Got back from Neah Bay Friday night after a four day trip there. Did well on lings and rock cod. Pounded our way out to the coordinates given to us at Big Salmon for Swiftsure on wed. All we got were big true cod before we headed back to tatoosh for lings and black rockfish. After talking to people moored next to us we found out we were 5 miles north of where they were catching halibut. Went out again friday morning and limited in a couple of hours. Lots of fish being boated. The charters were fishing the halibut area S.W. of Cape Flattery.

Jeff Dodd, to your question of the tide swings. We used to fish Partrich bank south of Smith Island alot and never had much problem holding contact with the bottom and we used to fish 180ft down. If the tide became a problem we would use the motor to back into the current and stay on bottom. You had to watch the tide change on those big swings though. Have seen it go from flat to 8 - 10 ft breaking swells. Not really a problem as long as you were careful. Never really caught too many halibut there either but then we were after rockcod. Eastern bank or Hein Bank would probably be better for halibut. Knew some guys that would use their downriggers to get their setups to the bottom.