Friday, November 17, 2017

Monster chinook caught and released on B.C. coast is one for the record books

Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun

 Tourist Deborah Whitman-Perry of Newmarket, Ont., hooked a chinook salmon weighing 83 pounds three ounces last Sunday on the B.C. coast. Guide Tyler Mills helped reel it in after an hour's battle at Rivers Inlet.Special to the Vancouver Sun

 Tourist Deborah Whitman-Perry of Newmarket, Ont., caught the giant weighing 83 pounds, three ounces (38 kg) — the equivalent of an 11-year-old boy — with assistance from guide Tyler Mills during a trip with Good Hope Cannery last Sunday at Rivers Inlet. The fish battled for about an hour on a 30-pound (14-kg) test fishing line...http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/monster+chinook+caught+released+coast+record+books/7135250/story.html

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