Puget Sound
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Put in a short session before work and went 2-6. It was slow super early, then a bunch of wild fish came through driving a lot of action for 20-30 minutes with nearly everything caught, including one from me, going back in the water. Then it went dead again and about 10 minutes before I needed to leave, it ramped back up. Fun way to spend a couple hours before the daily grind.
Had to play keep away with a pesky seal to land this guy. The old “seals on my fish” dance up the beach...
Had to play keep away with a pesky seal to land this guy. The old “seals on my fish” dance up the beach...
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Nice morning out there but too sunny. The catching was decent for quite a few people. I biffed the two good coho I hooked but got one of these.
Right fish wrong time.
Right fish wrong time.
2/2 this morning, one smaller wild and a fat rezzie brought to hand. I felt the weight of about 3-4 solid fish before they let go (might of done better with the standard clouser today and not the stinger), and had a few more very solid bites. Tons of herring around, schools of them were moving up and down the beach for almost the entire 3-4 hours I was fishing.
I think we were neighbors today - if you’re the guy my first fish swam toward before it spit the hook. Glad you got one to the beach! The seals made it interesting.
I was in that area of the beach for sure. Thankfully the seal left before I landed my two fish, that thing is not afraid of people at all
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0 for 1 for me today. I whiffed my shot at the rod tip.
Speaking of whiffed, I had the pleasure of fishing downwind from High Karate or Aramis man today. The swimmer has nothing on this guy when it comes to fragrances. He either used the whole bottle or bathed in it.
SF
Speaking of whiffed, I had the pleasure of fishing downwind from High Karate or Aramis man today. The swimmer has nothing on this guy when it comes to fragrances. He either used the whole bottle or bathed in it.
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Try fishing down wind from an honest to god quilbilly...it could gag a maggot...for real...I got stories.
The river is closed this year, so the shitshow will be at the mouth in the bay instead.
They could fund a decade of Skagit monitoring writing tickets down there, in just a week or two.
I finally got out this morning with @jasmillo and managed a couple of typical sized rezzies. Feels great to get back on track after being out of town for a while, especially since I’ll be out of town again next couple of weekends.
Had a nice fish hit at rod tip early morning and broke my fly off, 15lb leader is not as strong as we think when there are no cushion at hand.
Had a nice fish hit at rod tip early morning and broke my fly off, 15lb leader is not as strong as we think when there are no cushion at hand.
One solid standard issue resident, some other bumps, one big "goddamn it" style swirl a yard from the point of extraction. (one swirl like that means at least 20 more hopeful casts same vicinity). A lot of people out, boat guys cursing up a storm, playing shitty music.
While on the beach, two porpoise moved within a roll cast range. These guys were directly between myself and the other guy fishing (Hat tip, Cooper, nice to meet you). The porpoise surfaced a bunch of times, seemed like more than two minutes between breaths. Both of us tried to get video at different times and neither succeeded.
Then things got weedy and had to leave.
While on the beach, two porpoise moved within a roll cast range. These guys were directly between myself and the other guy fishing (Hat tip, Cooper, nice to meet you). The porpoise surfaced a bunch of times, seemed like more than two minutes between breaths. Both of us tried to get video at different times and neither succeeded.
Then things got weedy and had to leave.
Another day grinding it out. Took three beaches and nearly another full day to get a single keeper. Potentially could have been quicker if I could keep a fish pinned. Still only 4 hooked adult fish, with three again coming in the last hour or so I was fishing.
The current actually set up really nicely at Beach 1 right after you left, and an unbelievable amount of bait pushed right onto shore. Bunches of herring doing that thing where they make popping sounds on the surface. Aaaand still absolutely no action - the big jumpers stayed 500 or so ft offshore. Glad you were eventually rewarded with a fish.
Are you sure they were herring and not other more nefarious underwater sounds? Reminded me of the Red Herring incident. Transcript and full audio to one of the best Radiolab episodes I heard
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Great story. And if there’s a good conspiracy theory to explain why I’m not catching, then I’m absolutely going full tin foil hat.Are you sure they were herring and not other more nefarious underwater sounds? Reminded me of the Red Herring incident. Transcript and full audio to one of the best Radiolab episodes I heard