August Slab of the Month: Ponoi River Atlantic

This is an Atlantic salmon Barrett Mattison caught on the Ponoi river in Russia a couple weeks ago. 4 jumps, 3 times into the backing – it totally kicked his ass. Not bad for a fish that’s been in the river for 10 months.

Comments

[coca kola]

is that a skated dry I see on the cork? BM should quit while he's on top.

[Nathan loves fishing]

Wow that's a huge catch really big Salmon I think this is the slab of the month

[danimal]

i have his book on patagonia which is great and made me jealous of his fishing adventures. now he's in russia, that should help me get over it. nice fish, jerk

[Didymo Stomper]

my pick for slab of the year. Gorgeous fish. How strong is the dollar against the Ruble now? The heck with Mongolia...

[Tahoe Trout Bum #103]

Holy Whitefish! That is one impressive toad. Don't bother posting any other SOTM pics this month. Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! Looks like that was an epic battle! Nice fish, very nice fish.

['Yard]

Sick Barrett!

[Fishin' Terp]

WOW

[Barrett]

Thanks guys! I would love to say that I got it on a skated dry, but it was actually on a yellow rubber leg girdle bug. A bit insulting for the "fish of kings", but tradition is over rated.