Winter Blackmouth Hot!!

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Cutty Sark

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Just thought I'd throw a heads up to the fellow fisherman in the puget sound area. The blackmouth fishing has been phenomenal the past couple days :thup . I went out yesterday and we were limited within 30 minutes of getting our lines wet. Left everett at about 7:30 and was back by 9:45 and on the trailer. I have heard from some other fishing buddies that most people are coming in with fish, get out there while it's hot. I got my fish on the bar 90 ish feet down, plugs and a coho killer both worked.

Sark
 
Thanks for the report Sark, keep 'em coming !!! Any word on "The Race Track" ? I like fishing it because the sides of the ridge have less snaggables, ie rocks, to grab my ball.
 
Haven't heard specifics for the race track, but have heard that elger bay or onamac kicked out a very large fish last week, Something like 19 lbs :shock: thats a big blackmouth. Also that area 8.1 and 8.2 were having good sucess too overall and Langley has been good. I've never snagged bottom on the bar. The reason I chose that spot is it just opened last thursday or firday and hasn't seen as much traffic. Either way it supposedly has been good for lots of people. I'm going to try to head out monday or tuesday after work.

Sark
 
Black mouth are kings that don't go to the ocean. They just hang a round the sound and feed all winter. It started a planted fishery years ago. many clubs around the sound still raise blackmouth. Puget sound anglers is one of them. If they keep the kings in the rearing pens long enough then they will not head out to the ocean. Theres more to it then that but I would have to go look up the details.
 
c-dancer":3xlayt5y said:
Sark, how bout some pics?
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Peter - will this one I caught today suffice?

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Caught at Possession on a green splatter back hootcie behind a large green hot-spot flasher in about 110' of water.
 
Peter,
I didn't take any pics, and cleaned them right when we got home. They were not anything real special. mine was about 25inches, and my buddies about 23. When I catch something a little better I might post a pic. By the way Roger, what size was you're fish you got hard to tell from the pic but he looks chunky?

Sark
 
Sark,

He was only 24" and change but he was a nice fat "football" shape. I'm guessing he was close to 6lbs. Had one fillet for dinner last night, fed 4 with another portion left over.
 
Nice :thup . It was hard to tell in the photo but did look chunky. Nothing wrong with a fish that size either. I was pretty happy with the fish we caught the other day, after all it is blackmouth fishing and I've had plenty of days going home empty handed, especially when I first took it up. I think there are alot of cookie cutter fish out there. In november, I caught numerous fish that were just undersized on the bar, I'm sure alot of those are just legal now or an inch or three above.

Sark
 
I'm planning on going out too, not sure yet whether it will be saturday or sunday. I guess whichever day looks better weather wise. Keep an eye out. Or tune in to 68.

Sark
 
Hey - if either of you two wind up going out this weekend and have an open seat - give me a PM. My boat's in the shop and will be there for probably another 2 weeks.
 
Fishing is still not bad out there. Hit the bar again, with Starcraft Tom, and my buddy John. Today was a little tougher . We ended up taking home two fish, and tossed back some legals on top of it. Forgot to bring an accurate measuring device, so we didn't take any chances with just legal fish. Also hoping for something bigger. Some guys from our fishing club were out too and had similar luck. Coho killers produced the most fish. Lots of cookie cutters out there that are right between 20-23 inches. Nice weather today, and also saw the Miss Mirth leaving everett. Good Day on the water!!

Sark
 
I did pretty good the first and second day of the Black Mouth opener in Port Angeles. The first fish was pretty typical for the winter hole. The second day produced a little nicer fish. If interested, photos are the last two in my fishing album.

Jon
 
Nice fish, I wouldn't complain about that for a first blackie of the season! Nice photo album by the way , you have some great fish in there, really nice hali's.

Anyway, Tom took me out this weekend since my boat is being serviced. A rough day out there fish wise for both of us, I'm on my last spot on this card and couldn't seem to get a legal fish to the boat. We fished the bar again, caught one I thought was legal, but only ended up being 21-3/4 inches. Just shy of legal, then had another nice fish on, my reel starts screaming halfway through the fight, and just keeps going, and going, and going. Damn seals :evil: saw him pop his head up away's back and then felt the fish come unpinned. My coho killer was straightened out by him. Bent my lure back into shape, and we ended up moving to Columbia beach, put my line down and not a minute later.... fish on, looked real good, Tom netted the fish and damn if it wasn't wild. Nice fish too. Called it a day since Tom had some things to work on. Not a bad day on the water. Could have been doing yardwork I guess. :wink:

Sark
 
p.s.a has a berby for members and there guest this coming saturday. weight in is at 3pm at edmonds in front of the sling. Tickets are twenty and can be picked up that morning at the sling early. The winning fish last year was 10 lbs and earned about $750 all money goes into prizes. If you cant fish it stop by and say hi and check out the club. I will be there.
 
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