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Hometown fisherman lands $50,000 salmon
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| Aug. 19
Posted on 08/20/2012 8:04:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono
SEWARD, Alaska, -- A hometown angler caught a $50,000-tagged salmon in the Seward, Alaska, Silver Salmon Derby.
Michael Rogers, 64, landed one of a handful of tagged fish Saturday, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
"I've been fishing this derby since it started pretty much, since I was a little kid. I've won quite a few prizes, but this is the first major one," Rogers told the Daily News in a telephone interview.
Rogers said things weren't going his way at first, but then he changed things up and started catching salmon.
When he returned to derby headquarters, Rogers said he was told one fish could be worth anywhere from $100 to $50,000.
"I had to sit in the derby office for a while and fill out paperwork, and finally they handed me an envelope," Rogers said. "All the women in there sat around me with and had pictures taken with me and then they said, 'OK, you can open it now.' And there was another envelope inside that one. So then I opened that one up and it says $50,000. It was quite a shock."
The Daily News said it was the second time in the derby's 57-year history that a $50,000 tagged fish was caught. The first one was caused in 2003.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: alaska; fishing; salmon
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:16:59 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: SJackson
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:23:48 AM PDT
by
randita
(Paul Ryan is "Mr. Smith goes to Washington.")
To: JoeProBono
Wow. I knew salmon was expensive. This one, at 16.14 pounds turns out to be worth $3,097.89 a pound.
To: JoeProBono
How does that work? Why is that a $50,000 fish??
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:34:23 AM PDT
by
Fawn
(DEAR JESUS....PLEASE LET OBAMA LOSE.....AMEN.)
To: Fawn
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:36:28 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
He didn’t catch that, somebody else did.
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:39:07 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
To: I Drive Too Fast
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:39:42 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Oh, it’s a game. Thanks..
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:41:24 AM PDT
by
Fawn
(DEAR JESUS....PLEASE LET OBAMA LOSE.....AMEN.)
To: JoeProBono
Eat Raw Fish And Get Worms:
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:46:32 AM PDT
by
blam
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
08/20/2012 8:47:50 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Those lures are no good! All you catch is suckers...
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posted on
08/20/2012 9:01:34 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: JoeProBono
” The Daily News said it was the second time in the derby’s 57-year history that a $50,000 tagged fish was caught. The first one was caused in 2003.”
The fish caused what??
To: goseminoles
Jun 1, 2003 – EARTHQUAKE IN ALASKA
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posted on
08/20/2012 9:11:05 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Reminds me of Hee Haw where Grandpa Jones told us "What's for supper?
Just finished eating some tilapia. Not the same as salmon, but not bad.
To: JoeProBono
To: AngelesCrestHighway
To: I Drive Too Fast
Tilapia is a low-mercury, low-cost fish with a very mild flavor.
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posted on
08/20/2012 10:14:52 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
08/20/2012 10:18:08 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Question? Is that a flounder or a sucker?
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