Ya, Salmon can give one a real game and a workout.
I went for SwordFish off Costa Rica's Pacific side a few years back, after running into an old MT classmate who worked catch and release SportFishing. That size fish can be quite a drag also! The Boat Crew keep rods in steel holders till time...
OMG - that's what I'm talking about. Admire your pluck - but I could NEVER do it. No amount of Early Times could get me to sit there for hours! I remember getting frost-bitten toes after having to shovel heavy snow for an hour - to be able to Ice Skate for a few minutes...then had to walk home...
Nice deer photo - wonder what attacked that tree? I miss having Venison in the freezer. We always had varied cuts of Deer and Elk for lunch and dinner...and could bring other kids over from school for a Venison Burger when we wanted to - that was wonderful. I don't think our parents noticed...