Englishman
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BWD was wrong with the wind forecast yesterday morning and I hoped he would be today, but not so. Pretty bumpy when we started at 6:30am. Too messy to smash our way down to Muir as intended, so stuck to the harbour mouth. Did one circuit of Possession with the boat pack then started across harbour mouth. Got a hit on anchovy/green-god teaser around 7:30am at 55 feet and got a feisty thing to the surface which I think was a coho, judging by the way it twisted and rolled. Anyway, pop went the hook. Down again to same depth and continued across harbour mouth and at 8:00am returning through the same area had a really big hit and struck something better. Eventually we netted a splendid (for us!!) 14lb chinook.
That was it for the day really. Wind came and went, as did the fog, and we tried out further for pinks in the calmer spells. We did get another nice hit at 95’ off Secretary around 11:00am which again came to the surface , twisted and rolled and departed. Coho again?? Back to harbour mouth but by then wind really picked up and the flood was pushing hard in the same direction. After two encounters with kelp rafts, hard to see in the big chop, we pulled the gear at 1:30pm. A good day, considering the conditions……
That was it for the day really. Wind came and went, as did the fog, and we tried out further for pinks in the calmer spells. We did get another nice hit at 95’ off Secretary around 11:00am which again came to the surface , twisted and rolled and departed. Coho again?? Back to harbour mouth but by then wind really picked up and the flood was pushing hard in the same direction. After two encounters with kelp rafts, hard to see in the big chop, we pulled the gear at 1:30pm. A good day, considering the conditions……
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