HUGE California KING Salmon | BAD ASH OUTDOORS

Our adventures this week cover Bodega Bay, California where I join a crew for my friend Annie's birthday! We catch HUGE chinook king salmon with the help of charter captain Ty of Reel Obsession Sportfishing Sonoma.
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[@BadAshOutdoors]

DID YOU SEE THE SALMON JUMP??? Has that ever happened to you?

[@theredwaancircle]

In rivers yes, never in the ocean though! haha Awesome show, Ash as usual 👍 By the way, those beauties look more like mature chinook than winter feeders, yes?

[@BadAshOutdoors]

@@theredwaancircle yes!! They are!

[@theredwaancircle]

@@BadAshOutdoors aha thanks for specifying.. makes a big difference for how to cook them.. but that's a very long and profound story haha (anything to do with eating is very serious with me) I'm an ocean kayak salmon angler from Vancouver.. I was just meditating last few months on how to manage to come salmon hunting with you guys in the Olympic Peninsula, but now are we going to have to drive all the way down to California to hope for that opportunity? :(

[@BadAshOutdoors]

@@theredwaancircle I'll be back this summer and home in a few years! You're right, it DOES make a difference on how you cook them!

[@theredwaancircle]

@@BadAshOutdoors By the way congrats for your inspiring academic move. High-level intellectual exploration and down-to-earth hand-to-hand combat with powerful steelhead and chinook seem the perfect combination for your nature.. Best wishes of success to you from Canada

[@gatecrasherfishingadventur2411]

Congrats Reel Obsession Sportfishing for putting the ladies on some slugs! Cat is always my MVP! Nice video guys 👏

[@OldManAndTheSea]

Captain Ty is the best!

[@sailingavocet]

Nice video! We love the great outdoors and the sea... so much in fact we chose to live on a sailboat so we can be surrounded by nature 24/7! Stay safe out there.

[@BadAshOutdoors]

That is so wonderful. That must be so nice to wake up to

[@baldeaglefishingadventures]

Hi Ash, my name is Gabe, and I just came across your awesome video!!! I noticed that you guys were fishing down at ten mile beach out of Bodega, as I'm watching I see my Striper in the back ground, my wife & I were out that day too, and what an awesome day it was!!! I recall hearing you guys as we were going by, and I have seen that boat before with the Dragonfly on it!! I am so glad you guys had a great trip!! I believe that was around the end of October just before the season closes, anyways I'm so glad to have come across your channel, thanks again for the great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

That is SO AWESOME!! What a cool run in!!! I am so excited about this, and hope to meet you and your wife on the water!!

[@larrysaari3167]

What a great day on the water. Those fish were beautiful. The color was fantastic. Size was awesome. What great memories. Thank you again for sharing your adventures.

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Hi Larry!! This was a pretty good one! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@mustafafatihyurdakul9576]

Congratulations, it's really nice to watch a hunting lady like you, I'm following with pleasure, love from Turkey

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thank you so much for watching! Sending love back to Turkey!

[@nick.letsgofishing3030]

That's freaking awesome. Nice work all!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thanks Nick!

[@nick.letsgofishing3030]

@@BadAshOutdoors keep it up. when you're in hells canyon let us know and we will make sure to be around!!

[@user-gt6hk9xl4h]

Awesome video! Looks like a ton of fun. Happy birthday Annie!!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thanks!! Glad you liked it!

[@titaniumhen]

Nice fishing!

[@nicholasrooksby3327]

Love you Ash!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Love you too!

[@Bait2plate]

Great video Ashley!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thank you, Bait 2 Plate!

[@Royinwa]

Awesome day on the water!!! Great job girls!!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thank you so much!

[@Jodoodman]

Awesome catch! Love it

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Jodoodman]

@@BadAshOutdoors when ever I can see fish being caught, it’s a good day 😁

[@BBBYpsi]

Great day of fishing. I have seen Kings jump like that on Lake Michigan. But they are not nearly as acrobatic as the steelie's are. Got some good eating for the future. Congratulations on a successful day of fishing

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thank you so much!!

[@TheSimpsonTwins_]

Just came across your video, nice catch 👍🏼 also great job on all of the editing you have done. Keep up the good work!

[@sailingavocet]

crushing it!

[@TheSimpsonTwins_]

@@sailingavocet 100%

[@neillee3793]

#2 fish on - great angler skills

[@BadAshOutdoors]

You got that right!

[@kerrybrock9861]

Ash really enjoyed watching you catch that big salmon, thanks for sharing

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thank you for watching!! I appreciate it!

[@kerrybrock9861]

@@BadAshOutdoors I kept thinking how good that will taste, will you smoke,make some salmon candy,or just throw it on the barbie?

[@BadAshOutdoors]

@@kerrybrock9861 I think I am craving Cedar plank style

[@kerrybrock9861]

@@BadAshOutdoors yes of course!

[@bennytayag3335]

Awesome sauce guys 🤙🤙

[@BadAshOutdoors]

YOURE awesome sauce. Thanks for checking it out!

[@frederickneal55]

I lived my first 23 years in Northern California. My father took me out salmon fishing at Bodega Bay and most times we did well. California salmon have a different taste than the Washington fish. Personally I believe the California salmon taste better. Enjoy Ashley, glad to see you having so much fun!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

They are pretty amazing! I absolutely LOVED Bodega Bay!

[@jaychoi12345]

Lol

[@RN67POST]

Wow, really nice fish ! California has got it going on 😬🐟.

[@shinaiandbogu]

What a great bunch of people to fish with! I couldn't stop smiling while watching. Maybe our salmon in PNW aren't as excitable as the ones in California. :). Those are beautiful kings, broad-bodies and built like spark plugs! I will challenge you to go back to a center-pin reel setup next time you go trolling (especially with downriggers) !!! Thanks! This video made my day!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

I miss the ol pin

[@shinaiandbogu]

@@BadAshOutdoors Like I said, I challenge you to a center-pin setup duel. When I troll or mooche in Puget Sound or in the Straits this summer, I will dust off my grandpa's old center-pin setup and use it if you do the same in California. Although I'm not even sure if they will let us fish for salmon in the Sound at all this year.... :( Virtually nothing open in our old stomping grounds now... :(

[@AngusPFerdinand]

As a long time fan of Annie's Instagram, you need to talk her into making KZbin videos.

[@BadAshOutdoors]

She absolutely should!! Either way you'll see her again on my channel!!

[@fernandovieira3134]

Gotta love Sonoma County. Y'all are in my backyard

[@BadAshOutdoors]

It's such a wonderful place!

[@joesmo2840]

Trolling can be so fun! Good job guys

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Thanks Joe!

[@blakemusiccarter3102]

First! Love you ash!!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

LOVE YOU TOO!

[@calinmihalas109]

Super cool, did you guys go out today 1/16? I wana go get some!!!

[@BadAshOutdoors]

This was actually October!

[@WillyFish]

That king salmon must have thought it was an oversized sturgeon with that jump out of the water. Ash, how's the king salmon fishing in Cali been vs, WA or OR?

[@BadAshOutdoors]

You saw our only trip in the ocean (BANGER of a day) and my only trip on a river so far, i caught one too, so it seems that there ARE fish in California! Cant say much more than that though. Very mush looking forward to exploring more this year!

[@Justin-zs1ql]

Wow talk about some quality fish, what a day. Meat looked on the lean side. Was that the case?

[@BadAshOutdoors]

It was fatty and delicious !! They were pretty gorgeous!

[@beaver47474747]

Great Video Ashley. Loved seeing the “girls” slaying. Is it typically that good in January there?

[@BadAshOutdoors]

This was an October trip!

[@ValcoBayrunner]

Nothing like saltwater kings. I've had a guide friend on the Deshka river in AK had a king jump and land on top the outboard engine and sit there for 1.5 seconds and jump back into the river 😂. Kings have a very noticeable smell, kind of like skunk. Halibut have a sweet smell. Time to get the cedar planks out 😋

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Cedar planks for sure!!

[@Bo_in_Seattle]

Nice work, some toads in there

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Yeah! We were so happy!

[@fishonlewb6677]

How are they able to salmon fish with the season closed

[@BadAshOutdoors]

This was October:)

[@titaniumhen]

You live down the street from me.

[@BadAshOutdoors]

Oh no way!!

[@titaniumhen]

@@BadAshOutdoors Yes, I am the 3rd driveway in from the corner (But across the street from you) you will see my white Dodge Ram out front. (I don't want to give out the address) Our neighbor Webb and I were talking the other day, that is how I found you. I have been an avid fly fisher for decades. I have an old state record Cutbow hanging in my house from 1973. (Cutbow was a hybrid fish - cutthroat/rainbow mix) I love your videos. Be sure to wave or honk when you go by.