Little F:

Last summer when area 9 (Whidbey)opened on August 1st, it was good from the first cast all the way through the middle September before I left the beaches and concentrated on the rivers. I remember the last week of August and the first week of September being the hottest off of the beach.

This year area 9 opens on July 1. The fishery will probably be mostly a c&r fishery for the nooks early on, but I plan on walking the beaches around mid-July to see if I can fool an early migrating coho.

Good Luck and hope to see everyone out there. cool

BD
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"It makes no sense to regulate salmon habitat on land while allowing thousands of yards of gill nets to be stretched across salmon habitat in the water"

John Carlson, Gubernatorial Contender, Sept. 2000 speech at the Ballard Locks