AJARNJACK Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Wan Teece moved from Trang, Thailand to Enterprise, Oregon USA only two and a half years ago and has already made her fame in her adopted country. Her husband had taught English around Thailand for four years before they returned to his home in rural N.E. Oregon. Right away she learned to love fishing on the nearby lake and soon she was catching big fish. On March 24th she landed a Kokanee salmon that broke the record for the largest one ever caught in the USA! It weighed 8.23 pounds and measured 26.24 inches long with a girth of 16 inches. The Associated Press picked up the news release from the Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife and now the news if world wide. Not too bad for a lady that had only learned to sport fish two years before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69690jay Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 THAT IS A MONSTER kokanee!!!!! well done normal size 9" to 16" is .5 to 2lbs!!!!!!!! WOW Jay RBFC Rawai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFarang Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Well Done not that far off the World Record Kokanee 9lbs 6oz Norm Kuhn Okanagan Lake, British Columbia June 18, 1988 Keep it up and you may well beat it, good to see a Thai (especially a woman) in the US showing them the way The UK Rod caught Salmon Record is still held by a woman some 60+ years ago Watch out Guys the females are angling to take over. McFarang RBFC Rawai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakachalet Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 i'll send her photo with the big fish Kokanee salmon to the trang governor's office and congrats her family members.... another couple of additional votes for PRA-CHA-TI-PHAT governor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozaemon Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 what awesome news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 That truly is a remarkable fish and just as large as it's ocean going relatives... the sockeye salmon. As already noted, the average sockeye is between 12 inches and 16 inches. Many never get bigger that 8 inches. Kokanee and its big brother, the sockeye, normally feed on plankton, and it takes a LOT of plankton to grow a Kokanee that large. They only have a four year cycle before spawning and dying. All Pacific salmon species die after spawning the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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