westport 8-13-11 & 8-14-11 kings lings tuna and more

I fished Westport on Saturday and Sunday august 13 and 14. The fishing was great!

I  could not have ask for better weather. Not to hot, not too cold and flat calm!

We had a five man crew both days. I was joined this weekend by Scott P,  Don C, Jason A, Matt S and Sean J.

We started off salmon fishing Saturday morning  and fishing was awesome! we had fast  action on  big kings

It was big king after big king  and we were a able to easily limit on them.

Next  it was on to lingcod.  The lings were really on the bite! we were able to jig up quick limits of nice lings in no time.

With time left in the day and flat water we pointed the boat south west and were on the hunt for  tuna.

It did not  take us long  to find a  nice  patch of 64 deg blue water  with jumping bait. we worked that area till we ran out of time and were able   to hook a dozen  tuna on a mix of swim baits, live bait and x-raps. The darker colors seemed to be working best.

On Sunday it was back after the salmon but with a new set of rules, only one  king.

Sunday's salmon fishing was much slower but still good. We were able to troll up our limits of both nice kings and silvers but unfortunately we did not have enough time left for tuna so we did a little recon on some new bottom fish holes. We found a massive school of yellow tail  that was so thick that we could not drop throw it without catching fish. the school was over.3 miles long . it was the biggest school of rock fish I have ever seen.

With 50 yellow tail in the the boat we were back after the lings. We scratch around a bit before we hit the right drift and limited with a good batch of lings.

My over all feel for this weekend was the king fishing was very good and there were some massive kings being caught.  Most of our salmon were caught in the top 60 feet on hoochies and  herring. The largest salmon that I herd of and was able to confirm  at the dock  was 49 pounds. Silver fishing was slow but there were a few hatchery silvers around if you were willing to work at it.

The bottom fishing was great and the tuna fishing was slow to ok. Can’t wait to hear about more of those big kings!

Westport Lings and Salmon 8-6-11 & 8-7-11

Mike L, Eric C, Rob S,  jason A ,and I fished Westport on Saturday 8-6-11 and Sunday 8-7-11

On Saturday there was a good salmon bite early with a nice mix of kings ,pinks, and silvers but by about 10 am the bite slowed and  the salmon fishing became tough. After a couple hours of slow salmon fishing we switched gears to bottom fishing.

The lingcod fishing was great! Lots of fish and plenty of big ones!

 On Sunday we were back after the salmon and the bite was off!

It was scratch fishing, with slow reports across the fleet. After a few hours of  slow salmon fishing we went back after the bottom fish.

The ling cod fishing was smoking hot!   Tons of fish and lots of big ones.  Our two biggest of the day were 30 & 32 pounds. After we limited on lings we headed back to the salmon grounds were we found a huge school of birds pounding the water and no one around. We dropped our gear in and it did not take long before we had doubles on. we were able to call  a few friends over and we enjoyed the good fishing for about 1 ½ hours. we  hooked some doubles and even one triple before the birds disappeared and the fishing slowed again.

The over all feel for this weekend was the salmon fishing was slow but there were some very nice fish being caught . The tuna reports were very slow and the bottom fishing was super hot.

Neah Bay salmon and lings 7-30-11 & 7-31-11

Lots of action at Neah bay this weekend!

We fished Neah bay Saturday and Sunday 7-30-11 and 7-31-11

The weather and fishing were great ,but we did have some strong tides to deal with.

We had  a five man crew  both Saturday and Sunday and  at times still did not seem to have enough hands to keep up with the fast  pace of the fishing.  We had our best results  on a mix of herring, hoochies, and  bucktails fished from top to bottom.

On Saturday we fished the US side and caught a mix bag of Silvers, kings, and Pinks, with the silvers accounting for most of our action.

The morning and evening bites were  very good, wide open with four and five fish on at the same  time while the mid-day bite was much slower but still good. 

Saturday night was alive! Birds everywhere, whales and tons of fish.

On Sunday morning we heading up to Canada where we found good action on an even mix of kings, silvers and pinks . We switched  gears  from salmon to bottom fish in the after noon and caught  limits of nice lings.

The overall fishing has been great this year. I can’t wait to get back out on the water !