Fished for 3 hours today (a long time on the beach for me) and had a great time chasing SRCs. It was windy, very very windy, but when i was out there it was also sunny so it was nice and pleasant.
I started the day throwing a little tube fly i tied up yesterday and quickly had about 4 fish on 5 or 6 casts. Well seeing that there were a lot of fish around i put on a popper and started to have some fun. I turned a lot of fish, had some very agressive grabs, including fish knocking the fly up into the air, and leaping and trying to land on the fly and swamp it. Lots of fish to fish this way But you dont get the same amount of fish to hand so i switched back to an olive/white clouser and nailed a few more.
I think i ended up with 15-20 to hand. I very productive little excursion.
I'll be back at it tomorrow with a friend so hopefully we;ll get some good pics
-david

FYI--- there are lots of smaller cuts out on the salt right now. fish in the 6-10" range and they are very fragile. Please use small hooks and make sure they are barbless. I was using a #6 and #8 today.

15 - 20 cutiies landed sounds like you went to the beach on a good day, what were the tides you fished, I usually fish out going but never much experimented with the others. I use to not be a barbless guy but my buddy sure turned me on to it when I saw how easy it is to get the hook out without damaging the fish.

it was low and incoming. most spots will hold fish throughout the tide changes but they will move from one side of a point to the other, or switch sides of a gravel bar.

MAs 5-13 are required barbless for all species these days.

Sounds like you had a great outing. Wow, that day you had a rather low tide. I am trying to learn the timing on these fish. Did you fish closer to the low, middle, or high stage of the incoming? I spoke with you at the store on Monday. Remember, looking for an Islander?

VS

VS- yes i do remember.

i fished the first 2 hours of the incoming at that particular spot. I think it was about slack or a little outgoing when i got there. All places will hold fish throughout the tides. I dont think they move a lot, but depending on the slope/shape of the beach they will shift for a different tide... I go regardless of tide and fish where i think they should be. There is no magic tide for the beaches and SRCs. it all depends on the spot.

Thanks,

I think I might go try fishing this afternoon someplace. It is an outgoing tide, so we will see. Might just run to Kitsap Memorial.

we went for about an hour today. saw a few roll on my poppers and that was it. Couldnt get the hook to stick
the algea bloom is tough.

Went to Kitsap Memorial at about 7PM. Got one hooked, but it got away. The water was pretty murky at the lower tide swing, probably because the surf picks up a bunch of sand that is lower below the rocks and oyster beds. How do these cutties do when the water gets murky like that?

was it muddy water or an algea bloom? the fish will usually stick to the clean water side of muddy/churned up water, but in an algea bloom i am not too sure. We found a few in the bloom yesterday but i rarely find fish in the muddy stuff... I always fish that edge though, especially if there is a current.