Out of Everett

tom&shan · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 316 Photos: Dakota

Well we moved our boat down to Everett from Anacortes and are now ready to start exploring and doing some fishing.

Like to go out this Saturday - any recomendations for favorite fishing spots near Everett and what's biting.

Thanks,

Tom

chromer · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:

monitor www.gamefishin.com - the first forum there. You can get a sense of whats going on in Puget Sound.

others to monitor:
www.salmonuniversity.com
www.seattetimes.com (Thursday outdoor report)

starcrafttom · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject:

Tom, the pinks are starting to thin out and the silvers are just showing up. a PSA Coho derby last weekend weighed in 143 silvers. That was for 412 tickets sold. very few boats got more then one fish. top the top 10 fish were from 12 to 10 lbs. Me and Rich from work hit the silvers on tuesday. we got a 5 and a 8 lber. It should pick up each day from here until next month then taper off. We got our fish on UV flashers and spoons, both coho killers and sonic edge. troll about 2.5 to 3 mph 80 to 40 ft down in deep water. troll with the tide. Hope this helps. I will be gone this weekend but back next week call me if you can get out during the wek for morning.

rogerbum · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject:

For fishing out of Everett there's a number of choices
1) You can go up the snohomish and fish the river
2) You can fish either the N side of Gedney(Hat) Island. There's a shelf referred to as the "race track" that runs N/S from there to the bottom of Camano island. It's a good spot in the winter for chinook but will hold fish all year.
3) The S end of Gedney/Hat island has a large shelf that comes off of it. Fish seem to stage there prior to going up the Snohomish and it's one of my more favorite spots in that area. Fish it from where it is between 60-180' deep on the S -SE corner.
4) The "bait box" is a nice 3 sided rectangular indentation on the E side of the the South end of Whidbey Island. It's always worth an hour of so of effort.
5) Possession bar on the S end of Whidbey can also be quite good.
6) Kyak point can also be good as can the area in front of the "Shipwreck" south of there (on the east side - the metal boat wrecked on the beach).

As was suggested monitor the gamefishin site for regular reports. Don't bother to look in the "reports" section of the site. Most of the reports happen in the "Let's talk fishing" forum.

Pat Anderson · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject:

We will be out on Daydream on Saturday afternoon - launching at Everett, we have a friend with a buoy off Camano Island, somewhere between Camano Yacht Club and Madrona Beach, where we will spend the night. Will have crab pot and fishing rod!

starcrafttom · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject:

crab is closed and has been since the first. check the rags

Pat Anderson · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

May the toadies from WDFW rot in Hell. Birch Bay, area 7N, is still open, hope it is still open the following week when we will be up there. We will have to get all our crab with a Canadian license just across the line in Boundary Bay I guess...

Pat Anderson · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

OK, Tom - so crabbing is closed in 8-1, going to be there anyway so maybe I will drown a worm or something. What can I catch and keep fish-wise around the north end of Camano Island? The book says (as far as I can tell) that for salmon I can keep any salmon, either wild or hatchery, except no Chinook or pink, no minimum size, limit 2, until the end of this month. The WDFW web site does not seem to have any emergency rules that change this, although I have no confidence in that conclusion. I saw a news release that they evaluated opening pinks but I did not see any decision on that. Looks like I can keep 1 rockfish, 2 cabezon (NO idea what a cabezon looks like, there is no description in the book), and a bunch of perch up to a total of 15 bottom fish. Then next questions, what is a good place to fish and are there any fish there now?

dotnmarty · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

If I recall correctly, if it's ugly and caught on the bottom, it's a Cabezon. See, I can contribute. OK, what's next?

starcrafttom · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

pat, right now is a good time to get into silvers. troll the east side of the island between camino and hat. troll down 40 to 100 ft on the wire in 200 plus of water. just a flasher and a spoon at 2.5 mph should do it. You can keep up to four salmon. two coho and two pinks in 8-2 (which is the area iam talking about) two silvers in 8-1 but no pinks. if your up on the north end of the island troll the area north of the boat ramp out in the middle. hope you catch something.

Grumpy · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject:

Pat,
With advice that that for free, you just might have competition out there 'cos that's right in my back yard and I know all the fish personally...

Merv

Pat Anderson · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

Well, change of plans...don't look for us on the water this weekend. Crying or Very sad

starcrafttom · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:

what happened pat, fish scare you off?

gljjr · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

Bummer Pat!

BTW: Here is the best site with picture of a Cabezon I could find. http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=scorpaenichthys_marmoratus

Cabbys are a very tasty bottom fish that frequent simlar places as Ling Cod. They are a member of the sculpin family

rogerbum · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

The few cabezon I've caught I didn't much care for. The meat was too tough and a bit fishier that cod. I just throw 'em back now.