So glad they threw him back. Memories just started to flood my mind. Was with my dad in a drift boat when he released 3 upper river reds that were all over 80 in one year. My dad and grandpa both have lost hogs that would hit a 100 or more at the net. They both said they would have released them, but that was at a time when returning huge hogs wasn't a thing. I think they only said that to make themselves feel better😅 We fished tbe Kenai back back in the early 80's to early 90's. Big hogs were caught all the time back then. I feel sick to know how it is today😢 Got a pic me standing next to 93lb hog when I was 12yo. It was bigger than me!!! Im so thankful of all the memories my dad made possible by taking me with him. We not only fished the Kenai river for 15yrs. We fish out in the salt for those same hogs for 3 years in May. Launching off the beach by a tractor. We fished the Queen Charlottes, The Johns.Nehalem, Tillamook, Smith River California. Steelhead in the Quinault from canoes. I miss my dad so much. He's not only the best fisherman I've ever known but the best manIve ever met and my best friend. Until we meet again, dad. Love you.

12:15 He is crying. Literally crying, I imagine he's thinkin about old times with Pa, Grandpa maybe, oh the fish they'd catch... what an awesome moment.

Wow just seeing this out of the box kzfaq.infoUgkxQr1yd4Zc6qJF-scTB6Zb9dQbVpviuRxB recommend I have yet to fish with this set up, but based on the first hands on appeal, I can tell this is going to change the way i pack and carry to a whole new level. If you fish like i do, you know the smaller and less stuff the better. I’ve added a photo of just some of my gear so you can see how serious i am about fishing.

That guy wishes it was his catch lmao

When they're releasing it you can hear the ol timers breathe hes so excited. Love to see it

The jealous boat captain guide seems crusty and bossy. Buzzkill.

guide seemed a bit salty if ya ask me

That is insane. I have been going to that same lodge for the past 5 years and the biggest king I have seen caught was 43". Congratulations on a wonderful catch.

Amazing guide work. I like how the guide kept his cool and kept the client calm as well "don't go to pieces on me now" in a totally calm and collected manor. Excellent catch, excellent release. You guys Rock. Thank you for sharing this Dano D. All the best. Mitch.

Massive Respect for returning the fish. Also for the almost unbelievable lack of swearing!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!!

I fished the little Susitna river for 10 days many years ago, caught 2 kings 63 and 48 pounds, trip of a lifetime never to be repeated.

Yanks the pole out of his hands “ I’m not taking over for you” gee thanks guide; here take my pole a few more times while telling me I’m doing great 👍 I hate guides who can’t shut up and let a fisherman do his thing: great catch man, beautiful fish 🐟

Great fish! Brings back memories of my brother and I on the Kenai July 22, 1999. At the end of the day, I caught a 47 inch female silver king and 30 minutes later, my brother caught a 50 inch copper king male. We used Gary Hull from Slammin' Salmon and were his pamphlet cover picture for a long time. Maybe we still are.

Seeing you guys work so hard and then release him is awesome because it shows how much you just enjoy the sport and love nature.

Everyone knows you measure it laying flat. Then let the client release

Hey Mike! I knew that was you. Hope you and your wife are doing well. I think of you every summer when the salmon run.

That guide should become a night club comic. Someone needs to get excited about this catch.

is it my imagination or is this guide giving himself more accolades then the guy that caught the fish.

THANK YOU for releasing him!!!!

RULE ONE - dont bring banana's on a boat RULE 2 - NEVER TOUCH ANOTHER MANS FISHING POLE!!!!

I'd like to know the guide's name in order to avoid him if I ever make my dream trip to Alaska!!!

Great job, proud they cut it loose! they taste like crap after going red

I remember the first and only king salmon I’ve seen. I was 14 and my dad and a couple uncles am my cuz all went on a fishing trip in Alaska, around the soldotna area. Anyway we were coming back from a day of fishing on the kenai river. We come up on a weighing stand next to the river. This guy had caught a 54 pound king salmon! I was just amazed at the size of it. I remember though our guide was pissed off because a fish that size, according to him should be let go so it can breed more monster kings. Anyways was an awesome sight I won’t soon forget.

When I was 16 years old I got the opportunity to come up to Alaska and work at deep Creek custom packing, Ripping fish guts and packing fish 12 to 14 hours a day, at the end of the day we would go home to my uncle's house and fish on the river for our dinner, it was my brother my three cousins and myself. For a boy from Tacoma it was an eye-opening experience. Truly a summer that I will never forget.

Looked like the guide read trying to break the fish off the way ge read jerking on the rod and giving the fish slack. Pissed me off and I wasn't even there.

Doubt that king survived long after release. Between loosing it's protective slime and out of the water too long..sad deal to see..

You would never take the rod out of mine hands.....is that guy supposed to be a guide??

Excellent video and was awesome hearing someone who has the same philosophy as I do as far as seeing that you cannot rob the population of those type of genetics. Photographs are as good a trophy as any!

its illegal in alaska to remove a king from the water if you plan to release it

Come on now every body this was an amazing catch worth every second they supported each other very well and had total respect for that fish period

I love this "Kid" telling the Chinook SLAYER how to fish..

Is this the guides first time releasing a fish with a client? Really irritating.

If that salmon was post spawn then releasing it was a waste. It's just going to slowly die anyway. With the fight it had in it, it's flesh was still good and solid. Wild caught salmon is expensive. It's like dumping 50 pounds of prime salmon in the garbage. Should have put it on ice, cleaned it, and put it in the freezer for some good eating. Catch and release is a waste if you know it's going to die. Particularly given the way it was handled. What a waste.

I'm not going to take over for you but let me have that so I can take over. LOL

Talk about stealing his thunder... Why on earth would anyone grab the pole like that in the middle of a fight? And the way he blurted out "no matter what happens you did a great job" like he expected him to lose the fish. He was trying to jinx him ffs.

The Feather River near Oroville, Calfornia has HUGE Salmon as well... I caught a 32lb there!

I would have fired that guide soon as he grabbed the rod. I think he was jelous

I think this guide is annoying, let that man fish for sake

What a beautiful fish. !!! Good job guys!!!

I took a nap and when I woke up, this fish was still fighting.

Man he just keeps swimming off like the line isn't even there... What a creature.

Wow, well caught. Cool, calm, and collective to the end.

Wow truly a fish of a lifetime! Great catch, beautiful salmon!

Not bad, but my 5 ft tall wife got a 52 inch 70 lb on the Kenie in a drift row boat without the guide ever touching the rod. 25 lb test line.

My dad caught a 72 pound King in AK back in the mid 70's. Tasted fabulous!

A fishing trip in Alaska to for Salmon would be unreal! Such a HUGE fish!

Imagine this on a fly rod.

Saw the negative comment about the guide and as a total amateur fisherman just want to say what an excellent job both the guest and the guide did. The guest remained calm, even holding that monster, and the guide encouraged and complimented the guest throughout the fight, helped without taking over…thought he did an awesome job

We don’t have a lot of time. Proceeds to fuck around with a tape measure more than Tim Taylor…

Anyone who’s mad at the guide just doesn’t understand how important it is to take good care of a fish like that and how special it is to get a chance to catch one

He is so happy, really cool!

Grandpa looks like he's never fought a big fish before.

45-50 lb fish at best, what's all the hoopla about? The Ahole guide? Leaving it out of water for 5 minutes? Inquiring minds want to know.

Point the mouth of the fish up river when reviving. Fish should kick off hard not just float down stream when released. Super irritating

That guide is an ignoramus. Measuring it 3x and taking the rod from the guy ? Jeez, what a jerk. And shouldn't he have had the fish facing upstream and let it recover a bit more ? I mean good deal for C&R but that fish was really tired.

Ketchikan Charter Boats, Capt. Dan Hoglund took us to a 42" 38Lb King, in 2016. Hope to re-visit him.

Nice to see the 'urgency' in getting that amazing fish back in the water and making sure it was good to go before release. Nice one!.

"We can go home now. "

You are in great shape from the haul to the bear hug, great job!

I never realized just how big they can get, I always thought in terms of two to two and a half feet. When bears go after them, they don't look so big which explains just how huge the bears truly are.

Nice catch!! I haven't fished Alaska but I've been on the Kings in Michigan a few times. What a fun fish to catch! I've been on them at the top of their run but prefer getting on them down near the lake when they come into the river nice and green throwing crank baits at them. Lot like throwing a hook on the back bumper of a pickup truck when those big boys tear loose! hahaha Love it!!

Are we having fun yet. I love it. Lol

They could have done a lot QUICKER job releasing him.

Dare someone to hold there breath as long as this fish did.

How many Lbs?

Good Salmon, Good Fishers, I enjoy your video.

tell me you didn`t pay to have that ghillie???????? i would of pushed the fooker in the river

I was just a we lab when me father first took me to Alaska. We fished with this same guide. Futher Muggin Nuglies was the name as I recall. His wife made amazing wild game meals and tucked everyone in each night, one at a time. I had many first experiences on that trip.

you can make a plastic flat funnel and lay the fish in it full of water did you ever hear of them it dont stress the fish at all and you have longer to take details

That guiDr is a bossy sob

Nice fish. Don't see them get that big much anymore. Thank you for the catch and release. Much props. Beautiful fish. I shake too when I catch a monster king there is nothing else like it.

Congratulations. What brand and model reel and rod please.

guide may as well just sent him a pic.

Amazing once in a lifetime catch for sure.

When did Homer Formby become a fishing guide? I thought he only sold furniture polish... LOL.

Amazing! What was the weight of this beauty?

Despicable fish handling.

As soon as that guide touched the rod he would have been in the water.

Ain’t it always funny how the guy who doesn’t have the fish hooked usually tells the one who’s got the fish “How to do it”.

That guy must have stunk to high heaven after bear hugging that fish.

I agree with Reel-Lentless. The (mis)handling of that fish was outrageous. And it was done by a licenced(?) guide. Such behaviour from an alledgedly professional is not acceptabe. The fish was (past sense) fantastic though.

Great gob, and thanks for releasing! Outstanding catch!

That guy has caught a lot of good fish you can see that . But that guide has to interfere while he is playing it .i would of told him where to go

Who’s Trophy is it now that the guide helped the angler? Can they both claim the fish?

That guide is a jerk.

Apparently there are a lot of people that have never been salmon fishing with a guide...considering the size of the fish, this guy was great. I’ve had guides bark basic fishing instructions the whole time I’m working a fish in, totally annoying, at the end of the day you want punch the guide in the mouth.

Great catch and release...that's the spirit of angling.....

Truly the "KING" of Alaskan Waters.

Nice fish, the captain is a little dull though. I would have been freaking

It will be belly up in the river by morning!

I think the guide was pretty cool. Great job landing that slab!!!

Awesome catch! But when he said “get a picture quick we don’t have much time” and then Proceeded to tell him to hold up as he measured the fish, gave me a good little chuckle. Lol

times when you consider moving the boat to move the fish...

Fish says...really? You need to measure me THREE times? 🙄🐠

Do you eat the trophy samon first? Or is this fishing for sports?

How deep is the water right there? I was expecting him to give it a smooch before letting it loose

Amazing Fish... but wtf guys??? Seriously!! That is NO way to treat a fish u wanna release again!

HORRENDOUS FISH HANDLING FOR A RELEASE

Never ever remove a king salmon from the water if you don't intend on keeping it.

Respect!!! That salmon belong to river!!! What weight have?