Greg Price
Steelhead
Fished afternoon yesterday in site of Narrows bridge. Rained entire time. Not one bite and saw no jumpers. Just good to be on peaceful waters. Always amazes me how the grey waters match the gray skies
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speedbird
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Plan A was to fish Cutthroat, Chum, and Coho on the Stilly, but last nights rain blew it out. I misread the weather forecast and went down to a few well known South Sound beaches hoping to do Cutthroat on the moving tide and Chum at low tide. Unfortunately the wind made casting almost impossible, and I did not see a single staging Chum. I gave the Cutthroat an honest shot but the wind, lack of fish rising/jumping, and finally the group of 5 sea lions across the shoreline made me throw in the towel
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Rainforest Gump
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North Sound Orca Sighting this morning. hopefully transients looking for some tasty harbor seals!
one for the files on the new site, 6 years ago this was.....
Today didn't start off super great
Took a few hours but an incredible tow company was able to get me out. Zero damage to the boat, few minor bruises to the truck but nothing major. Very stressful situation considering my boat was with me and I had out of state clients meeting me at the launch, but overall it could have been a LOT worse.
Even briefly talked to @Stonedfish as he drove by on his way to fish.
In the end though, managed to salvage the trip. Met my clients at 10 rather than 730. Turned out to be a beautiful day. Sunny and surprisingly warm. Wind was annoying at times but nothing too terrible. We even caught some fish.
One of the longest, most stressful days I can ever remember.
Took a few hours but an incredible tow company was able to get me out. Zero damage to the boat, few minor bruises to the truck but nothing major. Very stressful situation considering my boat was with me and I had out of state clients meeting me at the launch, but overall it could have been a LOT worse.
Even briefly talked to @Stonedfish as he drove by on his way to fish.
In the end though, managed to salvage the trip. Met my clients at 10 rather than 730. Turned out to be a beautiful day. Sunny and surprisingly warm. Wind was annoying at times but nothing too terrible. We even caught some fish.
One of the longest, most stressful days I can ever remember.
Glad to hear things turned out OK for you!
Look at this guy. Gets a fancy new boat and thinks he can launch it wherever he wants.
Glad everyone from you to the rig to the clients ended up whole and on the water!
I’ve never driven in the snow while towing a boat. Not even sure how to go about correcting that once it starts? Glad everyone/everything made it out well.
Man - glad you weren't hurt. Personally, if I'd been your client, I would have understood "reschedule". You da man!
Ya ordinarily I would have cancelled/rescheduled, but these guys had driven up from Oregon the night before and stayed in a hotel in the area. They got in around 7 and emailed me that they had arrived. I asked about snow and they said there wasn't really any. Then maybe 2 hours later they emailed again and said it was snowing fairly hard and there was maybe a half inch or so.
I knew it was coming down in places between my house and the launch, but by this point it was late and I didn't want to just cancel after they came all the way up and spent money on a room and stuff. When I woke I was surprised to find that we didn't get any snow here at my place so went for it. Stated seeing snow maybe 10 miles from my house but nothing I was worried about. As I headed south there was more and more, but it wasn't icy, raining in some areas even, and the road gave me zero problems so I pressed on. It wasn't until I got down closer to Belfair on highway 3 that the roads got bad. Even then I never had any issues. I left plenty early so I just went slow and was confident it was going to work out. Then suddenly out of nowhere just started sliding and couldn't stop it. Going slow totally saved me. No doubt had I been going faster I could have really damaged my truck and worse yet the boat.
I was mostly concerned that someone else might also slide and hit my boat as I waited for the tow truck as the boat was right on the side of the road where I had slid. That was stressful. I was blown away at how fast people were going through there, especially considering my truck and boat sitting there with flashers on, clearly demonstrating that sliding was possible. A handful of semis/big trucks coming by gave me some pucker factor as I waited.
In hindsight I should have just cancelled the trip, I just felt bad given the circumstances. Luckily this sort of situation doesn't happen often, but it was definitely an experience I'll learn from and handle better if it comes up again. In the end it worked out but it could have been so much worse....a thought that hasn't left my mind since it happened.
I'm not sure where you slid off but Gorst to Belfair: I can't beleive the traffic, then N Shore road? I'm glad that in the end it worked out. We had our second blast of snow earlier this week, lots of fender benders. I think people forget about winter driving techniques and the "slow down" rule.
Yikes, Nick! Glad you and your boat are ok.
I, for one, am not at all surprised that you still took your clients out after that, even though you must have been shaken up. You're a 110% guy if I ever met one, and still my favorite guide ever. So jeez - be careful out there!!
speedbird
Life of the Party
Glad you are safe and that the boat is unharmed!
I’m going to go out on a limb and say you’re actually not the best if you let a bunch of your birthday balloons litter the sound.
