A couple of points of elaboration to my earlier post-- and a reply to another. First, seacat69, I TRIED moving, and tried moving and tried moving. I must have been on the largest school of dogfish... I fished just west of the area 9 boundary near PT, and doggies were everywhere I tried for several hours... from the 3/4 mile boundary to maybe five or six miles out. It was find a rip, lose a leader. I did see a silver (or salmon anyway) jump and have a decent fish flash at the Bomber near the boat. Also had some small foot long silvers follow to the boat.

That Truax trick seems familiar; but the way we did back then was with a big Kelp Kutter or Abe and Al right in the prop wash. Then we ran plug cuts off to the side.

For the beach fishing question-- quite a bit is done in this area. Right now silvers are being caught off Ediz Hook according to reports and a few fish of decent size just at the line on Pt. Wilson. When area 9 opens, Ft. Flagler, Pt. Wilson, Fort Casey, Bush Point, Lagoon Point, and the Foulweather Bluff area all offer fairly good beach opportunities. I'm sure there are other spots out there, but those are where I've seen fishermen catch fish. Perhaps later this week I'll head back out to the rips and revisit the flasher and spoon business.