Hump was on frickin' fire yesterday morning. I received pictures, texts and phone calls from a local guide/charter outfit I am friends with and they had 15 fish on. They limited with 4 in the box to 25 pounds, released 4 others, lost a few and released a few "undersize".
Another guide boat fishing the same area had 7 nice fish to the boat in 3.5 hours
This morning, one of the same guides dropped and basically had non stop action for 2 hours. Another guide I know was called over and he started hooking some very good numbers of fish and started boating some great quality fish in the high teens and bigger.
For the benefit of those on this forum I pass along the following advice and tips based in personal experience and this years fishery: get in the fish and stay in the fish. for example. if you hook up and boat a fish, turn around and head back to that area. despite it being open water, there are schools of hungry Chinook who have corralled a bait school and if you troll off the area, you are likely leaving a concentration of fish.
In recent days, spoons are definitely offering great bang for the buck and the P-cod can be a nuisance.
100-120 feet really seems to be the hottest depths the past few days.
If the bite is off and a pack of boats is not producing, then move off and find your own piece of water. Please remember to respect a reasonable distance from working boats. a set of binoculars may work wonders in deciding which direction to troll.
This weekend is going to be a busy time with the NSFG Derby and there is going to be a record number of Chinook weighed in if the past few days catches are any indication.
Tight Lines and enjoy every second on the water......
