Dustin Russell, left, of Brookings and Eureka resident Eric Banko landed this nice Chinook salmon on Monday while trolling off the mouth of the Chetco River. The Chetco bubble fishery will start up again on Saturday and end on Sunday.

Shaun Montgomery of Palo Cedro, Ca. fights one of two Sacramento River King salmon he caught Friday while fishing with Jeff Goodwin

Larry Lange of Bayside, Ca. holds up a 17 lb. Sacramento River salmon he caught while fishing with Jeff Goodwin.

Ben Saulstram from Sweden, with a steelhead salmon, caught on his first trip to the US.

A client from Italy with his 14 lb Sacramento River King Salmon.

Bill Matsen from Redding, Ca. with his 17 lb. King salmon he caught while fishing with Jeff Goodwin Guide service on 9/19

Dan Hofbauer with his 16.88lb winning salmon

The first chrome-bright Chetco River Chinook up to and over 30 pounds finally entered the Chetco estuary last week. Traci Suiter from Brookings, Oregon and another party caught these two strapping kings in the mid-twenties.

Salmon catches for the day.

Limits for our group of 4 today!

Darren Cartledge and his young son Declan teamed up to land a nice king salmon while fishing off the coast of Eureka >on Sunday. The young angler did most of the heavy lifting, with a little help from dad and Capt. Marc Schmidt of Coastline Charters.

Cory Landerfelt from SF with the big fish on our private 13 man charter today. 10 Salmon to 25lb... Flat calm and lots of fun !!

Simon Sullens from San Francisco was lucky today and caught a 28 and a 30 pound King.