Mike, Jim, Sky:

I experienced a couple hot rods both sockeye days - the same two rods both weekends. Six fish last week. Eight fish yesterday. All fourteen hit the same two rods out of four deployed. These two rods had different dodgers and leader lengths (one a prism dodger with a 16" leader to a 6/0 red owner, the other a hammered dodger with an 11" leader, same hook). Yesterday those rods were on the electric riggers (thankfully) which each had pop gear on the dr ball, but last week the hottest rod was on the manual rigger, which had nothing extra on the ball. The two rods are spooled with different test and color line, and I just can not put my finger on why those rods would be hotter.

My report: launched Friday night and spent the night with the wife (no kids) in Andrews Bay. Spectacular evening! Picked up the kids and a friend at the dock at 6, fishing S end of MI, by Rainier Beach by 6:30. Trolled for an hour with no hits, then the bite turned on at 7:30. Steady action with only one lost fish. We should have lost at least two others, with tangled lines, a fishing line in the dr spool, and a couple of elaborate ballets to weave fish through three other lines. Ended up with eight fish for five anglers by 9:30 when it slowed down a bit. The kids got bored, so we cranked them up and went tubing and swimming.

Talked to a few others who had zero fish. It seems like either you have the sockeye dialed in or you DON'T.