Puget Sound
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speedbird
Life of the Party
That is such an awesome work policy. I fished the same local this evening, extra large serving of salad but no fish
Saw a few of our iridescent ancestors today.
salvomag.com
Ctenophores or comb jellys. Very, very cool to see, I don't recall seeing the pulsating iridescent rainbows of their cilia before today. They look like they belong on Pandora more than earth. Be sure to say hello to great grandpa, possibly the true common ancestor of all animals, if you see any. Saw them described as a "colorful condom" on one website I found as I looked them up, so that seems to fit.
Comb Jellies for the Win by Daniel Witt - Salvo Magazine
An essay on Intelligent Design from Salvo #68 in Feature
salvomag.com
Ctenophores or comb jellys. Very, very cool to see, I don't recall seeing the pulsating iridescent rainbows of their cilia before today. They look like they belong on Pandora more than earth. Be sure to say hello to great grandpa, possibly the true common ancestor of all animals, if you see any. Saw them described as a "colorful condom" on one website I found as I looked them up, so that seems to fit.
Semper_Fly
Steelhead
Had another successful local outing with 7 to the net yesterday afternoon on the incoming. Mostly smalls in the 7"- 9" range.
Coolest part was catching the first fish on the first cast on the second strip. Nice surprise. Thought that was gonna be all the luck for the day but turned out decent after two hours of fishing.
Lots of seaweed salad to work around. Patience was key.
Chum Body's Baby pattern seemed to be the ticket.
Coolest part was catching the first fish on the first cast on the second strip. Nice surprise. Thought that was gonna be all the luck for the day but turned out decent after two hours of fishing.
Lots of seaweed salad to work around. Patience was key.
Chum Body's Baby pattern seemed to be the ticket.
A few from MA 10 this morning on a pink fry pattern. Nothing big but a fun morning. Back to yard work tomorrow.
SF
SF
Nice!
The old Starry is one species that has eluded me. Have seen plenty but never caught one.
SF
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Nice starry
Actually you need a Stellar presentation to catch a starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus !
plaegreid
Steelhead
Starry was one of the first fish I caught out of Puget Sound; flounder and sculpin kept me busy until I figured out how to get silver fish to eat flies. Clouser right on the bottom works pretty well.
speedbird
Life of the Party
I've been lucky enough to catch two, three if we include a baby that took a spinner half its size
… maybe make a proposal to WDFW to promote a “Starry” week.Maybe I need to take a day and try to make #Starryfest2026 happen.
SF
Sometime this summer @Irafly is supposed to take me out and show me how to use a type 7 full sink line to catch flounder from stupid deep depths. We should link up for that day, which could be legendary.Maybe I need to take a day and try to make #Starryfest2026 happen.
SF
speedbird
Life of the Party
Is there a way to do this that involves bobbers?
On a side note, I wonder how big these fellows get in the wild. I have a childhood memory of an absurdly big starry in the Seattle aquarium. Like, easily ten lbs. He was maybe 1/3rd of the size of their very respectable halibut. I assumed that was normal size for them and wanted to find out how to target them lol
I bet a 20 lb starry would put up a hell of a fight. The fact males can live up to 24 years is very cool. Thanks for the info Steve!
SF
And here I was, wondering if catching a Starry results in a merit or a demerit for the angler.Maybe I need to take a day and try to make #Starryfest2026 happen.
SF