10 year old son's first king ever! Thanks to the Homer Elk's King Derby!

[Kardinal_84]

Fished the Homer Elk's King Derby with my son. He had never caught a king ever. He definitely had the hot hands. Day one he kept two, releases two more. Dad manages a couple himself.

Day two was all Ryu. He is limited out with a few average size fish and dad manages a three pounder.

I really like the line counter reels when fishing with novices as it really helps to get the line and depth control down much easier.

He caught his fish in red label herring. I caught all my fish using the Silver Horde Coho Killer spoons.
The video:
https://youtu.be/kGZYFwCn9xQ

A few pics:

Day 1


Day 2

[Kardinal_84]

Two more pics:

[ontherise]

Sweet! #itdoesntgetanybetterthanthat


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[Kardinal_84]

Sweet! #itdoesntgetanybetterthanthat


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Thx!

Here additional footage from the Elk's Derby.

https://youtu.be/scsFSMXOSp8

[4merguide]

You two are having waaaaaay too much fun...!!!

[Kardinal_84]

You two are having waaaaaay too much fun...!!!

It is a blast! Its a good fishery for my kid. Not a fish every drop but enough fish and quality fish that he can stay excited about it.

Tried again Sunday and went 6 for 8, releasing two and keeping four with a proxy in under 4 hours. Nothing huge but still a blast! Some great eating fish!

https://youtu.be/GNAqmkBico8

[4merguide]

Yes, that first fish(that you lost) was definitely a nice one. Just wanted to let you know that there will be a new tv show on the Discovery Channel called "Pacific Warriors" starting Oct 23. It's about ocean fishing from a kayak. Ad shows them in HI. for some pretty big fish.....

[akhunter3]

Super cool! What a way to get you first king! I love how close your able to stay to the shore and still get into fish.

[Kardinal_84]

Super cool! What a way to get you first king! I love how close your able to stay to the shore and still get into fish.

We typically fish in 40 to 80 ft of water about half way down but on this day, we managed a few fish in less than 10ft of water! Using braid and with so little line out, these fish just about rip your arms off if you are holding the rod. lol. Lots of fun!

[akhunter3]

We typically fish in 40 to 80 ft of water about half way down but on this day, we managed a few fish in less than 10ft of water! Using braid and with so little line out, these fish just about rip your arms off if you are holding the rod. lol. Lots of fun!

Sounds like an absolute blast! Unbelievable that there is such quality king fishing in the winter so close in.