Went to Westport fishing last week. I would avoid Islander Charters. The fishing was good but the captain and crew were horrible! We had 3 deckhands on the boat and two of them were young teenage boys. None of the deckhands could distinguish a humpy from a coho. My party of four was fishing in the bow of the boat and at least 3 times we had to go to the back of the boat and grab a net and net our own fish because a decky was nowhere to be found. Thank god I had my own leaders because people who didn't have their gear spent 15 - 20 minutes out of the water waiting for help from the deckhands. Then the captain would just sit there with his own rod and fish and not even try to help any of his clients with fish and tackle problems, what a joke! I can't remember the name of the boat, but Islander Charters only has two of them....just stay away. Sounds like next time it's the Ms. Magoo.

Hint: When the boat is in a dead mooching drift pay attention to what way the current is going. The fish will actually pick up the scent trail from the charter and follow it to the boat and the first rods on the down current side were always catching the most fish.

Bobber Down

"Keep your hooks sharp!"

[ 07-19-2001: Message edited by: Bobber Down ]