 Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
Posted by greg on July 27, 2006
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I had heard of trophy Landlocked Salmon in the Penobscot river and always thought they were stories about the good old days, until I felt the sharp pain in my shoulder of a take I was not expecting! My friend, Jeremy, and I had been fishing small caddis with what I thought were fair sized and fun Salmon. I settled into these fish never suspecting for a minute what was about to happen.
Jermy said " hey tie this on" so I swung the line to him and I could not make out the pattern other than it was awkwardly big, brown and buggy looking. I figured this was a waste of time do to this bugs size and appearance on the water, perhaps his attempt at a joke. OK I'll play along. First cast, Bang! A sharp pain was in my shoulder and I was dazed! Seriously confused. In the emotional fog of amazement, I tried to focus and saw my backing running and yelled holy @#$%^&. I got some line back on my reel and he jumped, again holy $%^%^. This unbeleivable Salmon jumped 6 or 7 times, his chrome sides almost blinding in the bright Sun. At 26" plus and a weight of maybe 6 pounds, I had the Salmon of a life time on and ,I thought well hooked. I was
precariously perched on a rock out from the shore and started looking for a rock to jump to and land on my feet and start backing up, I turned almost ready and the pull was gone as fast as it came. After the usual silence of defeat and a few experlatives, I tied on another fly. Now nice fish were pests and only another like him would be counted.
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by jeremy on July 27, 2006 http://www.fliesandfins.com | hey greg,
that was, without a doubt, the biggest landlocked salmon i have personally ever seen hooked in Maine in a river ... i will forever remember when that fish took that fly and jumped out of the water ... it's width .. its length ... unbelievable ... an awesome fish for sure ... no wonder you were back up there yesterday ... i would have been too..... oh that's right ..i was:) ,... stay tuned for that fish tale ... sorry didn't cross paths with you and kenny ... the trip took on a different dimension from its original plans ... hope you guys tied into some nice ones .. |
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by greg on July 27, 2006 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | Was I using innapprpropriate, ???? That was a huge fish by anyones standards. The fly floating on top was enough to make me take up golf. |
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by Shaq on July 27, 2006 http://www.theanglersnet.com | We don't swear, lose our cool, make mistakes or lose small fish...All we can do is tip our hats to the ones that make us shake...stare...and fumble. If it didn't happen from time to time like that, it wouldn't be fun.
Keep up the good work!! |
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by patm on July 27, 2006 http://www.yankeeford.com | greg,
I just spoke with Jeremy he is still have a tough time describing that fish without stuttering. isn't it fun to hook up on them. we all lose fish that we hope to land. our last outing i lost that huge brookie and it left me with the feelings you just experienced (although the brookie did not match the size of landlock) glad you had the chance to get a fish of that quality on, and i am real glad to see that quality of a fish in maine |
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by waterwhippa on July 27, 2006 | | Greg, Those are the fish that keep us awake at night with the could of...should of...would of's. Some times you get the chicken and some times you get the feathers. |
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by wrh on July 27, 2006 http://www.theanglersnet.com | | A friend of mine likes to say we remember the one's that get away more than the ones that we land. I am haunted by vivid memories of a brown that I lost and now you have this salmon that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Ah, what a great sport, it humbles us and we take it on it's terms and keep fishing. |
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Re: Penobscot Salmon Dreams: The Agony Of Defeat
by westbranchfisher on March 11, 2009 | | Wow! I've hooked up to salmon a tiny bit smaller than that on the WB but it usually ends in 4 seconds with a big huge splash... It resembles the splash of a boulder being thrown into the river! Great experience, and great story! |
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