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#182291 - 01/18/03 09:46 PM Elliott Bay Report
Easy Limits Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
Fished the bay this morning. Boated about two dozen under sized blackmouth. Out of the two dozen fish a few were close to 22" and fat. No fish over 22" though. frown I did not see any keeper blackmouth taken either.

I think my black box worked pretty well too, all things considered! smile
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#182292 - 01/18/03 10:34 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
Downriggin Offline
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Registered: 02/28/02
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Loc: Marine Area 13
Easy,

What did you set the box at? .680?

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#182293 - 01/18/03 10:41 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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River Nutrients

Registered: 05/06/01
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Loc: Nisqually
Ya, my BB was floating between .670 and .680. I was hitting fish every 5-10 minutes. I landed as many fish as another boat with three fisherman. :p
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#182294 - 01/18/03 10:56 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 02/13/02
Posts: 233
Loc: Los Angeles
Dont flogg me for the question but what exactly does a black box do? thanks


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#182295 - 01/18/03 11:04 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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River Nutrients

Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
Check out information on the Black Box . Read the on line user manual at the bottom of the page. Very interesting reading.
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#182296 - 01/18/03 11:13 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
Asteiger Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 02/13/02
Posts: 233
Loc: Los Angeles
hm thanks Easy that makes sense seems like a pretty good idea. Thanks for the help!

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#182297 - 01/19/03 12:37 AM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 01/21/02
Posts: 842
Loc: Satsop
Hey Easy, gave Elliot Bay a try myself today and had about the same results as you, I caught and released 11 shakers, including several 21 inchers, and lost a nice one first thing in the morning while trying to get out of the way of a ferry eek . My buddy caught only 4 shakers himself, but that's because he persisted in using an old non-luminous plug until I finally forced a coho killer on him in the afternoon rolleyes We fished off the launch in the AM and West Point in the PM. I did see one boat net and keep a fish right in front of the launch (while we were getting more beathead
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#182298 - 01/19/03 01:27 AM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 09/23/02
Posts: 1188
Loc: Monroe, Washington
Try turning the BB down to 620 or 600. You won't get as many shakers, but your chances of a bigger fish are greater. I run mine clear down to 530 for Kings and have caught 7-10 lb blackmouth with that setting. Give it a try and see if it doesn't work for you. I found this out by turning it on and not setting it. I checked it later when we were catching bigger blackmouth than anyone on Hat Island a couple of years ago. Small fish like the higher numbers.
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#182299 - 01/20/03 12:45 AM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 05/06/01
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Loc: Nisqually
Fished Elliott Bay this morning with Juggernaut in his boat. Pretty slow for the most part. Jugger did manage to get three shakers. Me, nothing. Can you believe it? beathead

The fish counter guy at the launch had recorded 4 keepers for 29 fisherman. sleep
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#182300 - 01/20/03 11:42 AM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 11/20/01
Posts: 391
Loc: Auburn
Fished the bay yesterday from 8-4 Kept one about 28.5 and released two others just over legal.Lots of shakers.managedto lose 2 fish that we are pretty sure were leagal.I think the final count when I pulled out yesterday was 10 fish for 42 boats and no birds wink Can't wait for summer!
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#182301 - 01/20/03 12:16 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Loc: Nisqually
Is that 28.5 inches or pounds?

I gotta start fishing for some of those birds. They are severely underfished. laugh
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#182302 - 01/20/03 01:28 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 11/20/01
Posts: 391
Loc: Auburn
Come on now Carl :p It was inches. Looked like he needed abit more to eat. Weighed bout 8 lbs.
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#182303 - 01/20/03 01:39 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
An 8lb blackmouth is very respectable. Wish I could get me one of them after I sort through the little guys. thumbs
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#182304 - 01/20/03 04:21 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Alevin

Registered: 02/07/00
Posts: 17
Put in at Armeni launch Sunday morning about 7:15 and noticed over a dozen boats hanging around the launch until 7:30 when a air horn went off and all of the boats split at a fast rate of speed, to the south end of the bay. Went the other direction to fish and was wondering if a club was putting on an informal derby or something to that effect?? Anyone know what was going on? Thanks.

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#182305 - 01/20/03 04:36 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
tdickenson Offline
Juvenile at Sea

Registered: 01/20/03
Posts: 189
Loc: Seattle, WA
The horn was for the annual Tengu Derby. I think this is the 57th annual, mooching only derby. It runs on consecutive Sunday's from daybreak to 11 am. I went out Sunday for the first time and got skunked (along with most participants). Out of 60 participants, there were two fish caught, 6 and 9 lbs. I hope to be out Sunday for my second try (and the last day of this derby).

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#182306 - 01/21/03 05:14 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Alevin

Registered: 02/07/00
Posts: 17
Thanks for the response tdickenson.

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#182307 - 01/21/03 06:09 PM Re: Elliott Bay Report
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Registered: 02/28/02
Posts: 1189
Loc: Marine Area 13
One of the reasons I like to set the BB at .680 when fishing 150'-170' is because the reading at that depth is more around the .600 mark at the ball. If fishing is slow, I'll turn on pulse mode which will jump me up to .720-.740.
So it may appear that I run a hotter than normal wire, but in all actuality, I'm not.

Downriggin'
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