Hey Brian - do you know if great white sharks ever come into PS to dine on pinnipeds? I'm guessing killer whales are the primary critter that keeps PS seals and sea lions on edge.
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Hey Brian - do you know if great white sharks ever come into PS to dine on pinnipeds? I'm guessing killer whales are the primary critter that keeps PS seals and sea lions on edge.
Bob,
I know they frequent the coast on occasion but I’m not sure if there are any confirmed sightings of GW sharks within the sound. They’d definitely would not starve there if present.
SF
Semper_Fly
Steelhead
Made the last minute decision this morning to head down south. Hit a beach that I've been to twice this year in MA-13. Tides started moving a little later than I like but the long haul paid off. Started fishing before 11 and stopped around 1:30.
16-17 to net with a handful of long distance releases. Wind was just tolerable when I started but picked up pretty heavy when I left. The wind was the only reason I headed home.
Golden Retriever pattern was the fly of choice all morning.
16-17 to net with a handful of long distance releases. Wind was just tolerable when I started but picked up pretty heavy when I left. The wind was the only reason I headed home.
Golden Retriever pattern was the fly of choice all morning.
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Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
GWS have been known to come into P/S for decades, and 1 was sighted and hooked off Tacoma Narows bridge back around 2008-2011ish by a fisherman trolling for Salmon.
It attacked the dodger if I remember right as it was brought up to check it, lots of articles about it back then.
Solid fishing this morning on @jasmillo boat. Water quality was muck at most places but we found them at the usual spots, could have been better had we have some better tides.
Found some chum fry around, small schools. Same maddening game of whack-a-mole with those rezzies
we found it’s more productive to sit in the middle and let them come to us.
Nevertheless we had two doubles, not bad!
Jason’s so-called “fry pattern” caught the biggest fish of the day, well I’ll be damn!
Saw a big eagle feasting on a carcass, we think it’s a small deer or coyote?
Found some chum fry around, small schools. Same maddening game of whack-a-mole with those rezzies
we found it’s more productive to sit in the middle and let them come to us.Nevertheless we had two doubles, not bad!
Jason’s so-called “fry pattern” caught the biggest fish of the day, well I’ll be damn!
Saw a big eagle feasting on a carcass, we think it’s a small deer or coyote?
Edmonds net pen coho were happy and jumping around today.
SF
SF
Solid fishing this morning on @jasmillo boat. Water quality was muck at most places but we found them at the usual spots, could have been better had we have some better tides.
Found some chum fry around, small schools. Same maddening game of whack-a-mole with those rezzies
Nevertheless we had two doubles, not bad!
Jason’s so-called “fry pattern” caught the biggest fish of the day, well I’ll be damn!
Saw a big eagle feasting on a carcass, we think it’s a small deer or coyote?
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It ‘twas a good morning. Drove through snow on the way to the launch. Played icebreaker with the Whaler in a couple spots. First time out in 5 weeks due to a minor knee mishap and a great vacation. Some chunky SRC to hand and some kamikaze rezzies as well, blitzing the first chum fry of the season. No monsters but some solid fish. SRC preferred the shrimp and rezzies the chum fry.
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
Great pic of the fry!Solid fishing this morning on @jasmillo boat. Water quality was muck at most places but we found them at the usual spots, could have been better had we have some better tides.
Found some chum fry around, small schools. Same maddening game of whack-a-mole with those rezzies
Nevertheless we had two doubles, not bad!
Jason’s so-called “fry pattern” caught the biggest fish of the day, well I’ll be damn!
Saw a big eagle feasting on a carcass, we think it’s a small deer or coyote?
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A few from yesterday. Hard to tell from the pic but those are chum fry in a nearby creek.
SF
SF
Wet, windy day. Some fry activity, but not much. Only fish pic I took today.
SF
SF
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I visited two very different south sound beaches this morning. Both were choked with chum fry such that the SRC at beach 1 and the rezzies at beach 2 would barely acknowledge a fly, despite being more numerous that I’ve ever seen. I threw clousers, shrimp, and even a reverse spider at them but should have stuck with the smallest and sparsest thunder creek minnow in my box, which is the only fly that put a fish in the net. Regardless, an amazing experience with no regrets.
Anyone have good tips for when the fish are so keyed in on the real thing that you can’t buy a grab?
Anyone have good tips for when the fish are so keyed in on the real thing that you can’t buy a grab?
Water was pretty colored up from the flooding in Edmonds today on my walk. Lots of crap in the water as well.
The coho net pen is looking in sad shape. It looks like it got beat up by waves pretty good. Lots of folks out sailing today and one individual who couldn’t figure out parking.
SF
The coho net pen is looking in sad shape. It looks like it got beat up by waves pretty good. Lots of folks out sailing today and one individual who couldn’t figure out parking.
SF
Funny you should mention that. I’ve cast into multiple pods of fish crushing fry the past two weeks and have gotten rejected many times. I feel like my patterns are good enough to catch fish but not good enough to have great days. I’m not sure if mine are too thick, too long etc but the naturals either have a color or movement that my flies don’t.
I have noticed that when the fry first outmigrate, the fish aren’t that picky. The longer the fry are present, the more picky the fish seem to get.
I got seven fish yesterday on this pattern which is 2” long. I got nothing blind casting. I only got fish casting to pods. Though I got fish, it just never seemed to be exactly what they wanted compared to the naturals.
SF
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Semper_Fly
Steelhead
That might be the Possession Point Regatta. My partner is racing in that on a TP52 (currently in 1st) which means tomorrow is my turn to get a pass. Packing the cooler tonight.
Took the boat out today with @jasmillo slower today compared to last weekend oddly enough. Did not see an increased amt of chum fry compared to last, maybe the snow melt pushed a lot of them out already?
Same game of rejections again and again despite flies thrown in the middle of the pods which is very frustrating but fun at the same time.
A cutt puked up few of these fry on my boat. We had to take out at noon’ish before the tide dropped too low and we would run out of ramp. Jason got a rezzie right on the buzzer, with his last cast.
Same game of rejections again and again despite flies thrown in the middle of the pods which is very frustrating but fun at the same time.
A cutt puked up few of these fry on my boat. We had to take out at noon’ish before the tide dropped too low and we would run out of ramp. Jason got a rezzie right on the buzzer, with his last cast.