B10 and Pacific Salmon - 2005

B~C · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:44 pm Post subject:

HEY! don't go a blamin me for hogging the fish, that Coop's Cruiser boat passed me one day HEAVILY loaded down, he's the guilty one

TyBoo · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject:

B~C - you better can the upriver fishing and go for one or two more ocean shots. Tomorrow is forecast 4' at 17 seconds. You won't catch no fish, but it could be the best ocean of the summer. Time's good too, out at 7:00 and back in about 1:00

B~C · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:

wowzer, that sounds nice, Ima saving my gas budget for Sequim, catch some for us

TyBoo · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject:

Now that's a bunch of hooey, B~C. You'll use less gas towing to the coast and fishing the mighty Pacific than you would have used towing to and cruising from Kalama to Beacon Rock, yet you were wanting to do that. I think you are becoming trailerphobic.

Just joshing. Don't blame you a bit.

Now then, next year are we going to give them halibut a try? I think we're ready. Tuna is still a couple years out for me, but I think some fish-n-chips would be worth a shot. I bet we can talk old Greybeard into it.

B~C · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

Halibut might be fun, if'n I was running out the Columbia for tuna I think I would want either a bigger boat, or, a faster boat. Anyhoots, it's looking like my Ilwaco fishing days are going to severely limited in the future. It's a pretty sure bet that I'll be bunking in Ketchikan for the next bunch of summers and driving somebody elses boat.

TyBoo · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:

Well, I believe this was my first time ever getting skunked in the ocean. Unless you want to count the two times we got hung up on crab pot lines as catching something. Left the rigging with one of them. I told the DFW fish checker that was all we caught, and he said there shouldn't have been any pots outside because the ocean is closed for crab. Wish I had known that, and I would have got my rigging back at the expense of the guy's rope, if necessary.

The water was nice. It was surprisingly choppy for the first couple hours, but was flat by the time we headed in just before high tide.

I think next summer I'll just go to Ketchikan and bum a ride with B~C on the Red Fox.

B~C · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject:

did you see many folks out and about? durn fish shouldn't be hiding like that

TyBoo · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject:

The boat is on the trailer. That's it, we're going to Sequim.

Uncle Ritchie - I sent you a PM a long time ago, but it is still in the Outbox. Hey, that's OK - a lot of people don't do PMs. Anyhow, this is what it says:

B~C · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:

I hope there is a bunch of fish down here. I hope this isn't just the start of a downward trend, kind of a goofy year, no smelt, salmon fishing was spotty....HEY, lets go up to Sequim and catch a bunch of salmon to fill up the freezer

UncleRichie · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject:

Hi Mike,
Only caught three fish at bouy 10 this year but only went down twice and the first time I was way early. Hope to make the Sequim thing this year. Wife is gone on trip so have lots of free time.