Back at the office servely depressed today after a nice long weekend fishing out of Craig with Robbo. Incredible King fishing. We averaged 15-20 Kings a day with fish in the 20# range being "little ones." Plenty of nice butts too. Freezer is at capacity. Ruined me for fishing the salt.

Here's a pic of my brother from Indiana with his first fish of the first day of the trip...he was spoiled for the rest of our trip. It weighed in at #51.9 after spending the day in the fishbox.

Bet he was one happy !!

Sounds like a fun trip...

Mike

Duuuuuude, That's a nice fish

JEALOUSY IS STARTING TO SET IN

Who's Robbo? I'm trying to get to AK next year and am looking for guides, lodges, etc. I've always been intrigued with the area around Craig. Thanks.

Rob Endsley! The Man!
http://www.pacific-northwest-sportfishing.com/

Rob has a great operation going up there and it's a hoot to stay in Craig and hang out (drink) with the "local color" after a long day on the water.

And compared with the prices other lodges in the area charge for what you get, it's a super deal.

This was my third trip to Craig and the first one that I actually paid for out of my pocket. The others were comped because I was writing a piece for STS and helping film a now-defunct fishing show.

I'll gladly be doing it again. We're already getting our deposits together for next summer.

For saltwater Kings I can't imagine a better place. Unlike some other AK locations, if the water is big offshore there are plenty of places just inside to pick them off.

Here's another pic of that drooler. Now I'll have to listen to him rub it in everytime I go back to the Midwest....

I was along on the trip with Bruce, I have to echo all that has been said about Rob's operation and the fishing in Craig. It was hands down, the best fishing I have ever had for Kings. We didn't keep a King under 30lbs, releasing many, many fish in the mid-20's. We already have our dates for next year and can't wait to get back up there!

Kev

There are a lot of ways to make a fish look big when you take a picture (holding it toward the camera, etc...). But the two-hand-underarm-carry is full disclosure. This is a VERY nice fish!

Real nice pictures of a real nice fish.Sounds like a great time had by all.I'm watering at the mouth.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Come in July when the fishing gets "real" good!

Nice looking fish you got there.

Definately a two thumbs up for Robbo and his partner Bob Gray. My dad hit a 70lb HEN with Rob last summer, biggest verified king landed in that area all summer. I can only imagine how big her "husband" was and to think I might have had my herring close to a world record type fish...probably dreaming but that size of a fish is more of a loner type an might have just been hanging with one or two other toads. Do still feel bad that we took that big of a hen out of the gene pool but couldnt let that one go... GREAT FUN with those guys.

Looks like Tekota-LC's are working just fine up there!

Wurd. Those reels were awesome for mooching. Mark some fish at X on the screen. Drop herring down to X without much guesswork aside from figuring out the angle of your dangle. Very nice for the attention challenged like me.

There's medication to help that attention thing Bruce. Or is it the medication that causes it?

Hee Hee.

As Homer Simpson would say, it's the medication that is the cause of, and solution to, all my problems.

While fighting a king today I had all the screws on the handle side, side plate back out on a Tekota 500LC, I still really like the reel but they aren't bullet proof. Another problem we've had is if the drag gets wet, it will surge.

Very nice Toad!

Nice Hog! That's exactly what I need for the wall in my office! Was that Hog one of those infamous "white" kingers? Are all the big fish up there white kingers?

I so wanna go up and fish with Robbo in July. It might be a while, as having another kid isn't going to help things with my fish spending account.

That makes 2 Parker

NO FISHING FOR YOU :p

Parker: I don't know about the mix of big "whites" vs. "reds" up there. Rob could answer that better than I could. The meat off my brother's toad was all red, and tasty too.

You wanna catch "white kingers" parker? Come October I know a river that is literally polluted with them (big ones too, #50's are not uncommon). Hell, the locals would just love for you to take a couple of them home.

No, parker doesn't want to catch white kingers - unless it's up out of Craig and they are in the 50-70 pound class!

I was just asking, as I thought I saw a thread by Doc that stated most of the big kingers coming out of SE AK were the white kingers species.

I would guess 10 to 15 percent are white, we've had a half a dozen from 52 to 68lbs. and they were all red.