La Push Salmon 7-28-13

We fished out of La Push july 28^th and 29^th   The overall weather was good.  It was a bit bumpy on the ride out Sunday morning but Monday was flat calm.

The overall fishing was very good we had very fast action on silvers and pinks  but had to work a bit for the kings
The silvers and pinks were thick in the top two hundred feet and our best king action was coming at 250 feet  down
The pinks and silvers seemed to be hitting  everything we tried, while hoochies seem to be working best for the bigger kings.
On Monday we also made a quick stop by the rocks on the way in and were able to pick up quick limits of rock fish and a hand full of lings.

 

 

 

Neah Bay Kings, Silvers, & Pinks

I fished out of Neah Bay  july 20 &21 on board the  knuckle buster  (21 foot parker ) with my friends Rob S and Brian S.

The overall weather and water conditions were very good. Over cast and cool with a slight breeze most of the weekend.

The off shore salmon fishing was very good both days. On Saturday we had quick action on silvers and pinks but had to work hard for our kings.

On Sunday  the kings were biting much better for us, we  had hot action for kings, silvers and pinks. We had our  best king fishing  at 225 feet on the riggers but we also caught a few nice kings on the surface rods. The silvers and pinks were thick in the top 75 feet of water and were hitting almost everything. We caught our kings on a combination of herring , bucktails and hoochies with most of

our bigger fish caught on the hoochies.

 

 

 

 

 

Westport tuna and salmon

On Saturday 7-13- 13  I jumped on  board  Happy daze with Dave J, Andy M, and Jim for my first tuna trip of the year.

The overall conditions were good but the wind did kick up a bit in the after noon

The tuna fishing was very good we caught 43 tuna and the average size was very nice also. We were able to catch some fish on clones, spreader bars,  x raps, and swim baits but most of our fish were caught on live bait.

On Sunday I switched gears and went salmon fishing on the Relentless with Mark A , Jacob A, Dave B and Cory B.

The overall salmon fishing was good but not great. The kings were much easier for us  to find then the silvers but we worked  hard at it and were able to  came back  in with our limits of both  kings and hatchery silvers.

We did our best on a combination of herring and buck tails trolled in the top 100 feet  in  140 to 180 feet of water The morning and evening bites seemed to be the best with the middle of the day a bit on the slow side.

 

 

 

 

 

Neah bay salmon and bottom fish

I fished the Canadian side out of Neah  bay july 6 and 7^th with my dad Chuck G, and friends Jason A, and Darryl B.
Although the water was very rough on Saturday morning the overall fishing was very good. we had fast action on a combination of kings, silvers and pinks. Most of our fish were caught near the surface but we also caught a bunch around 150 feet on the riggers. Our salmon were caught on herring, hoochies and buck tails
The bottom fishing was also very good we were able to catch nice batches of lings and halibut right in the same area we were getting our salmon.

Easy limits of ilwaco salmon

Ed T, Jason A, Terry Q, and i fished ilwaco june 23, 24 the over all salmon fishing was very good we caught easy limits of mid sized kings and silvers both days. We had lots of doubles some triples and even a quad. we had our best luck in 50 feet of water a few miles north of the river. Red lead and cut plug herring were working best for us.

Ilwaco salmon

I fished ilwaco with Mike L, Eric C , and Rob S on june 15, and 16th the over all salmon fish was a bit on the slow side but there was a very good king  bite saturday night. We fished hard and were able to get a nice batch of fish but we had to work for most of the fish we caught.
Our best fishing was just north of the river in 30 to 50 feet of water trolling red lead and cut plug herring