Boat Positioning for SRC

[Skagittarius]

Late to this thread but now is prime time. In a boat during normal wind/tide conditions my preference was to drift downwind on the shoreline and use my bow mount trolling motor to maintain distance to shore and position the boat so that bow and stern anglers could effectively cast to shore (like within a foot). There are times when you want to anchor up and hang out (creeks, points, structure, bait - the usual). The best SRC fishing I ever had was in late October in a north Hood canal bay in my Steelheader pontoon boat in a storm. It was crazy. I was kicking full speed with my scuba fins and oars against 2ft waves and hooking into hogs. When the weather gets ugly those big fish come out to feed.

 

[Buzzy]

Cool video. I have often thought to try to drift with the tide in my pontoon boat, casting and kicking while drifting to a takeout. Put in with a buddy, spot a rig at a take out, like floating a river. Have never seen it yet. I have a couple ideas where to do this, since the tide only flows a direction for 6 hrs. and of course you would not want get caught in a storm. I think you could at least drift/cover a mile or more of beach during the 6hr tide, avoiding private property and not have to deal with a boat and all the work that comes with it. Strategic access points would be crucial. May be more safety concerns than worth the effort, but could really be productive.

I drifted the incoming tide along the shoreline of the Port Washington Narrows through slack and back to my launch site on the ebb in an old 8-foot pram. I got skunked but I did catch some nice SRC along "part of" that shoreline when I was wading over a flat.

 

[Mossback]

Those fish are long gone, North Hood Canal Bays are no longer worth the effort to target this time of year, stay home and save the ferry fees and bridge closures. I haven't seen any of the 6 pound Cutts for years now, you're lucky to even catch 4 pounders any more, especially late in the year, mostly gone.

 

[Skagittarius]

Those fish are long gone, North Hood Canal Bays are no longer worth the effort to target this time of year, stay home and save the ferry fees and bridge closures. I haven't seen any of the 6 pound Cutts for years now, you're lucky to even catch 4 pounders any more, especially late in the year, mostly gone.

And disregard that cloudy water line 10-20 feet from shore. Nothing to see here.

 

[Mossback]

Yeah, not worth a trip anymore.
Used to just row my boat a couple hundred feet from the house, catch hogs, go home and have lunch, but no more.
All private property anyways, and those folks shoot at ya if ya set foot on the tidelands.
No 6 pound cutt is worth getting shot over.

Gotta go now...the shots are getting closer and puttin' the fish down.