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BOOT OF THE YEAR

Post by curado » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:50 pm

ok guys post your boots of the year see who gets the ugliest bugger on the site.:cheers: boots like this
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RE:BOOT OF THE YEAR

Post by dogfish7 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:01 pm

Wow
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Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:18 pm

I dont think its possible to beat that boot. O_o
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Post by returnofthefish » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:00 pm

Nice boot. Is that in the 30 pound range?
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Post by curado » Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:15 pm

thats a 32 pound fire truck
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RE:BOOT OF THE YEAR

Post by spoon » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:13 am

Is that a jig hangin out of his neck?

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Post by racfish » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:58 am

Ive seen people keeping and walking back to their rigs with boots like that. To an Alaskan thats chrome.I seen them carry those off the Kenai and proud. Hahahaha
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Post by scott080379 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:42 am

spoon wrote:Is that a jig hangin out of his neck?
looks like gills to me, that would be one big jig but that is one big salmon.

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Post by racfish » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:11 am

Right behind the torn gills it looks like a pipe jig hanging there. I'll bet just about anything that guy snagged that fish.
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Post by BentRod » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:19 am

racfish wrote:Right behind the torn gills it looks like a pipe jig hanging there. I'll bet just about anything that guy snagged that fish.
rac, I'm guessing that's a pectoral fin.

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Post by jens » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:25 am

Looks like a couple corky's and yarn to me.
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Post by Matt » Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:36 pm

Here is a Sky river kelt from earlier this year:

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and... sadly... the worst boot I ever kept although it does look especially terrible in this pic from being on ice for over an hour. About 5 years ago and not at the "height" of my river carrier, lol! Needless to say, sorry I ever gave it the wooden shampoo. DOH! :-$ #-o

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How come nobody else has posted any boot pictures? Too much pride I suppose..... Hahaha
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Post by jens » Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:42 pm

Oh I'll be posting up some boots. I'm won't be keeping any, but I'll run into my fair share. I already have, but having issues loading the pic up. I have boots from years past as well, but the topic is for this year.

Ok, caught this boot 8/25/10 - it tried to eat my corky :-$
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Post by G-Man » Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:16 pm

Wait until doggie season arrives, you can get some serious boot pics down at Kennedy Creek.

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Post by racfish » Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:22 pm

Hahaha Kennedy Creek. The lil Skok.Thats another great combat fishing area. I seen people keep all kinds of boots there.Hey Matt those arent boots in my book. Them is yummers. I made the original pic bigger and its a fin. Sorry to the fisherperson who caught it.
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Post by spokey9 » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:05 pm

aint fished kennedy yet, but gave minter a try last year and even with some brite fish in the bunch most fish kept looked like a calico cat. guess some people dont wanna put in the time for sumtin shiny an just have a good time with the booters
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Post by HOOKEDONFISHING » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:43 am

I may sound stupid for saying this. What exactly does the boot mean ?
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Post by curado » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:17 am

boot means dark salmon or spawned out. here is some more the steelhead is from 3 years ago and the coho were the year before last. and like said before Wait til the doggies come to boot city
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Post by Matt » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:24 am

Oh wow that coho is sexy. Haha
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Post by G-Man » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:30 am

Just a term used for a salmon that is nearing the end of it's life cycle. I suppose looking at the reader fishing definition list, I see the term boot listed as a dark salmon/steelhead. I'd go a step or two further and include the term pre-spawn. So a dark, pre-spawn, salmon or steelhead would be a boot. Once a salmon has spawned and is on it's last legs, they are usually referred to as "zombies". A post spawn steelhead/trout is usually referred to as a "kelt", they can survive the spawning ordeal and brighten back up after heading downstream.

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