FISHING -- Hooking a chinook salmon from a kayak is one thing; landing it is another.

Here's a video from Spilt Milt Productions from a day of fishing on the lower Columbia River that gives a little flavor to the task. 

But any kayaker know that this angler is making it look easy as he maneuvers his kayak while being pulled backward by the salmon.  It would be easy to turn the rudder the wrong way and broach the boat (sideway), which could be a recipe for capsize.

Nicely done, and big rewards, as the end of the video illustrates.

Here's the post Uplandsandpiper made on iFish:

Bar none this has been one of my best kayak King Salmon years on the Columbia. Rather than spending a lot of time driving down to B10 this year I opted to save some time to target these fish closer to home where the limits are more generous and I am really glad I did. I've always wanted to catch a 30 lb King from my kayak and although I've failed to do that so far I came really close with this 29 lb King caught a few weeks ago. Its not uncommon for a big sturgeon to pull you around the kayak but in general even a 15 lb King won't do much more than turn your kayak a few times. Shortly after hooking this fish I knew I was in to a larger fish as the fish ran behind me pull me backwards then forwards dragging me into a neighboring boats gear (no reverse on a Hobie is a bummer!). That fish really handed it to me but in the end I still won.