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outbeen
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Lots of action and 1 hatch coho fishing
90' over 150-160 contour NW of Hudson rocks yesterday. Also caught and released a few springs east of 5 fingers Friday night. All on small green/blue spoons or coho killer 5 feet behind green flasher. 2.8-3.5mph Mostly right on the bait.
90' over 150-160 contour NW of Hudson rocks yesterday. Also caught and released a few springs east of 5 fingers Friday night. All on small green/blue spoons or coho killer 5 feet behind green flasher. 2.8-3.5mph Mostly right on the bait.
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Still there today, looks rough. Might be abandoned, cuddy was left wide open. There was another pretty rough looking boat covered in a tarp on the end of the other dock this morning as well. Both still there when I pulled out around 11.
Got up early after being kept off the water by the wind the last two weekends. A few hits in the deeper water east of Fingers that got off before I got a look at them. One chinook gaf released that was probably pushing slot size. Then did a loop north of Fingers in about 180' and picked up a hatch coho. It managed to get wrapped in my dummy flasher so while I was dealing with that I must have missed the initial hit on the other rod. Once I got it cleaned up and gear back down, decided to check the other rod and there was an almost twin hatch coho on it. Glad it was hatch because I think I dragged it for a bit, not a lot of fight left in it.
I was experimenting with one of these wiggle fin action disks on the hoochie, above the cone zone. First time I have ran these things and it caught the first fish so it doesn't repel them at least. Further testing required to see if it consistently performs. Almost took my eye out going to clip it in the downrigger- disc caught water and then sling shotted out and whacked me square in the forehead. I think I may run them with a regular inline flasher to avoid that danger.
Second one was on a No Bananas Wee G at 55' on the rigger.
Had my limit of coho by 930 or so, so went and jigged up a ling on the 2nd drop. Off the water by 11am.
I was experimenting with one of these wiggle fin action disks on the hoochie, above the cone zone. First time I have ran these things and it caught the first fish so it doesn't repel them at least. Further testing required to see if it consistently performs. Almost took my eye out going to clip it in the downrigger- disc caught water and then sling shotted out and whacked me square in the forehead. I think I may run them with a regular inline flasher to avoid that danger.
Second one was on a No Bananas Wee G at 55' on the rigger.
Had my limit of coho by 930 or so, so went and jigged up a ling on the 2nd drop. Off the water by 11am.
ebrench
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Fished thrasher this morning between 0630 and 0930. Thick with salmon not of the coho hatchery variety. Was a very hard slog getting our fish but was fun along the way. 30+ fish gaff released. My back is damn sore tonight! Best fish was a nice slab of a Chinook 12-15 lbs. Watch season will open and they'll all of a sudden be in short supply. That's what keeps all of us in the game, though!!!
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