You guys are full of information! Thank you! I am going through all the information provided and clicking on links, so I am a little inundated with info at the time. I am also compiling a list of terminal gear I think I will try to find here before I go. I am lucky enough to have a cabellas about 45 minutes away from me, so I think a trip is mandatory at this point. As recommended in an earlier post, it sounds like some places right on the water might be sold out when I am there, so I will get several things here as well.

Keep this in mind, I want to catch as many fish as possible. Big or small. I Am on vacation, so I have all week to play around and do different things. I want to catch as many and as many different kinds of fish as I can. Baitfish, "trash fish", small fish... anything is fun to me. Actually the fishing is what I like. If I catch anything, that is just a bonus. I would rather catch several small to avg fish than 1 big one. I have never caught a salmon, so I am thrilled to be able to catch pinks - since that seems to me the fish mentioned the most to me and the likely fish I will catch, but not the quarry many of you go after! That is perfectly fine with me. If I get anything else - great! If not - so be it.

Thanks again, and keep the information coming! You all have me super pumped about this trip.

Doing research on marinas to stay at, and the route up. Deception pass sounds really neat, but also makes me nervous. Should I be? What about in a bigger boat? I will not be familiar with the area, and I know rocks and fiberglass do not get along. I do not want to risk anything, but if it is a matter of having to take your time, making logical choices and just a little extra care, I am game. Having to take my time and also have to be perfect in speed, drift, timing of tides and boat position in relation to currents, that risk does not sound worth it to me. Any advise from those who have navigated through there? Is it worth it? Or am I possibly worried needlessly?