August Slab of the Month: Ponoi River Atlantic

Friday, August 13, 2010 at 12:00AM
Eric Rathbun in Contests, atlantic salmon, slab of the month

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.

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