#447815 - 08/11/08 09:56 AM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: AP a.k.a. Kaiser D]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 06/22/01
Posts: 194
Loc: Bellingham
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Due to two little kids at home and a now busy schedule i was unable to fish again this weekend, but i can relay a report from a couple of friends.
They fished saturday and reported the following: Eagle bluff...no fish Pt. Lawerance...no fish Indian village....saw one fish caught
With this rain we had over the weekend i suspect this next week/weekend we'll see a marked improvement.
chumsalmon
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#448553 - 08/17/08 02:59 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Speyguy]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 07/25/06
Posts: 471
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Does anyone fish for silvers in there and how so? Thanks.
I was out at indian village this weekend. About 15 boats fishing, didn't mark any fish, didn't see any caught! I don't think there is a fish in area 7!
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#449132 - 08/21/08 02:14 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Thrasher]
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Smolt
Registered: 04/01/07
Posts: 88
Loc: Bellevue/Whidbey Island
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Now that area 9 is closed for kings was wondering if anyone had any reports from Eastern Bank?
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#449146 - 08/21/08 03:52 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: AP a.k.a. Kaiser D]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 07/25/06
Posts: 471
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Does anyone fish for silvers in Hales passage?
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#449175 - 08/21/08 08:02 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Waterboy]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 01/05/03
Posts: 239
Loc: Des Moines, Wa
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I have and when it's good it's usually from Labor day on through Sept. But, it's been pretty poor the last few years after 2 or 3 years of being really good. I don't have much hope that we'll have the hot fishing of 3 or 4 years ago. I plan on getting out there this Sat to see how it's going. Just because you see them jumping doesn't mean you can get them to bite.
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#449176 - 08/21/08 08:27 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Salmon Leader]
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Hippie
Registered: 01/31/02
Posts: 4533
Loc: B'ham
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Just because you see them jumping doesn't mean you can get them to bite. Ain't that the truth.
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#449183 - 08/21/08 10:39 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: AP a.k.a. Kaiser D]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 07/25/06
Posts: 471
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So how did you fish for them? Trolling shallow with bucktails or coho killer spoons? Or was it a herring thing shallow? Did you use flashers? What depths?
It has always been my opinion if you see them jumping then those are the ones that aren't biting!
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#449568 - 08/25/08 12:20 AM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Waterboy]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 07/09/01
Posts: 277
Loc: Bellingham
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Best method appears to be gillnets....I've watched em pick nice fish in 15ft of water right on the shore. Most of the fish I've caught were jigging/mooching in close to shore or where it drops to 50 ft....The small resident/young fish can be thick in the masses of eelgrass/crap that can be everywhere when the tide's right, gulping crab larvae on the surface......Tiny flies/4wt and can be hot, though I've seen thousands of feeding pods that just laughed at me...Many people, especially the older crowd, downriggers down the middle of channel from Pt. Migley to the Buoy near Portage...Usually too much eelgrass/crap to troll/ or even fish in shallow...The boat finally has 2 downriggers, and I plan to spend more time this year trolling that shelf out in the middle....Sandy point/oil dock used to be as hot as any coho fishing, but I've been fishless up here for more than a few years....for that matter, I was salmonless in area 7 all last year(no ling either), and finally caught a nice blackmouth on the last day of the season @ Pt lawrence, and a seal got it and showed it to me, before leaving with the flasher....I called that my $2000 fish, as I had 6 empty gallons of 2-stroke oil in the garage from the year and did the math. I did way more than try.
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#449797 - 08/26/08 07:40 PM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Speyguy]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 01/05/03
Posts: 239
Loc: Des Moines, Wa
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I've had days in Hales Pass where a shrimp fly was deadly. I have had other days where a green/glow hoochie was the ticket. Keeping an eye on the crab and shrimp as feed is key. Once you finally catch one (that you can keep) check out what they are eating. I haven't pulled too many from Hales Pass that weren't feeding on small shrimp and crab larvae in the eel grass mess. But, we've had a few off years in a row now so it's hard to say what it's going to be like.
I remember a day when I was using my downriggers in 15 feet of water and down 8 feet using a shrimp fly in front of the ship wreck. Couldn't keep them off of it. Others were casting with no luck. In fact, I was having the same luck until I got a wild hair and decided it was insane to see all of the fish jumping (splashing the boat) and not catching anything. That's when the old shrimp fly came out.
I fished Hales this past Sat around mid day. No luck but only fished a couple of hours. Saw one jumper. Water was starting to clear up after all the hard rains.
Edited by Salmon Leader (08/26/08 07:44 PM)
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Fishing isn't a hobby.....it's a....well.....hmmmmm......an illness. I now fish Area 11, give me a PM to fish.
Steve
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#449861 - 08/27/08 11:11 AM
Re: Area 7 Report....
[Re: Thrasher]
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Parr
Registered: 10/17/07
Posts: 69
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Fished Hales Pass for about an hour on Saturday after getting frustrated with Samish Bay. We were throwing buzz bombs into shore at Hales. A friend and his boy caught one small one. I repeat, very small...but, it was a friends kids first fish of any kind to ever reel in. Tell me this kid wasn't happy. Thraher that's great!!!! Man that Lil' Guy is a future Super Star!!!
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