justice... not to mention that my digicam card holds 90+ 4 megapixel shots.... not like the photographer was under any pressure to conserve film.

No one else on the boat felt comfortable leaning out to pose the fish for a picture (yeah that's me on the transom leaning way out from the mini-swimstep with my outstretched hand barely holding the salmon's seal-scarred tail). Problem is no one else aboard wanted to lean out over the side or balance on the 9" coaming gunnel (even with four other guys on the boat to secure the photographer) to snap a glare-free photo either. Sure could have used one of my gymnast daughters on board for that one.