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Never apologize for striper content! I lived in Newark, NJ for 3 years and used to take the 9pm train down to the shore, fish all night, and take the train back the next morning. I caught a few nice fish doing that and they are very fun fish to fish for and catch. Most all of the jetties I...

You should be able to touch bottom in 60-90' with much less than 8 oz. How were the conditions that day? Its possible with a fast drift and choppy water that your sinker hit bottom without you feeling it and you were just feeding line while the boat drifts and sinker rests on the bottom. I...

Years ago I caught a large shark, roughly 5-6 feet, while salmon fishing the central Sound. At the time I thought it was a really large dogfish, but now I wonder if it was a soupfin.

Did you launch from West Seattle? Does anyone know if the gate is still closed until 6am? Are people driving around it?

Agree with the advice on drop shot hooks. I switched last summer after a bad streak with primarily resident coho and saw immediate improvement with my landing ratio.

Like Smalma said, looks like a yellowtail. I have come across a couple schools of them over the past few years. I have also been catching pollock the past few years which is nice to see.

Over 1000 a day in A9. Roughly 300 a day in A10. Crazy. Well above historical catch per day. I wish that WDFW would also post CPUE when it reports on catch per day. Are we seeing such high daily catch totals because of increased success or increased effort? Maybe a bit of both? WDFW...

1,000 per day in A9 would be over 3 times the average catch per day for the most recent 5 years. I supported the idea of what WDFW was trying to accomplish with aligning Areas 7, 9, 10, and 11 to be open for chinook on the same days to try and alleviate pressure on any one marine area...

lol I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm really not.

Ok I see the point you are making now. I looked back and you are right, 2023 had a default of Thurs-Saturday for the second half of July, whereas 2024 is 3 days then default close. I think your first sentence threw me off as I misread your post as saying 3 days total for the year.

Hasn't this been the general season structure for MA9 for a few years now? I don't think your first sentence accurately describes the regulations Dime.

I don't use downriggers very often anymore, but mine all have braid. I find it is easier to maintain/repair/replace; thinner diameter so I can use lighter balls; and it eliminates the annoying cable hum that you get with wire. As far as I am aware the only thing I lose with braid is the...

The people with fishing rods were likely after salmon. I believe most piers are open for salmon year round. The ropes were attached to crab pots.

I've always just done roughly 2-2.5 times the flasher length. Avoids me having to remember specific numbers. With an 8" flasher that will put you right around chucker's suggestion.

Nice fish. I don't keep records, but my impression from watching the creel numbers is 11 wasn't doing as well as last year. Good to see some being caught.

It will be interesting to see what happens with these new Lake Washington species. Not just shad but northern pike as well. The attempts to control them seem doomed to fail. My big questions with the shad are to what extent they will eat daphnia vs mysis shrimp (I'm assuming those are the...

They're still out there

I've done well with the saltwater gulp sandworms. I don't know that they are cheaper than any of the options above, but they are very convenient.

My fish Chowder died off Pt. D. So sad.

Me too! Participating in these made me realize many times in the past I had been out on the Sound with baby steelhead swimming by which I had been oblivious to.