Brightest fish pic, all salmonid species!

All right let's see em'. How about some of them bright fish pictures out there, the extremely bright one's. Post em' here, let's see them..
I'll have some coming soon, when I figure out how to scan some pics and get them up.
Keith

one of the best i have is 6 years old, does that count ?

Yep,
If you can scan it and get it up let's see it...
Keith

Waz Uppp Keith?

I will have some pics for you (hopefully) after I fish this weekend.
Is the prize for winning just satisfaction, or is there really no winner. Because I know that there are alot of guys out there this year that have been slayen um.
I have a couple of old pics of some steelies and hohos on this site all ready but I want to use new stuff.


P.S.
When can I get some of your cure?

Patience, Catcher1, patience...
We'll have it up and running soon.
Email me and I'll put you on the list.
stlhdr1@hotmail.com
Keith

Here is a nice girl that I caught a few weeks ago, (mid Oct) in Trask tidewater. Typical of alot of the fall fish we catch in tidewter. Can you say bobber down.........


[ 11-02-2001: Message edited by: Fishbait ]

OK........OK........ Here is a better picture. 2 nice fish, caught about Oct 20, again bobberfishing in Tidewater.

I love rowing the lower Wilson River near Tillamook in mid-Nov., when both mint bright big 'nooks are still coming in and early steelhead are arriving. These pics are at the Sollie bridge ramp. The angle of light has much to do with how bright fish look in pics. The upper one is sunlight and the lower one with camera flash.

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After backrowing that river section I had to uumph to hold those 2 big nooks up.

NOTE: To enlarge any of these photos or others access http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1432992&a=10739464&f=0

RT

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Here, I'll help the Kid Sauk get a bright one in Keith's thread. This was one of the springers we got below Bonneville last spring.

[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1432992&a=10739464&p=55958107&Sequence=23[/img]

RT

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: RT i ]

Keith,

Here ya go. Read 'em and weep! Can you say chromer?

Gorgeous fish and photo Justin! That chromer will be tough to beat for 'brightest fish pic'.

Steve

My friend Dave with a Nestucca Steelhead.


A Clackamas Steelhead.


Funny RT, about the lighting excuse. If all you catch are smokers, thats OK

Kid Sauk, that fish is perfect.

Here's a picture of a bright summer steelhead I caught Memorial Day weekend. Late spring/early summer is my favorite time of the year to fish.
http://netbyte.net/steelheadman/pages/Fishing%20017_jpg.htm

Here's a picture of the same buck on the bank. http://netbyte.net/steelheadman/pages/Fishing%20003_jpg.htm

[ 11-03-2001: Message edited by: Steelheadman ]

Awesome pics so far guys, how bout some more. I'll put some up monday that will knock some socks off!!!! :p
Keith

Let's make this a vote for contest? As mint bright as Gregor, 'Bait, and Dave's fish are I would vote Justin's fish so far. Of course Keith is settin us up for batting cleanup with his top pics - no fair. Get your 'B' pics up first 'K', then we can all come in with our 'A' pics.

And what can I say for your nash feesh Troy? Oh, I know - next time you catch a bright fish, if you can remember that far from now, don't scrape all the scales off the back and lateral line before you pose with it, so it will look more like Dave's fish pic.

RT

Consolation prize for biggest salmon steak? This 1 1/2" thick piece from a big Kenai King was about 6 lbs. That's a lot of steak.

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An earlier Kenai King. Pretty bright for a 52 pounder on a cloudy day.

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[ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: RT i ]

O OVER TO LETTYS pAGE THATS MY WIFE 'gehla then you die!! they would not let me go BAA-HUMBUG!!!

Can I enter fish for a couple buddies?

Stew(ed) with a large bright steelie
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Mark's (first cast) steelie, during low fog bank.
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If you guys see this put up your own better ones.

Steve

Here are my two entries. First though she's tiny they don't get any more chrome than this in the Sandy river.


If you fish closer to the coast, how about this nice little Trask river nate, complete with sea lice.

Bright Alaskan Steel

I have posted this picture on here but before but it is one of the brightest steelies I have brought to the bank and brightest I have a picutre of. This was a few years ago.

For a nice change of pace, check out these chrome Atlantic salmon!!

CHROME Salmo salar

[ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: RPetzold ]

One of the Kings from Westport, what a great year of fishing for all of us. A bright fish on a dark day.

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Jerry Garcia with a Whidbey Is. 'nook caught fishing a herring under a float.

Wild Satsop steelhead. Caught aways up river too.

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This Wild Steelhead was NOT bonked over the head.
Its one of two Wild ones that were caught/pictured/released in the same day!!!

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Dark, crappy days.......bright, shiny steelhead.





[ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: Dan S. ]

Just a couple for you.

A nice 20+ Sky pig.



A nice two-toner chromer on the Quinault:



Man, this is soooo chrome there's even a glare coming off of this fish!



Man, if this isn't a chromer...



Nice photos, but I've personally seen the print from The Kids photo. That, by far, is the pretiest fish photo I've seen. Take The Kid out of it, and it would be perfect! My vote goes to The Kid.

Parker

They don't come much brighter than this one from the Nestucca River 1/6/01

Darn, these are some bright fish now I'm thinking I might not have any as bright as a couple of these. I downloaded pegasus a picture sizing program and hopefully I can figure out how to use it, I'm at work now and don't have any pictures available to put up here.
I've got a couple that could contest with those up here but I don't know, Kidsauk, Parker and stewed all have some killer steelie pics. Although all of them are nice. Fishbait, what a pic of that fat hen you just caught, and RT you've got some killer ones too.
Keep them coming....
Keith

Well here is a pic of my first steelie!1995(20lb). I will have some pics of some cromers that I caught this weekend as soon as I get the film back and scan them so give me a couple days.



This was me at a younger age!

FISH ON!!!


:p
I burned that hat.


[ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: catcher1 ]

Here's, a black and white Hen from the Hoh. Not as shiny as some of yours but what makes her special is her size. Note a couple of sea lice too.

A contest??? Cool, I like contests! But since I have a distinct advantage by having a couple of other anglers in my boat almost every day, I'm gonna limit my pix to fun fishing only ... me, Fishgal, or relatives - almost

All river caught, no cheating in the salt I like translucent fins!!! I'm gonna put up a pic of each pacific species ... sorry, there isn't such a thing as a chrome humpy or chum :p

How 'bout a king - Fishgal's mom on the Kasilof River:




And a silver - Fishgal at the crack of dawn on the Kasilof:



Here's a new one in the thread - Fishgal and a mean sock-in-the-eye:




I guess I'd better get in on this too ... how 'bout a really fat, really chrome hen on one of the most unforgettable days of steelhead fishing ever ... this on a Peninsula river.




Let's see some more!!!

Nice Pics Bob,
Damn that steelie on the bottem is buetty.

When the winners are chossen it should be the top pic for each species.(just my thought)

I think that after we get the winner of this that there should be a ugliest fish on film or something.

Good call catcher1, ugliest fish on film will make for some good laughs!! We'll get that started right now!
Keith

Some Nice fish!

So far Id rate The Kids Steelie #1. That is a Beautiful Fish! There are some nice ones but that one tops them all, its just one of those fish.

There is still one fish id like to see and thats Bob D's 40+" hen. That would be somthin to see.

NOTE: As I mailed to KS, I would love to have some of these pics to put in my book.
In a few weeks my manuscript goes in and I will have to turn in actual pictures
(5" X 3" or 6" X 4" prints using high tech scanners - apparently that's better than using
pic negatives these days). Anyone that has a quality picture of a nice bright and/or
big fish with good river or water or mountain background scenery would be good candidates.
Just e-mail me if interested and I will e-mail you my regular address to send
re-prints to, along with your name. I would love to have the lower 2 of your 4 pics Bob.
All the fish are great but the excellant river background is important. >

I've also noticed in a number of pics how the angle can glare out the lateral line
and dark back contrast, which is nice to have. This happens mostly when a flash is used,
as below in this pic.
[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1432992&a=10739464&p=56038335&Sequence=2[/img]

In a pic from Tofino, B.C. this summer you'll notice with BB member Bruce Gray's 2 fish,
which were identically bright, that the one on the right that's squared to the cam
looks brighter than the other which isn't. Hey Bruce, I don't remember any women on board
taking pics, yet the tails were cut
off. (better talk to your bro about that) Of course with women taking the pics
the fishermen's heads are usually cut off.
[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1432992&a=10739464&p=56038350&Sequence=2http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1432992&a=10739464&p=56038350&Sequence=2[/img]

Just kidding around ladies. It's a thing my wife used to do until she figured out the cam
takes a pic of what is seen thru the view finder.

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check out this Skykomish summer run, see-thru fins, and multiple sea-lice. this fish was immaculate!

Silent Approach Jigs
this one will be tough to beat


Fuzzy

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The pic here ain't the best but this was a purty buck fresh from the salt last winter.


[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=400554&a=11265960&p=54365905[/img]

Two from the Nestucca tidewater, Sept. 2001.

16 pound Summer Steelhead - Mult. Channel

Well I'll start off with three decent pics that I have.
First this is a O.P. hen that's a good looker.

Second, oops a walleye from the upper columbia...

Last I have a west coast chromer that can make you squint.

There will be more to come of james and I...
Keith

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I give up, I'll never figure out how to get these pics up alone. I spent 3 hours this morning trying to get the pics up and the only thing that show's is some box with an x in the middle.
HELP!!!!
Keith

Thanks, gregor. I guess I had them in the wrong order and james got in there somehow but they're up... That first one of james, well let's say he can't even keep his eyes open it's so bright.

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: stlhdr1 ]

Damn! That's a nice toad Keith/James! Hey James, we won't tell anyone you pissed your pants!



This one sure is purdy too!



Parker

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: parker ]

Nice fish everybody!

Keith, tell James that we needs to keep his eyes open for fish pics. Even if he is good enough to catch fish in his sleep

RICH G and RT, thank you for the compliment on that picture. It was used in Fishin' Holes magazine a few years ago but they didn't do it any justice because it was in friggin' black and white! Oh, well. I'd rather be in RT's book anyways Thanks again, guys. Peace

Can someone give a 5 second rundown of how to add a saved image to a reply?

Keith has been bombarding me with images all day. This one is a beauty. Nice fish, James!



Parker

That's one of them world class fish for this area!! Thanks for the help getting the pics up parker..
Keith

First date, first steelhead- no kidding. Cant really complain about a gal who catches #1 while you are launching the boat!!
Fits right into this contest.
And no, she doesnt have any sisters...


[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: Rooster ]

That's alright, Rooster....Keith does :p

Great pics, guys(and AuntyM)

I gotta say that alot of those are prime chromers, but Justin's is the best pic...so far

I would post some, but the definition of bright over here on the eastside is a little different than yours

Eastside Bill- "What the hell is a sealice?"

Eastside Bob- "Hell, I don't know...check out this one I just landed, it's only got 3 net marks on it!!"

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: backlash2 ]

Ok well lets see who has the brightest fish yet.
lets name the top 7 as of right now
for me I would say
#1---Kid Sauk/Bobs Hen
#2-?
#3-?
#4-?
#5-?
#6-?
#7-?
there are so many great pics that its hard to decide whos is nicest, and all fish have there difernt meaning!


[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: catcher1 ]

Well, here's a few more!! I'm trying to find one that will top kidsauks, that's a killer pic justin. How bout one of these! First james with a chrome kokanee, he's going to kill me for this one



Then a chromer from the kalama,



And finally my favorite, the Ultimate Egg Cure..



Keith :p

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: stlhdr1 ]

Good God.......

A fish would have to be freakin' NUTS to let a bait that looked like THAT go by!

No wonder you're always spanking them down there, Keith. The fish probably fight each other all night to be the first one to taste those eggs in the morning.

Keith,

What are you doing posting a pic of that gorgeous egg cluster? It got me so excited that I have to change my shorts now!

Keep the chromers coming

Scott, Bob and Parker are the experts. Either can tell you how to post pics over to this thread.
They also coraborate nicely in 'special effects' pics.
Aunty M is good also.

Hey Keith, that egg cluster pic is saweeet!
I'm not into sushi but I'd even be tempted
to eat that one.

And James, I was on the phone with Keith
a bit ago and he said you pee'd your pants
when you caught that "trophy" kokanee too.


EDIT NOTICE: If you downsize your pics to just 75% they will fit in without
causing the thread to have to be scrolled to view posts and pics. It also will provide
brighter less grainy photo posts that also take much less download time and server space.

My $0.02 suggestion.

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: RT i ]

I feel your pain Ryan.

Lets not make this thread an agrguement but please dont post dead nate steelies. The majority of people on this board dont want to see that.

James-
That 21 pounds of nickel bright summer-run is my choice!!! That is one beautiful fish!!!...especially when you consider the status of native summer-runs in this state.

An absolutely magnificent fish!!!!...must have tore ya up.

Nice nooker that fell to a gob of eggs under my bobber in Trask Tidewater Oct 2001


[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: Fishbait ]

Rooster,

Which one of you caught that 23# toad on the fly? I bet it was her.

Now it should work. They get bigger, but not too much brighter. These are two Nestucca bucks from Sept.5 2001.

Harold-
Send me the picture via email and I'll post it for 'ya.

Young boy's first steelhead
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Man are you guys that stoned that you have to send all your pictures to Parker to post? Damn must be nice to be able to sit around and do that all day, must have a sugar momma payin the bills!!!
Peace Superfly
FYI, I got some great pics I would like to post, but it seems to me that I am to damned stupid to figure out how to put them on here.
Peace

Are you trying to tell us that you are stoned!?!?

Here's a pic of my second steelhead. It was only 6 pounds, but it's a chromer.




Here's a 26 pound king I caught in the South Sound last summer.





And the very next weekend, I caught this 18 hen in the same place!




Both salmon were white kings too.

[ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: JacobF ]

I'm sure there are more pics to come.
But to this point, among so many nice
fish pics, the 2 that stand out to me
are the Kid's steelie buck and Bob's
steelie hen. They are not only brighter
than bright, their picture quality is
excellant too. It's part of what set's
them apart from other pics of fish that
could have been as bright. ...

The brightest chinook pic is Steve's (fishbait's)
chromer, held horizontal. But it's the sun
on the chrome side and pic quality that is
so nice. Notice it's belly isn't snow white
as some other 'nooks are; that have less
sunlight and pic quality. But hey Steve, your
belly is white isn't it?


Keep posting. Most of us love good fish and
scenery pictures.

RT

[ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: RT i ]

How about some of these...
Here's me with a 40lb chrome buck out of the lewis.. I love them monsters...



Here's james with a chrome lewis summer run nate...



Another of james with a chrome summer hatchery fish on the lewis...



Oh, and yes I do occasionally fish spinners too!



Love them bright one's!! And sparky that 21 lb nate that james got did kick his butt, considering he landed it on a 1141 and a 6 lb leader...
Keith

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Comon guys,
I know that there are more chromer fish out there then the pics already posted. They are all NICE fish, but I have a fealing that there are some poeple that arent posting ther fish.

Lets try and get 300 fish pics on here by the end of December, and by then the fresh steelies should be commingin so that will make it easier to post a chromer pic!!!

Lets see um,

TrAvIs

I would love to post some pics, unfortunately my confuser is 1 step up from a commodore 64, the only pics that get on my computer are the ones that I tape to it.

Let's see some more, how bout it everyone, Bob? I know you've got tons of bright fish pics!!
Keith

One more chromer caught by my best fishing partner....... until that trip, she thought fishing in Washington sucked. (her OLD "fishing partner" really screwed up).

Here's Tom (dad) of TH Custom Rods w/ a chromer king taken earlier this month.


[ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: TH ]

These are all great pics guys. Those Lewis pigs got me drooling. Keep them coming.

Here's a freshie from Elliot Bay.

Bruce,
where do you find them that big in Elliot Bay?
Here's a couple little blackmouthed puppies I caught out in front of the Seattle skyline thanks
to Jeff Whitehead.
[img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1432992&a=10739464&p=56083152&Sequence=1[/img]

Steve

Those are some awesome fish fellas! I would post some pictures of fish... if I had some.

Keep up the good fish pictures.

Matt

If it's alright with you Keith, I will try to post a new thread to continue
your bright fish pic posts. It's great to see a lot of nice fish.
With so many pics in this one thread though, it is now taking a long time to
download. I will call it "Bright fish pic thread - part II (by Keith/stlhdr1)". (let me know if
you guys would rather keep it to one thread and I will delete the new one)

If pictures are downsized just a little bit they will fit without causing the
scroll feature to kick in, and also that reduces download time.

Steve

[ 11-08-2001: Message edited by: RT i ]

Keith and James, I gotta say your now my heros. I never thought I would see so many beautiful fish.