Newport this weekend

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stevej

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Weather forecast is looking good so have myself thinking that a trip to Newport for Salmon and Tuna is on the venue for Friday through Sunday.

John, Caty, Fishtales, Ray any of you heading over?

stevej
 
Affirmative! I'm hauling the boat to work Friday to stop off for fuel on the way home and don't know if we'll head over Friday evening or odarkthirty Saturday.

Friday will tell me if the truck's ready to tow or not :-)

Caty
 
Caty, near shore halibut is still open hope the truck is fixed for good this time. Think I will head over Thursday and fish Friday through Sunday.

If the ocean is nice enough I may run out for tuna in the mornings and do the salmon thing in the afternoon. Sounds like the salmon fishing is pretty good right now but I fear that the tuna are going to be 50 miles out....

Too many Newports Roy and Lucy, good luck with the tuna let us know if you get into any

stevej
 
There's a good south wind predicted for Thursday and Friday so hopefully that will push the warm water back in for Tuna on Saturday. If the forecast holds for Saturday I'll be fishing from somewhere. Not sure what port but definately for coho and Tuna if they aren't 50 miles out.
 
Steve...thanks for the report! Really want to head over there and not sure if would go on Friday night or early Saturday.

Will try and check these posts later in the week.

Hope to see some of you out there!

John
 
I have plans for Friday evening and Saturday-Sunday but I may be on the coast to help a friend do some maintenance on his boat earlier in the week. I may bum a ride out. If I do I'll send a report.
 
Hi Gang,

So what is open? Have gone out of Newport 1 time last year and 2 times this year so still learning. Talked with a Fish & Game person about Tuna...sounds exciting

- Tuna I assume...any suggestions on lures/bait?
- Halibut...how far? Just 40 fathoms or all depths for Th, Fr & Sa?
- Salmon...what kind? ...any suggestions on lures/bait?

Weather is looking good for Saturday...perhaps light winds...maybe. Cross your fingers.

Thanks,

John
 
I'll try to have us geared up for a triathafishon. We've never fished for tuna, so this should be a hoot! Taking the binocs to look for possible tunactivity. I've heard you can barely get salmon gear in the water...will take herring as well as hoochies. Someone at work was in the estuary in Astoria and caught what ODFW identified as jack smelt which he says look like they would be great bait for halibut and is going to share some...can't wait!!

Caty
 
johnf":fz5lmxbk said:
Hi Gang,

So what is open? Have gone out of Newport 1 time last year and 2 times this year so still learning. Talked with a Fish & Game person about Tuna...sounds exciting

- Tuna I assume...any suggestions on lures/bait?
- Halibut...how far? Just 40 fathoms or all depths for Th, Fr & Sa?
- Salmon...what kind? ...any suggestions on lures/bait?

Weather is looking good for Saturday...perhaps light winds...maybe. Cross your fingers.

Thanks,

John
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Halibut is open inside the 40 fathoms only for this weekend.

Coho is open as well. I would keep it simple and run a white hootchie on a mooching rig about 24" behind a large hotspot dodger (Clear with tape or red with prism tape). If you have downriggers put them down 10 to 15 feet. If not you will need a diver ahead of the dodger and put it out 15 or so pulls.

One word of caution regarding the regulations. The barbs have to be crimped really well when fishing for salmon. Also, and this is the biggie, if you have salmon on board and switch to a new species you must abide by the salmon rules. In other words if you get your salmon and then target halibut or bottom fish you must be using barbless hooks. They did this because some loosers would use barbs for salmon and then claim they were after lingcod when caught. NOw technically if you were going after tuna with salmon onboard you would be limited to one rod per person and no barbs but I seriously doubt any game warden will think your after salmon trolling 6-8knots with lures skimming the surface. I'd get my Tuna first anyways.

The Tuna have to be "processed" properly upon landing them or you will wind up with fish that is unedible and potentially dangerous to eat. You should brain spike them, bleed them and ice them down. Tuna fishing done right requires ice chests full of ice. I've yet to do it in my boat but plan on it soon. I don't think I'll be trying for high numbers.
 
WARNING WARNING!!!!!!

If you fish for albacore it will ruin you for any other type of fishing. All other types of fishing become just a warm-up for tuna. Good luck to all who go. There is a great tutorial at www.offshoreanglers.com if any help is needed.
I will be on the tuna grounds out of Eureka Ca thurs & Sat.

Gene
 
We had really good luck on coho last week with both the coho killer behind a green and white flasher on the rigger at 15 feet, and on a flasher and blue hootchie with an inch chunk of herring behind a diver. They seemed to fish about equal. The thing about the hoochie and herring is you are apt to pick up other species as well. If the sea state is as predicted I am going to try to find a chinook out there.
 
Thanks for the info...when talking with the Newport Fish & Game folks in the Newport office they were helping me understand the barbless hooks rule so we were planning on Tuna & Halibut first and saving Salmon for last.

I know I am crazy but it sounds like fun to say you fished for all three in a day...who know what we will catch. Weather is good for Saturday we are hoping.

Going to try some of the ideas you provided along with what the fish & game was offering...superb folks to talk with.

Can't wait to spot any of you out there!!!! :teeth

Safe Boating,

John
 
There's a bunch of boats that will be hunting Tuna Thursday and Friday. I'll try and post the general location that they are finding them. They are thinking the Tuna have moved out to about 50 miles but are hoping it's not true. We'll have to wait and see.
 
Not that I am an expert but from what I have been reading the "blue water" is 45 to 50 miles out. With that said two weeks ago we caught our first fish on Saturday 25 miles out on a 310 degree compass reading. The water was 60 degrees and green.
The chance of getting into a large school is better in the blue I believe.

Pack at least 1 bag of ice per tuna
My 120 quart cooler would not close with six fish and no ice (used my fish locker on the boat with ice) so with ice four fish in a 120 quart box?
We used ten bags of ice for 6 whole fish (did not gut) and did not use a slush tank. We also used very heavy rod and reels so the fight was pretty short and this keeps the fish temp down.

I think that the total ice count for two days of fishing and storing the filets from 12 tuna and two halibut for three days was something like 40 bags

Sherewater is moored in E5 and my camper will be in spot 180 stop by and say hello

Everyone be safe

stevej
 
YIPPEEE # 2....can't wait to go out of Newport on Saturday...hope to launch around 8 am or so. Hope some fish are left for us. Will have 4 in total on board.

See you out there, safe boating and good luck to all!

John
 
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