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i took my son and his friend salmon fishing today. The bite out of Newport has been hot so it was perfect timing for two young men to fish for salmon for their first time on the ocean.
We didn't drop lines until 9:30, since the boys had to drive over from the valley. No worries, I had fished the day before so we headed out to my hot spot. There's a big difference in bites between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, but we still had our first fish to the boat in about 10 minutes. Native!
We continued along the previous day's path for about an hour, getting action every now and then but nothing amazing and no keepers. Over the radio I heard a guy calling in a hot bite about 8 miles north of our position, so we reeled in and joined the crowd.
I was really paying attention to the other boats, seeing what we were doing wrong, when I saw two boats hooked up just a couple hundred yards to the west. I hung a left and trolled through the area they had vacated. Double! And both hatchery fish! Two newbies with fish on and only one captain/deckhand made for quite the rodeo. Good thing I had two nets.
I established a track using the chartplotter and we stuck to it. Quite a few drivebys, a few that didn't stick, but we ground it out and ended up with 6 clipped fish in the box, limited out. I only touched a rod twice, to stay legal, I took a rod right before we netted the fish I tagged. Other than that I just showed them how to let the gear out.
Each dot was a hit.
Then it was on to the crab pots, which had been soaking overnight. Not too bad, 26 crab in 4 pots, most of which were in surprisingly good shape. The haul included several absolute monsters.
We'll be eating good for a while.
P
We didn't drop lines until 9:30, since the boys had to drive over from the valley. No worries, I had fished the day before so we headed out to my hot spot. There's a big difference in bites between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, but we still had our first fish to the boat in about 10 minutes. Native!
We continued along the previous day's path for about an hour, getting action every now and then but nothing amazing and no keepers. Over the radio I heard a guy calling in a hot bite about 8 miles north of our position, so we reeled in and joined the crowd.
I was really paying attention to the other boats, seeing what we were doing wrong, when I saw two boats hooked up just a couple hundred yards to the west. I hung a left and trolled through the area they had vacated. Double! And both hatchery fish! Two newbies with fish on and only one captain/deckhand made for quite the rodeo. Good thing I had two nets.
I established a track using the chartplotter and we stuck to it. Quite a few drivebys, a few that didn't stick, but we ground it out and ended up with 6 clipped fish in the box, limited out. I only touched a rod twice, to stay legal, I took a rod right before we netted the fish I tagged. Other than that I just showed them how to let the gear out.
Each dot was a hit.
Then it was on to the crab pots, which had been soaking overnight. Not too bad, 26 crab in 4 pots, most of which were in surprisingly good shape. The haul included several absolute monsters.
We'll be eating good for a while.
P
