Well, at least gas is coming down to $4 in the Bellingham area. Can't think of any other news up in the San Juans. Stick to crabbing in the Area 7 north I guess.

A 37 pounder was weighed into our derby this morning.

Very nice! Been hearing of more and more larger ones coming thru. I need to hear of one in my boat soon however!!!!

37 from where?

Have heard that the kings are getting netted like crazy at PT Roberts. I have done really well this time of year trolling cut plug herring there. If I was not working all weekend I be there fishing for sure.

rumor is it was caught at Pt. Caution

bham bay showed me a little coho love today

Did that drop old Chuck Payne into third?

Chuck Payne?

Roger that.

Soooooo...

I'm gonna go out tomorrow AM.
Can't really do the full-day deal, just a couple hours around tide change.

I'm really achin' for a take-down here, "almost" don't care what flavor...

Best bets as I see it:

- Indian Village
- Thompson/Parker
- Hale Passage hohos
- Limekiln/Pile/Eagle

Penny for your thoughts...fresh 'down-low' / recommendations / advice welcome.

EDIT - NIce fish Thrasher...care to share the what/where/when?
I can't really tell from the background what area that is in B-Bay.

today, niiiiiice

pt. williams?

jig or troll?

A true beauty Corey! Did you get a weight on that thing? Low to mid 20's? I took my parents down to the shallow water with the bug rods tonight. Dead. I have fish repellant on me lately. I think you gave me motivation for tomorrow though. Send me an e-mail if you have an location help for me.

-Kaiser D.

No, not pt williams. Looks like indian village.

Awsome....Hey, didn't you say you officially hate indian village......I went out Sat, and trolled around Pt Willams with a bunch of other people....didn't see anything....Fish checker checked a few nice coho from Hales and a chinook(maybe your's) from somewhere around indian village...Still fishless....Tom

Coho, the pic was taken at bham Bay

King, the pic was taken at the village.

I can't really say that I like the Village. A blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

Hey, are you going out this week?...I've got this entire week off,sort of, then busy. While rinsing the boat off on Sat, noticed that the "bandaid" weld on the lower unit(91 Yamaha 130) has recracked.....possibly have a line on a used lower unit to finally replace it(will know tomorrow). It's been increasingly difficult to get anyone to go out with(during the week), and will shamefully ask if you need someone in the boat, let me know, as I'll happily pay for gas/whatever....thinking this coming week is the week we've all been waiting for. I've been planning my trips out this summer to coencide with the crab openings, to justify the gas, but those pics make me care little about the crab....Tom (360)969-0711

Fished Indian Village either side of low slack yesterday afternoon, along with 25 or so other boats.

Not a scratch for us, no bent rods or flying nets witnessed elsewhere.
Did mark some fish around the beach rocks, on consecutive passes.

Kinda starting to, um, "dislike" The Village...

I wasn't going to go out yesterday but after walking around Boulevard Park in the morning and watching the gill netters slay fish just off the shore, I decided to go. The gill netters were pulling up some kings and some big silvers all along the bank of Bellingham Bay.

Purse seiners were down south a little, just north of Larrabee park but we didn't see them pull much. Went over to Indian Village and Secret Harbor but didn't touch anything. Went to Hales Pass and saw a couple of small jumpers. Had one fish hit a spoon right after it hit the water but, other than that, nada. Got some crab out at Eliza.