Did anyone get a chinook today? After a dozen or so wild coho at Epsom, spanning 30' to 170' on the downrigger, I gave up and went to Pirate. A quick double-header of hatchery and I was done. But no springs. Not that I'm complaining - coho go in the freezer for winter dinners while springs go to friends or end up in the smoker.
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We fished Epsom last night for 2 hours, we released 3 small springs and long line released a few more. Didn’t get a single coho.
sherrett
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I had a similar day. Fished 7-9 am. Lots of coho and smaller chinooks. One nice ling I lost beside the boat. Then got a nice chinook around 8:15. Kept fishing and got a low 20s tank in the shallows. Took about 15 minutes to get it in after two long runs. Then, released to fight another day.
adanac
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Got up to epsom last night around 730, flat calm , gorgeous sunset . 5 wilds 3 hatch , 4 big springs in the next two hours , all on tomics in diff sizes . Went and anchored up for the night . Back out this morning with 5 dozen liveys anchored on our spot in some chop . We’re out of herring within 2.5 hours as the coho bite was off the charts , with some large chinook mixed in , landed some , lost some due to being extremely hot fighters and our light live bait leaders . Finished fishing tomic plugs till 11 and ended up with our 4 keeper springs , handful more hatch coho and a few releases on some really nice fish 85cm - 88cm . SLOPPY run home taking it on the beam 90 percent of the run
Weatherall
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Sounds like a blast!
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