Neah Bay Halibut and bottom fish

Mike  L, Eric C, Mike M  and I fished Neah bay last week. The overall  bottom fishing was very good we were able to catch some very nice halibut. The salmon fishing still seemed very slow but there were some very nice hatchery kings taken by a few that put the time and effort in . The overall weather was  good most of the week. The wind did kick up a bit at times but the swells remained small.

We had our best results using a combination of jigs and bait for the halibut while jigs and grubs were working best for the lingcod and rock fish.
It would be nice to get a few more days of deep water fishing in at Neah bay  before the main salmon season opens but we will have to wait and see if they reopen it.

 

 

 

Westport halibut & lings

We had a 3 man crew at Westport on Sunday the fishing was very good it did not take us long to catch our limits of halibut and lingcod. The day started off with good weather but the wind came up in the afternoon which made for a long bumpy ride back in.

 

 

 

 

 

Neah bay halibut & lingcod

We had a four man crew up at neah bay last week, Chuck G, Andy M, Peate K, and myself.

The overall bottom fishing was good. We had a mix of both slow and hot fishing but over all I was very happy with our results.
The salmon fishing was very slow so we did not put much effert in to it, but there were a few nice hatchery kings caught by A few that put their time in.



 



 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Westport halibut and lings

We had a four man crew at Westport on Sunday.

i was joined by Mike L, Eric C, and Rocky

The weather was great and so was the fishing.

It was sunny, warm and flat calm all day, the weather could not have got any better!
We were able to catch easy limits of midgrade halibut and limits of very nice lings
We did  well on both bait and jigs on Sunday,  but the jigs seemed to be working  a little better.

 

 

 

 

Neah Bay Lings

We had a four man crew at Neah bay this weekend. I was joined by wade B,  John L, and Josh S

We had a wide range of fishing conditions this weekend we saw everything from flat calm, no wind, no current, no drift and hoping for any type of movement, to very windy, currents ripping and the water so churned up we couldn’t keep the boat straight.

The overall fishing was good  we caught lots of lingcod this weekend and a few really  nice ones but I would have liked to see a little bigger average size. The rock fish were tough to find this weekend but when we found them the fishing was hot for nice sized bass.

 

 

 

 

 

Neah bays lings & rock fish

Scott P, Andy M, Adam, Art and I fished  Neah bay Saturday 4-20-13 and
Sunday 4-21-13 Our overall fishing condition were good, overcast skies  a cool 10-15 knot breeze from the north west with 2- 3 foot wind waves and a 6 to 8 foot swells. The overall fishing was also good. We were able to catch limits of nice  lings and rock fish but we had to work a bit harder than I expected to get them.

 

Coastal Steelhead

Matt and I fished one of the small coastal streams on Saturday 3/30/13

The water conditions were low and clear and the weather was sunny and bright

The overall fishing was good we landed 8 steelhead and several cutthroat

We had our best results on jig and bobber but we also caught a couple fish on drift gear