Wow! Could you imagine standing in that creek and seeing that thing coming at you like a land shark.

I too thought that was a little short for a 85# fish. Back in about '88 I caught a 63" King on the Columbia that I estimated at around 70 lbs. (guess it could have been more) Caught it from the bank and fought it for just under an hour before it swam (not laid over) a little too close to the bank and my brother got a landing net in front of it's head. Never weighed it just ate it - had huge layers of meat and fat. Thing didn't even look real when we got it up on the bank. This was before digital cameras and the internet so didn't make much a deal about it except with my regular fishing buddies who came over to the house to take a look before I carved it up. The belly walls on that thing were as thick as I've ever seen on a fish and yes, they smoked up just fine. Caught 54 and 59 inch fish that same year. Now I'd trade them all for their offspring.