I saw lots of sealife as well. Had a very unnerving experience saturday. If I hadn't seen it up close I never would have believed it. My downrigger went off saturday morning just after getting it in the water. I was out by the whistler in 110 feet of water, fishing at about 30 feet. The pole didn't go off, just the downrigger. Cable tore out of that thing like lightning. When it came to the end of the 150 feet the end rose up out of the depths and a porpoise had it and was taking off across the top of the water with it. The stern of the boat skidded like a car drifts a corner on a dirt road then the barrel swivel on the cannonball snubber parted. Couldn't believe it. Never heard of a porpoise grabbing a cannonball. Had to go back in and go to town to get another cannonball. Sounds like the chinook are starting to show up. They were catching a lot of fish between the lighthouse and depot bay. Might be about time to start fishing behind the south jetty.
