Took 5 kids to Neah Bay for a spring break fishing trip. Stayed Thursday night at Curley's in Sekiu then launched from Neah Bay and motored out to Duncan Rock. The currents were ripping and every time I got a jig down to the bottom it immediately got snagged. Three of the five boys were also feeling a little sick so we ambled back inside and ended up off the Northwest tip of Wadda island. I still was trying jigs and getting snagged so I switched to an 8 ounce kidney sinker, double hooks, and a whole herring. From that point on it was great action as long as the drift put you over the rocks that jut out from shore.
We caught a little of everything, 3 kinds of rock fish, a wolf eel, a cabazon, and so on, all in about 50 feet of water. Later on we accidently ended up in 95 feet of water (still off the same rocks) and there found a ling cod hole and came away with 3 legals and 5 released. This was not a slam dunk session, but the hook ups were often enough to keep everyone interested. The lady at the resort thought it strange that we could catch fish using herring 'cause that was salmon bait and bottom fish were supposed to be caught on those colored plastic things. Oh well.

Day 2 found us at La Push. Four of my crew opted to build forts on the beach, so with one mate only I went out the river and into the blue. Up around Cake Rock we went and ended up at Carrol Island about 5 miles up the coast from La Push. At this place if you did not have a hook-up in 5 minutes something was wrong with your gear. I had a Lamiglass with braided line.....a sensitive set-up.....and I could feel them start munching on the bait almost as soon as it got to the bottom. We caught 3 monster cabezon 15-20 pounds and several black rockfish. The fish at Carrol Island all seemed to be a size bigger than the Neah Bay fish. Could it be due to the 4 total boats at La Push compared to 40+ boats at Neah Bay???

It was fun to be at both La Push and Neah Bay in the spring and not have to put up with that stinkin fog!!!!