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Swede Heaven. Where every meal includes some form of fermented fish and IKEA furnishes all houses for free.

Something to think about. Especially if foul hooked. I’ve had foul hooked chum effectively fight my spot locked trolling motor on occasion. Use a leader material you can easily break off if getting pulled around a bit is a concern at all there.

I never hunted them but friends from MT back in college in Missoula used to turn them into tacos a lot. They said it was the best way to eat them because the seasoning covers the overwhelming sage taste :). Or they were college students that just wanted a reason to eat tacos with their...

You definitely need a bigger bag for that net! All good though, I did not intend to keep salmon. We threw every trick we know at those fish though. Staging salmon 🤷‍♂️. Got some SRC too. I went back out and got some more today. No monsters but happy to be fishing them again. There is a shit ton...

Always bittersweet to put up the coho gear for the year but gotta love the vibe of fall combo chum/SRC trips and winter SRC fishing.

This fly appeals to me a lot and some version of it will be in my saltwater SRC box this fall and winter.

The shape does look very kokaneeesque but that heavy silver pigmentation and spotting on the tail looks very chinookie. I don’t have a lot of experience with bright Kokanee. Is that a trait you are likely to see with them?

Better delete this post @Billy before they close that lake due to too many chinook encounters :).

I fish both boats and shore a lot and can see both sides of this. Granted, my viewpoint is built off my experience fishing Puget Sound where shore access is limited and shrinking by the hour it seems. I personally would always, 100% of the time, cede my position on a boat to a public access...

Go Whale!

I use 30 lb braid. If the hook eye is big enough you can double up the braid to make it a bit stiffer and stronger. I usually use size 1 Gamakatsu Octopus hooks. Don’t think the color matters IMO.

That’s a wrap! Finished off my 2026 MA 9 season yesterday. Unfortunately, work obligations will keep me off the water the last three days of the season. What a year it was though. I spent a lot of days on the water. Some full days, some short outings before and after work. Lots of fish were...

I’ve had these for about 8 months now. Have not rinsed them once. I think I paid like 25 bucks at Sportsman’s. I will say I only use them on the boat and not beach fishing where things tend to get more immersed in saltwater and covered in sand and grit. For the beach, I usually have a small...

Another great day yesterday. Had a gear buddy onboard so mainly jigged but one was fly caught. Another amazing day once the switch flipped and the bite turned on. Saturday was more consistently good over a longer period of time but Sunday was bananas in a shorter window. Both days resulted in...

Hit the Sound with @Kfish and @mtskibum today. Let’s just say it was memorable. We all caught fish on flies. Lou put in the time and was rewarded more than us in that department. The jig bite was maybe the best I have ever experienced though. A day I’ll remember for sure…

3-4 this morning. All landed fish were about the same size. Two unclipped and one clipped that came home with me.

i have been messing around with my retrieve a bit over the years and feel I have gotten more consistent cast and retrieve hookups the last couple of years. Whether it’s just the fish I have had the opportunity to fish over, or the retrieve…or both, who knows. The biggest change I have made is to...

I don’t know for sure but I think we are running a little slower in the dark. Definitely get started fishing earlier but not sure the early start is 1:1 to additional fishing time. I could be wrong. I do have a good freezer for fish but I only took 4 home yesterday (one bag). I have fish from...

@Tallguy, @SilverFly, @jonTheFisherman and I went out for tuna with @Nick Clayton yesterday on the boat he’s running this year. The Reel Electric with Mutineer Charters. It started early with @jonTheFisherman banging around stoves and pans at 3:30 am in the campsite to make coffee. Followed by...

Weekend wrap-up. Fished Friday and went 5-7. Saturday nada on the fly but did well with the jig from the boat in a short but hot jig bite. Today, 3-3 fishing a few hours in the rain this morning. Lots of wild fish and cookie cutter 3-4 lbr’s this weekend with very few nice fish landed on the...