Does anybody have an idea as to how early I should be a the Coulon boat ramp? This is my first sockeye season and I have been told that it is akin to combat at the boat docks...

Any ideas?

Leave NOW...I'm not kidding.

DOGOFF!

Note that no body else has responded. They are already in line at the launch...

DOGOFF!

Or you could wait till the morning rush is gone and lauch in the afternoon....just go in with some patience and you'll be fine.

I live with in a stones throw of the Newport ramp and there's already trailers parked in the black berry bushes. Lake Wa Blvd will look like rush hour soon after midnight. If you plan to launch here in the morning, park at a park n ride and catch a bus down here or something cause parking's gonna be a long walk.

If it was me and I had not launched yet, I would sleep in, show up about 10am, launch, fish and catch limit, kick back in the sun on the boat with a beer or two, then come in.

I hope everyone going out tomorrow has a great time. Me, I am headed for La Push in the morning so I can't make this one.

If you plan on having a place to park, I would be there by 3:30am. And that may be pushing it.