Fish of 2012

[iamnickevans]

Here are a few of my favorites from 2012.

 

[AaronKrick]

Here are a few of my favorites from 2012.

Dude that is totally epicness! Is that brown for real?

 

[AaronKrick]

this bass was probably my favourite catch of the year. caught it on a jitterbug while fishing with my brother and we were both losing our minds as I brought it in. was also the biggest of 3 very large bass we caught that night. so a great night of fishing (breaking our own PB's) combined with a night of fishing with my brother made this my favourite fish of the year.

Gotta love largies!

Great fish!

 

[jlisk]

Without a doubt my first steelhead on the centerpin (and in general) will never be forgotten.

 

[AaronKrick]

Without a doubt my first steelhead on the centerpin (and in general) will never be forgotten.

Nice fish!

I wish hamilton had more fish like that, instead of tar fish! :mrgreen:

 

[kaministiquia]

Here are a few of my favorites from 2012.

Wow...That is some Brown Trout!

 

[iamnickevans]

Dude that is totally epicness! Is that brown for real?

Yes it's real, it took me a while to believe it too!! By far one of the most epic battles i've had in years.

 

[CanadianAngler87]

Here are a few of my favorites from 2012.

Showoff!!lol j.k I think anyone with fish like that would show them off too. And that brown WOW! what was the weight?

 

[Dozer]

Mmmmmmm, naked fish pictures. Great photo's all over :shock:

 

[Float_On]

Nick Evans post is one of those Internet scam posts.
It's gotta be.

His brown was photoshopped from one like mine...

He is just holding his out further and has very small hands.

😳

 

[Rain-Bow]

The trick is to extend your arms out while holding the fish for the camera. It works

 

[hamiltonangler94]

Here are a few of my favorites from 2012.

Wow that is a massive walleye!!

 

[iamnickevans]

Nick Evans post is one of those Internet scam posts.
It's gotta be.

His brown was photoshopped from one like mine...

He is just holding his out further and has very small hands.

😳

The only thing I edited was the background so no one knows where I caught them..HAHA and yes I do have very large hands

 

[AaronKrick]

The trick is to extend your arms out while holding the fish for the camera. It works

Hahaha :lol:

 

[AKnook]

I had my first taste of steelhead here in Alaska. My buddy and I flew out to Yakutat for the sping run of steelhead there. Water levels are at a norm about 350 CFS. We pushed our trip back because of record snowfall and rain. The day we arrived the river had swelled to over 1700 CFS. Almost unfishable. Many flights were canceled and many fisherman arrived and left with the next flight. This wasn't an option for us. We stuck it out. I have never fished so hard in such extreme wading conditions. We fished in belly button deep water where it would normally be to your calves. The water was powerful and many times fighting a steelhead would be pushed down river even while anchoring my heels into the gravel.

Planning on hitting the river for 4 days we only managed one day on it. The day was epic. Many fish caught and released and to think we did it during those conditions made it more remarkable. It was awesome. Anyway.....This fish was spotted alone near the bank and I was working it for a good 15 to 20 minutes. It would not hit any fly I threw at it. I switched flies at least 10 times before selecting the one it wanted. The first cast with a white ESL passed next to the fish and down about 5 feet when all of a sudden the fish wanted the fly. I saw this beauty of a fish turn completely around and follow the fly 5 feet down river before it smashed it!


Every July My buddies and I rent a boat and hit a world class grayling fishery in interior Alaska. You couldn't ask for a better dry fly fishery. We use blue duns and the grayling go nuts for them. Here in AK a trophy grayling is one that reaches 18". We catch trophy grayling all day at this river. This river is spring fed and is gin clear. The weather is usually sunny in July in interior AK and temps around 75-80 degrees. The water on the other hand is around 36 degrees. Brutal on the feet even though it is hot out! This grayling was my biggest this year at 19". It is memorable because I caught it way out on one of my longest casts I have done. See the fish hit a dry so far away and setting the hook was a memory I will keep for a very long time. I love watching these fish smash the surface for a fly. Extremely fun!


This rainbow trout, although not a trophy, is memorable because it was on our first outing of the year on the raft. After being locked in winter for so long the first float down the Kenai river truly revitilizes me. This fish was caught while drifting off the raft. It was caught on a flesh fly that normally I do not have much success on. I mainly fish beads but this morning I tied on a flesh fly to try out my luck. My buddy who was manning the oars yells out if it is a nice fish.... I tell him no. This information lets him know whether or not to bank the raft to fight the fish. He then lets the raft drift by a sand bar....just as we were about to completely pass the sand bar the fish takes off and shows its strength as a pretty descent fish. I yell at my buddy to bank the raft. LOL he quickly poweres the raft at an angle uphill to the last corner of the bank so that I can jump off the raft and fight the fish.


I truly enjoy the memories that some of the fish caught create. I can look at any photo of fish I have caught and remember the weather, the buddies with me, conversations, my feelings, everything. Its great.

Here's a quick video on of this fish. Hope the link works.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10151164908538454&set=vb.775588453&type=2&theater

 

[AaronKrick]

I had my first taste of steelhead here in Alaska. My buddy and I flew out to Yakutat for the sping run of steelhead there. Water levels are at a norm about 350 CFS. We pushed our trip back because of record snowfall and rain. The day we arrived the river had swelled to over 1700 CFS. Almost unfishable. Many flights were canceled and many fisherman arrived and left with the next flight. This wasn't an option for us. We stuck it out. I have never fished so hard in such extreme wading conditions. We fished in belly button deep water where it would normally be to your calves. The water was powerful and many times fighting a steelhead would be pushed down river even while anchoring my heels into the gravel.

Planning on hitting the river for 4 days we only managed one day on it. The day was epic. Many fish caught and released and to think we did it during those conditions made it more remarkable. It was awesome. Anyway.....This fish was spotted alone near the bank and I was working it for a good 15 to 20 minutes. It would not hit any fly I threw at it. I switched flies at least 10 times before selecting the one it wanted. The first cast with a white ESL passed next to the fish and down about 5 feet when all of a sudden the fish wanted the fly. I saw this beauty of a fish turn completely around and follow the fly 5 feet down river before it smashed it!


Every July My buddies and I rent a boat and hit a world class grayling fishery in interior Alaska. You couldn't ask for a better dry fly fishery. We use blue duns and the grayling go nuts for them. Here in AK a trophy grayling is one that reaches 18". We catch trophy grayling all day at this river. This river is spring fed and is gin clear. The weather is usually sunny in July in interior AK and temps around 75-80 degrees. The water on the other hand is around 36 degrees. Brutal on the feet even though it is hot out! This grayling was my biggest this year at 19". It is memorable because I caught it way out on one of my longest casts I have done. See the fish hit a dry so far away and setting the hook was a memory I will keep for a very long time. I love watching these fish smash the surface for a fly. Extremely fun!


This rainbow trout, although not a trophy, is memorable because it was on our first outing of the year on the raft. After being locked in winter for so long the first float down the Kenai river truly revitilizes me. This fish was caught while drifting off the raft. It was caught on a flesh fly that normally I do not have much success on. I mainly fish beads but this morning I tied on a flesh fly to try out my luck. My buddy who was mannig the oars yells out if it is a nice fish.... I tell him no. This information lets him know whether or not to bank the raft to fight the fish. He then lets the raft drift by a sand bar....just as we were about to completely pass the sand bar the fish takes off and shows its strength as a pretty descent fish. I yell at my buddy to bank the fish. LOL he quickly poweres the raft at an angle uphill to the last corner of the bank so that I can jump off the raft and fight the fish.


I truly enjoy the memories that some of the fish caught create. I can look at any photo of fish I have caught and remember the weather, the buddies with me, conversations, my feelings, everything. Its great.

Here's a quick video on of this fish. Hope the link works.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10151164908538454&set=vb.775588453&type=2&theater

Awesome!!! If i ever go alaska you're gonna be my guide!

 

[dockmuskie]

I had my first taste of steelhead here in Alaska. My buddy and I flew out to Yakutat for the sping run of steelhead there. Water levels are at a norm about 350 CFS. We pushed our trip back because of record snowfall and rain. The day we arrived the river had swelled to over 1700 CFS. Almost unfishable. Many flights were canceled and many fisherman arrived and left with the next flight. This wasn't an option for us. We stuck it out. I have never fished so hard in such extreme wading conditions. We fished in belly button deep water where it would normally be to your calves. The water was powerful and many times fighting a steelhead would be pushed down river even while anchoring my heels into the gravel.

Planning on hitting the river for 4 days we only managed one day on it. The day was epic. Many fish caught and released and to think we did it during those conditions made it more remarkable. It was awesome. Anyway.....This fish was spotted alone near the bank and I was working it for a good 15 to 20 minutes. It would not hit any fly I threw at it. I switched flies at least 10 times before selecting the one it wanted. The first cast with a white ESL passed next to the fish and down about 5 feet when all of a sudden the fish wanted the fly. I saw this beauty of a fish turn completely around and follow the fly 5 feet down river before it smashed it!


Every July My buddies and I rent a boat and hit a world class grayling fishery in interior Alaska. You couldn't ask for a better dry fly fishery. We use blue duns and the grayling go nuts for them. Here in AK a trophy grayling is one that reaches 18". We catch trophy grayling all day at this river. This river is spring fed and is gin clear. The weather is usually sunny in July in interior AK and temps around 75-80 degrees. The water on the other hand is around 36 degrees. Brutal on the feet even though it is hot out! This grayling was my biggest this year at 19". It is memorable because I caught it way out on one of my longest casts I have done. See the fish hit a dry so far away and setting the hook was a memory I will keep for a very long time. I love watching these fish smash the surface for a fly. Extremely fun!


This rainbow trout, although not a trophy, is memorable because it was on our first outing of the year on the raft. After being locked in winter for so long the first float down the Kenai river truly revitilizes me. This fish was caught while drifting off the raft. It was caught on a flesh fly that normally I do not have much success on. I mainly fish beads but this morning I tied on a flesh fly to try out my luck. My buddy who was manning the oars yells out if it is a nice fish.... I tell him no. This information lets him know whether or not to bank the raft to fight the fish. He then lets the raft drift by a sand bar....just as we were about to completely pass the sand bar the fish takes off and shows its strength as a pretty descent fish. I yell at my buddy to bank the raft. LOL he quickly poweres the raft at an angle uphill to the last corner of the bank so that I can jump off the raft and fight the fish.


I truly enjoy the memories that some of the fish caught create. I can look at any photo of fish I have caught and remember the weather, the buddies with me, conversations, my feelings, everything. Its great.

Here's a quick video on of this fish. Hope the link works.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10151164908538454&set=vb.775588453&type=2&theater

great fish! I love that rainbow trout, it is a current goal of mine to catch a rainbow trout. Also the scenery in the background looks unreal, love the look of a river flowing through a wild/heavy bush area, just seems so natural.

 

[Rain-Bow]

It's amazing how spotted some of those Alaskan rainbows are.

 

[hightechdecks]

just some fishin pics

 

[AaronKrick]

just some fishin pics

Great fishes!