Couple engaged on charter boat

Fish on. And so is a wedding.

Collin Kacher and his girlfriend Ashley Mattern have been together nearly nine years, so any anticipation for an engagement proposal had long passed. Perhaps that’s why Ashley was caught off guard when Collin popped the question aboard the Mariah charter boat while both hands grappled with a 20-pound salmon.

She recalled the scene. “We went out early, it was 6 a.m., and we hooked one fish right away before seven. Then as he was bringing in a salmon, he said, ‘I can’t get down on one knee, but would you look in my pocket?’ I pulled out the ring and he said, ‘Will you marry me?’” The answer was yes. Without hesitation..