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Mausermike14
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Fished the waterfront from 6-11:30, only action I saw was 2 pinks that I lost at the boat. I threw everything at them and fished anywhere from 35-104ft trying to find them… no luck. I missed the window to pull the boat out, so I decided to go for a cruise over to church rock and give my old stomping grounds a try. Started back fishing at 12:30 and was done by 2pm, with 2 pinks 1 hatchery coho and a 76cm spring. Beautiful day on the water today!!
the force
Crew Member
We did pretty decent off the head yesterday, one over one white right on 80cm and one between 8 and 10lbs released. About 10 pinks, brought home 6 nice sized ones. 90 and 125 were our depths with a herring aid skinny g and a geeen big eye spoon.
Out today fishing the head and it has been slow slow, 4 pinks in the box and some shaker springs
Anyone have an update from secretary area? Taking a beach break and snooping for shell fish, be back out in an hour.
Out today fishing the head and it has been slow slow, 4 pinks in the box and some shaker springs
Anyone have an update from secretary area? Taking a beach break and snooping for shell fish, be back out in an hour.
Went out to otter today fished from 10:50-5:00
Lots of weed out on water. Kept on getting them on line and had to clear line very often. Managed a 70cm spring on anchovies trolling at 86’ about 11:30. Got another 60cm around noon. Decided to head west past lighthouse to look for rockfish. But no luck. Tried so many different places but the ground feel like mud or sand when bouncing pure on it. No wonder dfo been generous 3 rockfish west of lighthouse. Cause there is no rockfish.
Trolled our way back got nothing but wild ho and pinks. Kept 3 pinks for misoyaki and salted fish. Called it a day.
Lots of weed out on water. Kept on getting them on line and had to clear line very often. Managed a 70cm spring on anchovies trolling at 86’ about 11:30. Got another 60cm around noon. Decided to head west past lighthouse to look for rockfish. But no luck. Tried so many different places but the ground feel like mud or sand when bouncing pure on it. No wonder dfo been generous 3 rockfish west of lighthouse. Cause there is no rockfish.
Trolled our way back got nothing but wild ho and pinks. Kept 3 pinks for misoyaki and salted fish. Called it a day.
Crazy bite today that never really ended. Ended up playing 19 springs from 10-22 pounds, including a triple and 2 doubles. I only had a single regular customer with me today so he played a lot of fish. The tiple was a cluster as all 3 lines got crossed as the fish ran around and got the better of us. After some fancy rod handling we landed and released 2 of the 3. All were on spoons again and 45-50 feet seemed to be the zone. It was a bit of a scorcher on the water with little to no wind,intense heat and sun. Also released 2 sockeye a couple wild coho and a few pinks. All we needed was a chum to have all 5 species, which I have done 2-3 times in the past.
vicsurfer
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Fished out at the Head starting at 9am. My daughter hit a 75cm spring right away and then it went dead until around noon. There were fish jumping everywhere but not really biting. Then at noon, on the flood it turned into pink fest. We quit at 1with 8 fish in the boat.
Englishman
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It never ceases to amaze me that after several indifferent, not very productive reports from different folk, Profisher can put up a report like this on the same day. It illustrates in spades how much knowledge these guides have that seems almost "mystical" to regular Joe's like me. Either that or Profisher is able, through special magic powers, to fish "other worldly" oceans! LOL
the force
Crew Member
It never ceases to amaze me that after several indifferent, not very productive reports from different folk, Profisher can put up a report like this on the same day. It illustrates in spades how much knowledge these guides have that seems almost "mystical" to regular Joe's like me. Either that or Profisher is able, through special magic powers, to fish "other worldly" oceans! LOL
lol, I was just thinking the same thing… we couldn’t buy a spring today any bigger then 2 lbs, although we stayed away from the big pack of boats fishing out from the trap. It was about 1, after the slack when we left the head. In hind sight I was fishing too deep, chasing the mark’s at 100-150 thinking they were springs (seems they were but just smaller ones). At 3-4 days a year here it will only be a few more years before I get it figured out haha.
Will fish shallower tomorrow.
Englishman
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That is exactly right Tips. I have said this several times on this forum. The guides are out there every day and know exactly where the fish are (in three dimensions counting depth!) at any point in the season, at any time of day, at any state of the tide, in any weather conditions. As a regular Joe who might get out 5 or 6 times in August, I cannot ever possibly aspire to this knowledge so I am often fishing in the wrong place. You cannot catch fish that are not there!! So, as I have said before, I just sit and wonder at what I have jokingly called the incredible location powers of these "fishing gods". LOL
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Aces
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I’ve always enjoyed your writing style sir!It never ceases to amaze me that after several indifferent, not very productive reports from different folk, Profisher can put up a report like this on the same day. It illustrates in spades how much knowledge these guides have that seems almost "mystical" to regular Joe's like me. Either that or Profisher is able, through special magic powers, to fish "other worldly" oceans! LOL
The Green Bastard
Active Member
Great after work trip yesterday fished the trap 4:30-5:30 not much there for me so headed with the currents to Beechy Head. Started getting into the fish on the way out of the trap and it was non stop after that 4 double headers and 21 salmon to the boat by 8:00. No pinks maybe 8 coho and the rest springs. I put the bait away and fished 2 spoons at 64 and 71 out in 150-300 feet of water it looked like everyone out there was into them it would have been chaos earlier in the day but not a lot of boats so was manageable.
Yes—when slow you drop low. They love it down there!
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
That is exactly right Tips. I have said this several times on this forum. The guides are out there every day and know exactly where the fish are (in three dimensions counting depth!) at any point in the season, at any time of day, at any state of the tide, in any weather conditions. As a regular Joe who might get out 5 or 6 times in August, I cannot ever possibly aspire to this knowledge so I am often fishing in the wrong place. You cannot catch fish that are not there!! So, as I have said before, I just sit and wonder at what I have jokingly called the incredible location powers of these "fishing gods". LOL
They also usually fish longer than a regular joe and hit multiple tides.
Same kind of results today with 21 springs for 7 hours of fishing. Only 1 over that made it to the boat to measure the rest all 9-18 pounds. today was 40 to 50 feet and included 3 doubles. All on spoons with any green working. Only 1 hatch coho and released 1 wild. More small immature springs today in patches if you went in the wrong spot. Afternoon winds made it a bit of a challenge to fish and keep the boat on a course. Funny enough the customer I had this morning lives near Port Angeles and he is fishing 3 mornings with me to learn how to fish springs. Says he has no problem catching coho but struggles with springs. On the way out this morning I told him...most of the stuff other fishers talk about is almost insignificant. Like exact leader lengths, how far lines are set behind the downrigger, wire verses braid etc etc. I said the #1 thing is stay where the fish are and work it until they bite. You have to be where the springs are....and if you don't find them pay attention to those who do. Obviously once you know the area they are holding or the depth of water they are travelling by in..... you have to figure out the depth they are actually at in the water column. I seldom have downriggers set to the same depth,....even when I find a depth I will have one set 5 feet above and one 5 feet below. The shallower the water I'm fishing the closer to each other I set them. The last thing is present them something that is working properly which means making sure it is often enough that you don't miss the bite from baits that have been hit and no longer working or fouled with weed or jelly fish slime. I would also say that many people probably trolla bit to slow and lures or bait are only working well sporadically..... especially in windy conditions when waves make the boat stall a bit. When you catch fish on a turn on the rod speeding up....its telling you something.
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Englishman
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Yep, Rollie it is all about location, location, location. I figured that part out a while ago. The real tricky part is to figure out the actual location!!! LOL
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