Out of the Columbia mouth. 7 species, 30 fish. Hit three separate sessions: offshore tuna, deep water bottomfish, and salmon troll.
ride out west from CR Sunday morning was pretty sporty, way bumpier than anticipated. It eventually laid down a bit around the 124.30.
In the cold green water around 20 / 40 we saw lots of life and activity: busting bait and happy birds so started an exploratory troll. Saw some tuna boiling under some birds almost immediately, so tossed a few jigs with no love. Kept trolling and immediately had our cedar plug rod go off with a hot one. I got a jig in the water immediately and hooked up right off the bat. Lost after a short battle.
Saw several fish right under the boat with conspicuously short fins and dropped again with another on and off hookup. Then gaffed the troll fish for the first tuna of the season: a nice little bluefin.
Hit a few more hookups in this water, all albacore until trolling out and not being able to relocate all the activity. Instead of wasting more time we ran SW until we found warmer blue water. Had steady troll bites and a few jig fish until we called it early to do phase 2 of our trip.
Phase 2: lunch time, deep water and electric reels.
Then phase 3 for three limits of salmon.
Bluefin, albacore, sablefish, petrale, yellowtail rockfish, coho, chinook
ride out west from CR Sunday morning was pretty sporty, way bumpier than anticipated. It eventually laid down a bit around the 124.30.
In the cold green water around 20 / 40 we saw lots of life and activity: busting bait and happy birds so started an exploratory troll. Saw some tuna boiling under some birds almost immediately, so tossed a few jigs with no love. Kept trolling and immediately had our cedar plug rod go off with a hot one. I got a jig in the water immediately and hooked up right off the bat. Lost after a short battle.
Saw several fish right under the boat with conspicuously short fins and dropped again with another on and off hookup. Then gaffed the troll fish for the first tuna of the season: a nice little bluefin.
Hit a few more hookups in this water, all albacore until trolling out and not being able to relocate all the activity. Instead of wasting more time we ran SW until we found warmer blue water. Had steady troll bites and a few jig fish until we called it early to do phase 2 of our trip.Phase 2: lunch time, deep water and electric reels.Then phase 3 for three limits of salmon.
Bluefin, albacore, sablefish, petrale, yellowtail rockfish, coho, chinook
