I have nothing new to say that hasn't already been said but I feel bad for being out so much and not reporting. I was catching coho from 30 to 130 feet on various hoochies, flashers and dummy flashers, slow and fast, with the bottom depth between 150-500 feet straight out from the harbour. I sent the GoPro down and the footage seemed to indicate that the fish aren't picky and didn't waste time following before striking. Usually when the fish came into view they charged the lure and bit rather than just chase it...more of a bite first ask and questions later. The hatchery fish seem to average a smaller size than the wilds and I haven't figured out a way to target the hatchery fish. I also caught a nice feeder chinook last weekend that was in amongst the coho. Stomach contents, when present, usually consisted of herring but I did find one salmonid (kept).
Happy Thanksgiving Seagirt! We were out yesterday, and it was slower than Saturday (we landed something like 25 salmon, but nothing bigger than 7 or 8 lbs), but we still took home 4 coho and a little Chinook. How has your gopro footage been turning out when trolling? how deep can you get good footage at? I'd be really interested to see some of it if you feel like posting some of it here!