Puget Sound

[Buzzy]

Since it’s not fishing related would you mind telling me in pm where that pick is from.as an old surfer I would love to know

South Redondo Beach - and since it isn't fishing related, Avenue I on Esplanade. There were perhaps a dozen surfers a bit further down (south) before the peninsula (Rancho Palos Verdes), Torrance Beach. I haven't figured out why one stretch of beach has bigger waves one day and another stretch has bigger waves the next day (wind? tide?).

 

[Wetswinger]

My sister-in-law lives 2 blocks above the PCH near the pier. I'd walk the strand every day when we visit. Nice...

 

[Bagman]

South Redondo Beach - and since it isn't fishing related, Avenue I on Esplanade. There were perhaps a dozen surfers a bit further down (south) before the peninsula (Rancho Palos Verdes), Torrance Beach. I haven't figured out why one stretch of beach has bigger waves one day and another stretch has bigger waves the next day (wind? tide?).

Bottom contours as well as swell direction.

 

[Kfish]

Slow this morning so we left for the lake after 1.5hr or so. Heavy rain caused some muddy water outflow from the creek and I think that turned off the fish.

 

[jeradjames]

Surprisingly had my license and fly check for barbs this morning. Must be slow out there for fish and wildlife police.

 

[Dave Boyle]

Surprisingly had my license and fly check for barbs this morning. Must be slow out there for fish and wildlife police.

Wow! That's rarer than getting a Steelie in the salt

Dave

 

[Greg Armstrong]

Surprisingly had my license and fly check for barbs this morning. Must be slow out there for fish and wildlife police.

This is good to hear. Good to know they're out there, at least to a degree.

Hopefully, we'll see this on the rivers too.

 

[speedbird]

This is good to hear. Good to know they're out there, at least to a degree.

Hopefully, we'll see this on the rivers too.

100%, this fishery definitely needs less enforcement than salmon fisheries where the law is not only ignored but antagonized, but from time to time there is poaching. I’ve only seen it once but would like to know that someone may show up if I report it

 

[Gary Knowels]

Just sat on a log and watched for a bit after work. No one fishing and no fish activity seen, but it was a pleasant way to unwind before heading home.

 

[jeradjames]

Did a bit of fishing this morning and some beach prospecting this afternoon. Our days are slowly getting a bit longer and really eager to see what this spring has in store.

 

[Nick Clayton]

After taking a few months off from fishing to focus on some other things in life, I was able to get out twice this last week.

Friday @Jake Watrous and I hit the canal in my boat. Fishing was unbelievably slow, but the weather and the company was fantastic. We managed to get off the water just as the serious rain was hitting. Good timing.

Yesterday @ffb ferried me around the south sound in his awesome new boat, and boy was it a good time. The weather was just unreal. As Jon said at some point "There's calm.... and then there's THIS". It was so calm yesterday it was almost eery. Like you could feel a weird denseness in the air. It was also fairly warm, which was quite enjoyable. We found decent cutthroat fishing just about everywhere we went, and even ran into a handful of rezzies. Didn't land anything too monsterous size wise, but plenty of good, solid fish and boy were they fat and colorful. We also found a new to us area that fished surprisingly well at low tide in spite of neither of us having a floater onboard which would have been the ideal tool for the 1-3' depths the fish were in. Fly didn't matter in the least. It was the kind of day where if you found some fish you could catch them on whatever you felt like tying on. Jon's super natural peach baitfish pattern with a black conehead was definitely a favorite lol.

I didn't take any pictures, but I should have. Was just enjoying the incredible weather and actually being out on the water again after an extended period away from it.

Big thanks to both of those guys for dragging me out on the water. I needed that!

 

[Kfish]

After taking a few months off from fishing to focus on some other things in life, I was able to get out twice this last week.

Friday @Jake Watrous and I hit the canal in my boat. Fishing was unbelievably slow, but the weather and the company was fantastic. We managed to get off the water just as the serious rain was hitting. Good timing.

Yesterday @ffb ferried me around the south sound in his awesome new boat, and boy was it a good time. The weather was just unreal. As Jon said at some point "There's calm.... and then there's THIS". It was so calm yesterday it was almost eery. Like you could feel a weird denseness in the air. It was also fairly warm, which was quite enjoyable. We found decent cutthroat fishing just about everywhere we went, and even ran into a handful of rezzies. Didn't land anything too monsterous size wise, but plenty of good, solid fish and boy were they fat and colorful. We also found a new to us area that fished surprisingly well at low tide in spite of neither of us having a floater onboard which would have been the ideal tool for the 1-3' depths the fish were in. Fly didn't matter in the least. It was the kind of day where if you found some fish you could catch them on whatever you felt like tying on. Jon's super natural peach baitfish pattern with a black conehead was definitely a favorite lol.

I didn't take any pictures, but I should have. Was just enjoying the incredible weather and actually being out on the water again after an extended period away from it.

Big thanks to both of those guys for dragging me out on the water. I needed that!

Good to see you back online Nick! We might see you out there one of these days

 

[speedbird]

After taking a few months off from fishing to focus on some other things in life, I was able to get out twice this last week.

Friday @Jake Watrous and I hit the canal in my boat. Fishing was unbelievably slow, but the weather and the company was fantastic. We managed to get off the water just as the serious rain was hitting. Good timing.

Yesterday @ffb ferried me around the south sound in his awesome new boat, and boy was it a good time. The weather was just unreal. As Jon said at some point "There's calm.... and then there's THIS". It was so calm yesterday it was almost eery. Like you could feel a weird denseness in the air. It was also fairly warm, which was quite enjoyable. We found decent cutthroat fishing just about everywhere we went, and even ran into a handful of rezzies. Didn't land anything too monsterous size wise, but plenty of good, solid fish and boy were they fat and colorful. We also found a new to us area that fished surprisingly well at low tide in spite of neither of us having a floater onboard which would have been the ideal tool for the 1-3' depths the fish were in. Fly didn't matter in the least. It was the kind of day where if you found some fish you could catch them on whatever you felt like tying on. Jon's super natural peach baitfish pattern with a black conehead was definitely a favorite lol.

I didn't take any pictures, but I should have. Was just enjoying the incredible weather and actually being out on the water again after an extended period away from it.

Big thanks to both of those guys for dragging me out on the water. I needed that!

Good to hear from you!

 

[Pink Nighty]

First of yall, hell yeah @Nick Clayton !!! Glad to see you back in action.

Secondly, wtf is this? Seen in birch bay.

 

[Nick Clayton]

I'm no expert, but my guess is Tanner crab maybe.

 

[Pink Nighty]

I'm no expert, but my guess is Tanner crab maybe.

Thought so too, but out of place by a long ways

 

[Smalma]

While there is a Puget Sound king crab I think the beast in question is a spiny spider crab though without its shell hard to tell.

Curt

 

[ffb]

I really don't know why I didn't take a picture, but Nick and I both caught fish that puked up partially digested remains of "something". Did not look like fish, about 4" or so long and 1/8-1/4" or so diameter all the way through. Polychaete worms was our first thought? I actually brushed it off as random debris or something that I managed to scoop up with a fish until Nick landed a fish and hour later that puked up the same thing.

 

[RCF]

^^^ happy no pic... Don't need " wish I could un-see that".

 

[Divad]

I really don't know why I didn't take a picture, but Nick and I both caught fish that puked up partially digested remains of "something". Did not look like fish, about 4" or so long and 1/8-1/4" or so diameter all the way through. Polychaete worms was our first thought? I actually brushed it off as random debris or something that I managed to scoop up with a fish until Nick landed a fish and hour later that puked up the same thing.

Sounds like a worm. Didn’t we just have a full moon too? I read they get into mass orgys on full moon nights to party. At least I think that was the worms I was reading about…