01-13-2004, 08:03 AM
Article from "The Local Fisherman News" (photo attached)
[font "Arial"][size 2]On November 13, 2003 Chad Harvison, an angler new to the sport, stopped by The Tackle Box (360-687-4441), a small fishing tackle and bait shop in Battle Ground, Washington. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Harvison had just spent the better part of the day fishing the Naselle River in Naselle, Washington, where he hooked and landed several fish. One of these was a very large Silver salmon (see photo). Being proud of his success and seeing it as bragging opportunity, he headed directly to a shop he knew of in Battle Ground, The Tackle Box managed by Jack Baxter.[/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Jack said when Harvison brought the huge Coho in he didn't think much of it because he initially assumed it was a Chinook, due to its size. As Jack hung the fish from the shop’s scale (which he said is quite accurate) it registered a whopping 26 pounds. Upon closer inspection Jack determined the fish to be an unusually large hatchery raised Coho salmon. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Jack snapped a quick photo and Harvison then carried the Coho back to his vehicle and headed home to prepare the fish for dinner. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Little did both men know, the Coho Harvison and his family were about to eat was a new Washington state freshwater record. This outshined the current record of 25 pounds .27 ounces, by nearly a pound. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Oregon’s current record for Coho salmon is 25 pounds 5.25 ounces. The world record for freshwater Coho salmon is 33 pounds 4 ounces.[/size][/font]
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[font "Arial"][size 2]On November 13, 2003 Chad Harvison, an angler new to the sport, stopped by The Tackle Box (360-687-4441), a small fishing tackle and bait shop in Battle Ground, Washington. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Harvison had just spent the better part of the day fishing the Naselle River in Naselle, Washington, where he hooked and landed several fish. One of these was a very large Silver salmon (see photo). Being proud of his success and seeing it as bragging opportunity, he headed directly to a shop he knew of in Battle Ground, The Tackle Box managed by Jack Baxter.[/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Jack said when Harvison brought the huge Coho in he didn't think much of it because he initially assumed it was a Chinook, due to its size. As Jack hung the fish from the shop’s scale (which he said is quite accurate) it registered a whopping 26 pounds. Upon closer inspection Jack determined the fish to be an unusually large hatchery raised Coho salmon. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Jack snapped a quick photo and Harvison then carried the Coho back to his vehicle and headed home to prepare the fish for dinner. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Little did both men know, the Coho Harvison and his family were about to eat was a new Washington state freshwater record. This outshined the current record of 25 pounds .27 ounces, by nearly a pound. [/size][/font]
[font "Arial"][size 2]Oregon’s current record for Coho salmon is 25 pounds 5.25 ounces. The world record for freshwater Coho salmon is 33 pounds 4 ounces.[/size][/font]
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