Steve.....We are heading down Friday again to Westport to see if we can break the drought. I check out dock 17 when in the neighborhood but haven't caught you there yet. We have a house in Westport so we stay there..over by the airport. Maybe we'll run into each other down there and you can come visit. Last time out I got the only fish near the beach....in 30ft. It was a nice fish at about 23#. Fun getting a big one in shallow water while holding the rod for a change. I'm gunning for that 62# fish...Looks like the water will flatten out for us..Sounds like you snuck out before the coast guard could turn you around...there is alot of politics going on with the Grays Harbor Coast Guard....shutting down sports fishing when it is really not warranted...we only got 4 hours of fishing in for 3 days last time out couple weekends ago. At 3am you ran the risk of running into one of those million crab pots out on the bar..pretty gutsy.