Can someone tell me what its like getting to the Johns river from westport? Fished both but i have never made the trip from WP. Ill be there friday in a 16' tiderunner with a 115 yamaha fourstroke.

Real time lunch-hour report from the checker at 28th Street Landing.... 0 fish for 8 boats! And man is it coming down out there.

Isn't the high tide around 3 o'clock?
The top of the flood and first of the ebb is when I've done the best. So I believe the fish will show late in the day.

must have just missed you FPN i got there just about one oclock .. hung around for a half hr or so and she checked 3 fish while i was there.. probbly about another 8 boats or so ..

shoemaker,
It's about a ten minute run. Just follow the marker out toward "13" and head toward "15" once you clear the shallow spit.
maptech
Then just stay in the channel until you decide you're at a fishy spot.
Good luck!!!

Shoemaker It can get a little wet going back to Westport as you are typically headed into or slightly quartering the wind waves going back that way. Like stated the channel is well marked. Fog can beach your plans without radar also. Just something to consider. Most navigation programs however will have the channel clearly identified for you. So -

When I saw Fpn's lunch time report I was going to respond that the 8 boats with no fish were most likely 8 boats full of people who don't know how to fish Grays Harbor....but I got busy. Then I got a call from someone who does know how to fish down there, Slabquest, and he got a 25# slab after fishing out of John's River only 10 minutes. Mike Kelly, the guide who used to call himself Hell's Anglers until the Hell's Angels sued him, was there and limited as well.
Slabhunter wins the knowledge award for today as he pointed out that high tide was this afternoon and thus the morning was not as good. The high tide timing is critical.

So Fpn, no doom and gloom at John's River after all.

No gloom and doom intended Grandpa, just passing on the real-time info as it was unfolding. Thought some folks might appreciate it. Will refrain from such in the future.

How was the weather today? Did it get pretty choppy with the wind? Thanks

We launched at 1230 and the checker at Johns Rv ramp had 0 fish for 10 boats, could not believe these guys were leaving. We got out and hit two fish in the first hour but only got one and it was small, although so was the one we lost.

The fish we got were in pretty shalllow water 10 and 16 ft. Were the bigger fish deeper?

When we cam in around 5 PM, the count was closer to a fish per boat and getting better as a few boats had two and three fish. Guy next to us had two Kings, ah, limit was one and one silver.

The weather was not bad, very wet at times, but not to many white caps.
NEN

Thanks for the report.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

fishNphysician,
Keep on reporting the real time stats. Ever since the transfer of chinook for coho allocation, I've been thinking "doom and gloom" also. A phrase from my military days comes to mind. "Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best."

NEN,
Thanks for the report!!!

We went to 28th Street yesterday morning. Never fished that particular area before, so it was something new. Put in about 8AM, & on the first let-out, before it got all the way out, something was funny. Put the engage lever on & 2 cranks, the bottom started jerking. 20 seconds later the mainline broke. The guy's rod it was on was a little light & the mainline was also light, but he wanted to try it. Do not know if the mainline had a spot in it or the knot was not properly tied.

Did not get a bump the rest of the day. However at about 11:30 after tide change near the concrete docks upstream of the airport, there was a bite on. Saw a 22#er caught, & a larger one lost. It started thunder & lightning & a cloudburst about 2:30 & many of us headed for the barn.

Did not ask the checker the status, as it was RAINING, but the boat behind us had 2.

There was a guy selling (fresh herring) at the dock in the morning. However if you want ones without bloodshot eyes & gill covers, you might look elsewhere.

Talked to a salesman at Sunbirds this afternoon & he says with the river raised a couple of feet, the Chinook are already over Rainbow Falls near PeEll.

More reports from Grays Harbor show that fishing for those who know how is great.

Would like to learn the ropes fishing Grays Harbor or John River so if anybody has an open seat or I can take my boat please E-mail me

Messed up the last one so hear it is again, I would like to learn how to fish Johns River or the Grays Harbor area so if anybody has an open seat or would go in my boat please let me know.

Slabhunter and NEN, thanks for your help on this fishery. It worked. We fished hard from daylight until 1:30 before hitting our first fish an 37 lbr. I then lost a 35 and we ended with two more silvers. Fished friday and hit a 12 lb silver a 34lb king and a 25lb king. Missed a couple missed a couple more.

I am positive we fished next to the Campion with the merc on the back. My buddy fished yesturday and hit 2 12lb silvers and 2 20lb kings. GO gettem fellas.

Thanks again.

Just looking for any more current reports on the John's???? Planning to fish this weekend. Thanks!!!

ttt-

Any reports?

Heading out tomorrow morning 3am.