Sekiu Big King Salmon July 2020

On our last day in Sekiu, we decided to run out to Neah Bay for our last hour of fishing to see if we could pop a big king. We had already lost 4 quality fish at this point in the day, so when I hooked up with this fish I was pretty anxious about battling it the right way and getting it on the boat.

[@robertclark4509]

When my dad was still alive and had a place at Port Renfrew ,we would be fishing and we would always hear "Neah Bay ,this is King Salmon" my dad and me would always laugh .....now I know where this place is... Thanks

[@PNWBestLife]

Awesome man!

[@timmiller3133]

Gorgeous fish!👍🎣

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks!

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

Just found your channel. Great video. Love to hear the sound of a long singing reel.

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks Captain Mike!

[@PNWBestLife]

pnwbestlife.com/sekiu-fishing-report-july-2020/ here is my full fishing report. Let me know if you have any questions about it on the article or over at facebook.com/pnwbestlife. Happy to help anyone looking to head out to Sekiu this week.

[@WAFishQuest]

Awesome fish! Hatchery to boot!! Man, those braid-to-mono knots can be stroke inducing! that said I've yet to have one fail (have had some swivels break on me though. Even the expensive ones). Great video! My two cents is the commentary and conversation I think is what makes a good video and this had plenty of it. Subscribed!

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks so much!

[@fungihntr]

The FG knot is my favorite braid to mono knot. I have been fishing it for years and never had one break on me.

[@PNWBestLife]

That's great man!

[@captainconnorsadventures6357]

Nice work 🎣🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jmsheets]

Nicely done! That’s a beauty!

[@PNWBestLife]

Thank you very much!

[@patrickwelch3274]

My life . Twenty trips to Alaska. One year I took my Grady White up the inside passage from Port Hardy and fished every day. 100 Kings alone on that trip. My biggest was in Sitka at 57. Outside rivers inlet I caught ten over fifty. Not a fish story. Fishing with downriggers made huge difference. Beautiful fish.

[@PNWBestLife]

That's so awesome! I hope to do that trip someday!

[@patrickwelch3274]

Pacific Northwest Best Life I was fortunate. Lost an eye in an accident. I just left trailing my boat all way to Port Hardy BC. I found a local guy ( ran local fish hatchery on Vancouver island) who taught me how to Salmon fish on my boat. I then spent the next 3 months alone fishing up the coast. Think of it near blind guy trailer a 30ft boat 2500 miles. Then go out north either live on boat or rented rooms in fishing villages. Lucky man to be able to do it.

[@PNWBestLife]

@@patrickwelch3274 Patrick, that's an amazing story man! Holy cow! Where are you up to these days?

[@patrickwelch3274]

Pacific Northwest Best Life Sold the boat. I went to Alaska another five times. Port Hardy. Starting to teach grandchildren and take them I think I’m done .let them catch the fish. I have a tough time even looking at eating Salmon.

[@PNWBestLife]

@@patrickwelch3274 I hear you! What cool stories you have to tell your grand kids though.

[@jennyro767]

Wow what a monster! But I have to say..almost got in trouble watching this in public. Try to listen to this video from minute 2:18 and on without a visual..all u can here is Kyle’s heavy breathing for 2min 😆🤣

[@PNWBestLife]

LOL! It was intense. Ahaha, that cracked me up!

[@GER0E]

that fish is a stud! Nice job man!

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks man!

[@drakeolsen2682]

Love the accuracy for size of the fish man, great fish, great video, lots of people call that fish " about 30 lbs "

[@PNWBestLife]

So true! I see the internet 30 all the time, lol. A digital scale is a nice addition.

[@joevogliardo3131]

That's the size of a silver. Small king

[@drakeolsen2682]

@@joevogliardo3131 you've never seen a silver that big

[@Ty-ij4fn]

Very nice catch 🎣🎣

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks man!

[@hucknbarry3496]

Thanks for the stoke video but my lack wasn't so good ,put a new transem in my boat and had a f n seizure and can't drive....subscribed!

[@PNWBestLife]

Man, sorry to hear that! Hopefully you will be back on the water soon!

[@makedorepeat8875]

hey, nice fish, what's the name of the spoon you were using. I usually fish herring for kings, but I guess I should try spoons!

[@PNWBestLife]

Herring can be awesome as well! The spoon is the kingfisher 3.0 in herring aide finish.

[@twopassionsfishing386]

Great video friend

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks man!

[@gotthyme]

Strong work. Getting ready to rig the new boat. What model Scotty’s are those and do you use braided line? I also noticed you had the kicker running for a short period? Thanks

[@PNWBestLife]

Hey man, thanks! I use the Scotty 1106's, here's a link to them: amzn.to/2Z3i5CV I use cable...I have a longer dissertation on braid vs cable here: pnwbestlife.com/puget-sound-salmon-fishing/ I like to keep the kicker motor in gear until the fish is like running away from me...The most common way to lose kings (and we lost several this way on the trip), is when they run at you. 11" flashers, barbless hooks, a motor out of gear when they run at you, makes it difficult.

[@SolarBurrito]

Yeah I noticed the kicker is off at the start. I always keep mine in gear otherwise fish get off.

[@PNWBestLife]

I generally leave it in gear as well unless the fish is solidly hooked with no slack. When a fish is running I’m not as worried about it

[@salmonkiller2545]

Burning line out!!!!!!!! What Okuma Rod is that ??? I need a new downrigger rod.. do you like it ?

[@PNWBestLife]

This is the Okuma SST-C-1062-MH (amzn.to/3e5hJjI). I write about the gear I use in this article: pnwbestlife.com/puget-sound-salmon-fishing/. I really like these rods. They've been stepped on, bent nearly in half, and they are cheap. They have great sensitivity to see the shaker, and power to fight a big fish.

[@salmonkiller2545]

Pacific Northwest Best Life 10-6 is big!!!! I wonder if they make it a foot shorter ???

[@speedbird1598]

Gorgeous fish! Why do you use braid and mono while trolling?

[@PNWBestLife]

Great question! There are two aspects to braid that are super advantageous: 1. Line diameter which means I can get more of it on the spool 2. Stiffness - mono has a lot of give to it and with downrigger trolling there is already a lot of slack line in the water when a release is tripped I like the flouro top shot because of the stiffness, invisibility, and the larger line diameter makes it easier to work with in the downrigger release The FG knot keep em together

[@speedbird1598]

@@PNWBestLife ive been told that stretch is the reason to use mono instead of braid. Do you find not having stretch reduces pop offs?

[@PNWBestLife]

Honestly, I still run both setups and I don’t notice a difference in pop offs between mono and braid. I think I can reel out slack and get a good hook set faster with braid

[@Diwash1]

why are you holding the rod opposite? the guides are supposed to face down not up.

[@PNWBestLife]

Reel only fits the rod one way dude...this is normal for this type of rod.

[@SolarBurrito]

Must be a bass guy

[@Diwash1]

@@PNWBestLife yeah actually no, that is pretty rare and conter intuitive, can you tell me the name of the rod and reel?

[@ericglover9327]

Love it!!! I'll be bank fishing Puget sound hard for the next couple months. Good job

[@PNWBestLife]

Awesome man! They are headed your way!

[@ericglover9327]

@@PNWBestLife you should come get some bank action with me!

[@PNWBestLife]

@@ericglover9327 Let's do it! You can connect with me via email [e-mail] or kyle.towle on Instagram. I'm down!

[@ericglover9327]

Shot you an email.

[@PNWBestLife]

@@ericglover9327 Yup, got it. And replied!

[@AWOODLA24]

Awesome are you going to post on ur blog about this trip. I’d love to go out to Seiku and get some kings.

[@PNWBestLife]

For sure, that's coming next! Tomorrow!

[@AWOODLA24]

Pacific Northwest Best Life sweet, thank you! Great channel keep it up. Tight lines.

[@PNWBestLife]

@@AWOODLA24 Thanks man, that's really encouraging!

[@PNWBestLife]

pnwbestlife.com/sekiu-fishing-report-july-2020/ here you go

[@twistedjigco.548]

Good stuff man I just got my jet sled so I’ll be able to go up when the cohos are in this month, we should fish together. I’ll be hitting good rivers if you wanna come film some bobber downs and fish ons 🔥

[@PNWBestLife]

Ummmm, yeah!!! Hit me up [e-mail]. Would love to.

[@davidd6003]

Bad ass bet it was tasty 😋

[@PNWBestLife]

Yeah it was! I believe this fish was a late springer returning to the Skagit or Snohomish system.

[@troyottosen8722]

Keep dreaming Alaska!!!😂🤣😆

[@FISHING-vm4fq]

I got a 24lbs on the manistee River when i was 12

[@FISHING-vm4fq]

24lbs king

[@PNWBestLife]

Those big kings are fun! My biggest was 30 out in Forks, WA area. And a 29 in the South Sound.

[@gladheateher4now]

He would have a heat attack if he ever saw what I did. My biggest 54.5 I couldn't even stand up because of the adrenelin. Lol

[@gladheateher4now]

@Rory Deandre what's flixzone.

[@Will23841]

Nice friggin fish!

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks man! Should be some nice fish this year in Puget Sound and heading up the river. Biggest I’ve caught was 30 in August in MA13

[@kfeder76]

I used to love going to Sekiu every summer and catching kings. Of course that's when white man was allowed to keep wild fish. Now we're not the right race.

[@PNWBestLife]

Wild fish can generally be kept in MA4 still man…

[@troyottosen8722]

What’s funny is Alaska makes this look hilarious.! Bc fishermen dream of Alaska 😂

[@brianshefchek9740]

nice fish. But man u need to step up your reeling skills bud other wise it will kill your wrist. Use your thumb to help u on your drag real down then pull up. I bet your wrist was killing u after that fight. But all and all nice fish man

[@PNWBestLife]

I was a bit of a spaz on this one, lol! I hate how many fish get lost on flasher/barbless hooks, so I was kind of going at it harder than normal. :)

[@davewilson8075]

Should be shut down