Screw the IFGA. I recognize it as the world record. Great job Gayle.

That's so awesome Gayle that you released that fish!

The 105.9 was a buck and also a wild salmon We think he was probably an 8 year old. Extremely rare

We were there fishing the Wall August 1 & 2 2020, those guys are the real deal. Thanks for returning him

Good to see the big ones released,usually they are the 1st to be kept.

Hadn’t heard about that one. My dad has fished Rivers since 1989. We trailered the boat from Seattle every year. A 19’ Glasply. His very first fish was 81#’s. The family and many friends have caught fish over 50. 2-63#ers in one day by my brother. This is the first year he didn’t go. Rivers Inlet, Rob and Nola have fond spots in our hearts. Legendary fishing and tons of memories. Congrats on the fish, I hope it made it to the river.

Huge respect for letting this king go🙏🏼

Wonderful all-around experience. Thank you for sharing.

I was gonna ask if the fish was a hen or a buck, because from first glance it looked like a hen. But once I seen the mount it made sense that’s definitely a big buck. What a story and I’m so glad they realized how rare and amazing a fish like that is. Way to go for the release. Dream come true for sure, I’ve caught a lot of Big Nor Cal Kings, but I couldn’t imagine how my G-Loomis would bury on a Kwikfish take down on that beast. We can only imagine and dream. Thanks for sharing JD.

What a monster. Very cool that they let her go. Definitely want her genes to remain in the river.

Awesome video JD Thank you

Great video and fantastic fishing team with so many years and stories that go with the sport that you two have experienced

such a great fish, way to go Gayle!

Its so freaking awesome that they release this big mother. The larger the fish, the more eggs they lay, the eggs from big old mothers are larger and more robust. The large fish are very important for the stock. It is time for a worldwide ban on taking very small and very large fish. That we are only allowed to eat medium sized fish.

😃💙🤙🎣🐟 👏 Thank you for sharing your amazing experience and releasing your catch to continue the monster king gene pool👍👍

You guys are truly a credit to the sport! 👍👍 I hope God continues to bless your lives

As a fisherman myself and fishkeeper, I highly respect the gordons decision to release that magnificent beast. Let that amazing line live on, the smaller guys tend to taste better anyway

Wow, great story and great video. Ha-Ha, those BC salmon moochers do love their Islander "knucklebuster" reels! Thanks for posting this.

Well done folks, very, very cool. The mulie, goat and whitetail at the end are truly something too. Thanks for sharing.

2023 fishing trip Top 2 Chinook 69.3 and a 73.79 lb Chinook Super proud🐟

It don't get any better than that. I also let the big ones go. Can't beat that feeling. Congratulations 🎉

Awesome. Great job

Good for you guys, I always say those are the fish you should want to spawn!! Great job

And here I thought my 53 pounder was big! Congratulations you guys!!!

JD wrote the official story about the 105.9 for the Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine On their website too Thank you JD

Dam that is a huge salmon

I dunno I've caught a lot of salmon both in the ocean and freshwater, bringing them aboard for even a few minutes is a death sentence.

Glad to see a trophy fish actually swim away and not end up on some bds wall or die from mishandling. Good on these folks for catch, photo, release.

We need the June Hogs back, WITHOUT a hatchery 😢

caught a 51lber this summer in comox, took me 45 mins to reel in.. this is just nuts. Awesome fish and congrats!!!

I didn't know there was a road into Dawsons landing. Video says thet trailered their boat there from Duncan BC ?

What dreams are made of - to think that this size of Salmon was Common ounce upon a time in the west .... Way to go dear !

the other animals seen in the background haven't been so lucky XD

Great story.

Chinook up into Rivers' Inlet that have been caught/weighed in the spawning barrel have been larger. This run is known for huge fish. My trip in 1992, somewhat early in the run, the average weight caught exceeded 55 lbs. easy.

Incredible, makes me believe the story I heard about the 86lbs king coming back to my local hatchery.

Hello Teddy Walkus from the guys @ Stillwater Sports Ladner

My Oh My !

I could only think that after a 45 minute fight and being out of the water enough to measure it, it probably did not survive.

Omgosh. Fantastic. Is that from Native brood? Regardless amazing!!!

Absolutely amazing to catch one of these fish. I habe been lucky enough in whale channel to catch a 30 lbs salmon. Which I thought was big. Soooo a size that you all have got to see and release...WOW!!

All those big kings should be released. Was it a wild fish or hatchery fish. God bless people like you

They likely railered their boat to Port Hardy, not Dawsons Landing. Boat, floatplane or chopper only....no roads to there..

What's up with the photo with everyone holding spawning fish out the water?

What an amazing fish. Other rivers that are doing broodstock programs are getting really big fish as well. This is the first I have seen a program for Chinook. Going down a rabbit hole now.

HUGE FISH! Probably around an 80lb though if I had to bet my lunch on it. Tight lines!

Wow what a fish... 40lbs is the biggest I've ever caught and that was a fight..

Anyone know the estimated age?

Yea, fingers in the gills, taken onboard after that long a fight… that fish didn’t live and spawn. Don’t kid yourself.

Great job keeping it away from the Chinese/ Japanese fleets fishing illegally nearby! Great catch, great release, gorgeous mount!

The IGFA does, I think, have catch and release categories now, but certain rules have to be followed.

why were your fingers inside the gills?

Hell of a salmon 👍

Hay gang i hate to break it to ya that SALMON was not 105lbs i can tell by the look of the fish i am a trained biogist and a taxidermist i only do fish. That was a great fish but im telling you that king was more like 70 to 80 lbs if you were LUCKY ..plus iv have seen the kerunt world record king salmon both 97 and 126 lbs cout in a net..

Wow that hatchery needs to give the others a lesson!

these two are ol renfrew,nit nat moochers,they deserve this after all the rain n rods rebated and the swells,oh the swells.that fish to me took 30 yrs or so each,and 45 minutes,so cool,cheers from the bar.

So very proud 💜of the 105.9. Special thanks to Advanced Taxidermy, JD Richey, Salmon Trout Steelheader Magazine, BC Outdoors, Bob McNally, Rob and Nola Bachen and Island Outfitters

She LOVES to go salmon fishing every year......she catches a 100+ pound salmon.....then lets it go.....the ultimate woman, basically!

i caught one that was 111.3 lbs

As others have posted here, that was no way 105 lbs, I live here in Alaska where the current sport caught king world record is from, the Kenai River, 97 lbs, I have caught many from this famous river, that king is huge yet not near 100! By the way, the largest ever caught was commercial by a fish trap in southeast Alaska near Petersburg Ak, weighed 126 lbs! Look that up.

Well done great fish and kudos for releasing him back !

Question is, did this fish survive being netted, thrashed around a boat, and hoisted with hands in gills, all for for a photo?

Anybody hear about the freak King caught in Terrace area? (Skeena)

Great job releasing it so it can lay its eggs. Good genetics right there. IGFA is getting less important each day. Today C&R is more popular. Measure and release. Inches not pounds!

I like the silver ones

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Why net it?

After the music started I was done watching

did you release it ? damn waste of a good spawner if you didn't

Couldn’t you weigh the fish in the net with a scale that way you don’t have to kill it or chance it by putting a scale in its gills that way you could get a more exact weight without risking killing it

That's was a dead fish for sure. 45 minute fight and then man handled into the boat and held up for photos. Don't kid yourself. Should never have been lifted out of the water

Hope she's pleased with the re-creation advanced taxidermy did of her salmon. They absolutely botched a trout replica I had them do for me. Wouldn't recommend them.

But remember what the environmentalists want you to think. Hatchery salmon are inferior… Hatchery and wild fish coexist

I have a bigger King from 1979 60 1/4" X 38 1/4"

I am an avid outdoors man my self, but don't say it was a selfless act to release this fish, When you could have shot all those animals in the back ground with a camera instead of a gun. i am happy that you chose to do what you did with the fish. But think what you said. I hunt deer with a camera i shoot ducks with my shot gun and eat them. If i want to release i do so. But don't say it's selfless to do so. You chose cpr(catch, photo, release) for the fish but it may have not made it with all the strain you put into it with the battle. So many fish are already exhausted from traveling toward spawning grounds. Either way nice fish and may you catch a bigger one.

FFS, you dont hav eto kill the fish to get the milt and eggs. just run the hand down their bellies and the eggs and milt will come out... and the fish can go back alive...

not a 100 lb king

releasing a 10+ salmon is a good idea, since there are more fish to catch, baking a salmon that big takes talent, I know 65 lbs can be done with a little help from friends w/ plenty beer

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