I have been very fortunate. Over the last five years I have caught at least one chinook over 30#'s every year. All in washington rivers. But here's the catch Ive never caught a hen! Not one. Ive probably caught around 30 chinook in the salt and a variety of riversl and they have all been bucks. With coho, sockeye and steelhead I seem to catch around the same numbers of both sexes. I went to Alaska this summer and caught four kings in the salt, all big bucks. My freinds catch hens in my boat but not me. Why? Any ideas?

Hmm.. Girl problems eh? Well, I AM a highschooler, so obviously I AM an expert in this field... But I aint cheap!

An expert with women, yet home surfing the net at 8:00 on a saturday night.
For the original question, who knows? Could just be odd luck.

paintballb4girls hmm... sound fishy but I'll pay you with some advice. Glove it up bro! If your'e thinkin it's the stank-Ive been wearing latex gloves for two years.

hey now... Friday was yesterday, thats the women only day.

Now saturday and sunday... All the ladies know that they are reserved for HUNTING AND FISHING ONLY. They all understand.

Maybe youre so old you dont understand that....

I love these forums

I think that the buck is a better quality fish if you catch it in the river. It has thicker belly walls which is my favorite part. That is also where the oil is. The females belly wall is thinner and usually the female weighs less. So I would say be thankful and enjoy the good luck that you are having. And not to worry this will pass and you will get plenty of the smaller females next year. I like to smoke salmon and the males would be my choice because I like those greasy hands .

That does it !!!!! I like the part about the females being slimmer in the sides and smaller...... When I come back in another life, count me as a returning hen !
Beaner

My Grandpa used to say, "You ain't holding your mouth right!"

Believe it or not, research has been done on this very subject. The book, Through the Fish's Eye, mentioned how certain colors attracted a specific gender of fish! (This was especially true with Pink Salmon) Is this the conclusive answer to your scenario? Highly doubtful. Hell, might even be your fishing cap!

Now that you mention it, I seem to catch a lot of hens... hmmmm

Downriggin'

oh my ... I can tell the rivers are blown