105 Westport tuna!

Wow what a great weekend of fishing!

A special  thanks  and congratulations to team defiance for leading us to the fish and for winning the ilwaco derby  in the process with a 10 fish weight of 258.9 pounds and the big fish of the derby a 39.15 pound monster. Way to go guys!

Mike L, Eric C, Steve E, Brad M, and I headed to Westport with as much ice as we could haul and it was a good thing we did!

The water was flat calm and the fish were on the bite both Saturday and Sunday

On Saturday we had a very good start to the morning, the fishing died in the afternoon, but we were still able to end the day with 45 fish in the box

On Sunday the fishing was even better. The bite was  good  most of the day but the morning and evening bites were definitely the best. We ended the day with an even 60 fish in the boat and a total of 105 for the weekend

We caught  most of our fish on live bait but we also had success trolling x-raps , cedar plugs and casting swim baits

It looks like it is going to be a great Summer!

 

Westport tuna July 21 & 22

We had a five man crew at Westport   July 21^st  and 22^nd

The overall weather  and water condition were good but the bar was a bit bumpy on Sunday

We fished hard and were rewarded with nice batches of tuna both Saturday and Sunday

x-raps were working best for us on the troll but live bait accounted for most of our fish.

 

 



Neah Bay kings July 14th & 15th

Chuck G, Cory B, Don C and myself fished Neah bay this weekend

Although the fishing in the straights and along the shore line has slowed, we  were able to find some great salmon fishing off shore on the Canadian  side this weekend

Saturday  was very foggy which made for a slow run out in the morning but the fog burned off in the afternoon and the overall  weather was very nice.

On Sunday we had some very large swells  combined with some strong currents which made for some very rough conditions at times

The salmon fishing was smoking hot for us this weekend we caught lots and lots of salmon. The king bite was very good in the mornings till around 1OAM and again in the evenings and the silver fishing was smoking hot  throughout the whole day. There were tons of fish out there this weekend, we could see the salmon cursing on the surface all  day.

We had lots of doubles , many triples and even a few quads, At times the fishing could not have got any faster.

We had our best results trolling  spoons and bucktails in the top 70 feet of water.

The limit  at Neah bay dropped to one king per day as of today but I expect both the king and silver fishing will continue to be very good for the next few weeks.

 

Neah bay kings, lings, & halibut july 7 & 8

We had a four man crew at Neah bay this weekend July 7 & 8,  2012.

 I was joined by my dad Chuck G, Greg M, and Joe D.

The overall weather and water conditions were good this weekend. Overcast in the mornings , sunny in the afternoons and not much wind.

we spent our weekend fishing the Canadian side and had great results, limits of salmon, lings, and halibut both days.

The reports were that the salmon fishing was good both near the beach and off shore but  we spent all of our time off shore

We had fast action on mid grade kings and silvers  and did hear of a few hogs being caught. The biggest king I heard of  was 42 pounds.

Our ling fishing was not as fast as our salmon fishing but still good and we were able to find a few really big ones.

The halibut fishing was better than I had expected with steady action on midsized fish with a couple bigger ones mixed in.

I expect  the  great fishing  at Neah bay  to just keep  getting better as the season progresses.

 

 



ilwaco halibut,salmon & bottom fish

Ben , Neil, Bill and I fished Ilwaco Saturday 6-30-12 and Sunday 7-1-12

When we pulled into the parking lot Saturday morning the wind was howling and the rain was coming down but by the time we headed out both the wind and rain had died off.

We ended up having great weather both days. Calm seas and very little rain.

On Saturday we spent the first half of our day fishing halibut  the overall fishing was slow but we stuck with it and were able to grind out  limits of good sized halibut.

The second half of the day was spent chasing salmon. The salmon fishing was a bit on the slow side but we were able to finish the day with our four kings and three hatchery silvers.

Sunday morning we were back after the salmon. There was a good morning bite but it died around  10 am so we headed for sea bass . we were able to catch quick limits of very large sea bass.

These were some of the biggest black rock fish I had ever seen and we managed to get a few lings and Cabazon in the process.

The word on the dock was that a few guys had been running for tuna but were only finding a few for their efforts. It should not be long till we start hearing some larger numbers of tuna being  caught.