I was out yesterday with Randy (sleddeeddeeder)

First fish was on in about 3 minutes, didn't even have time to put the third line in the water. Fish came quickly early, but slowed as the morning went on.

Randy said don't bring anything, I have everything on the boat, this was an understatement.

First thing we find he already has 6 crab pots out, we (read Fish Monger) pull all of them and re-bait before heading to Possession with 11 crabs.

Randy has top of the line gear, all of it set up just right for what he plans to do on that day, rods, reels, line, downriggers, terminal gear, everything is right. He also has a system in how he does things and it worked well.

I brought some stuff with me, but really didn't need to, about all I needed to bring was a coat. He even said, if you guys are hungry there's some stuff under the seat, I lift the seat and he has multiple packs of beef jerky in different flavors, drinks and other munchies, looked like a 2 week supply.

About the only thing we could have done differently to put more fish in the boat would have been to launch earlier to check the pots before the sun came up completely. The bite was red hot at day break and slowed as time slipped by, so we would have had several more fish had we done this.

Fish Monger (Terry), it was nice to meet you. If anybody needs somebody to fill a seat you won’t be disappointed by having him in the boat, he’s a great guy. Did I say he also pulled all 6 pots….twice.


It was a great trip Randy, thank you for the good time.

Our bite was also early. 3 hatch and 1 nate up by Whidbey with the crowd. 3 of the fish were 14-16 and one 8 lb'r. Saw Fish Ng 1 and Rico/Tom/Dave V. Should have seen you Coug as we were the third boat there this morning (running from Shilshole).
Fish checker said 1 fish per 3 boats for here at 2pm.. Said 1 fish per 2 boats Friday and Sat and most of the fish coming from 9.
Felt sorry for the dudes in sleds who had to run south after fishing.
Great day.

1 fish per 3 boats doesn't match well with what I saw this morning.... Interesting. Maybe most of the people that I thought were fighting fish were actually just tangled with other boats I did see that several times today. Lots of screaming too.....

I got a free diver/flasher/coho killer (complete with a treble) from somebody today.
ps Thank you to somebody. Nice haul.
pps Don't run over the water immediately behind somebody's boat.....
Neal I also saw a few boats fighting each other. Funny when it's not you!

Considering we didn't fish much, we did just fine...three fish yesterday, including an 18# hen I got in the evening NOT at Possession, which, of course, is where the other two came from. If BroodBuster didn't farm the first four bites we'd have had an epic hour

Lots of fish vacuum packed, lots of dungies to eat up...

With the super low tide this morning we had to launch at Possession, and the 16' Lund was not really up to the task of running over the bar, nor were we up to the task of taking an hour and a half to drive around it (at about 5 knots), so a quick half hour out and half hour back without wetting a line was all we did today...

Good times, one of the best king bites I've ever seen 'round these parts.

Fish on...

Todd

Nice work Dave. . .
We ended up with an extra flasher and coyote spoon yesterday as well. Not sure where it came from, was just hanging off the DR ball when Craigo brought it up .. . . Glad I took the day off sounds like a rough day out there.

We saw Vedder and Rico but never did you see you Dave, were you in your boat?

Yup. Just me and Marcel.
We hung around the can for the first two hours and then trolled N away from the crowd.
Good eats coming up.
Nappy first though.

Anybody been fishing evenings? I may need to switch to that this week a couple of days. Reports?

Kingston/Pres point have been kicking out fish in the evenings. I got a nice fish of of presidents the other night and have friends who have been getting fish every night in those areas. I started late today to fish the tide change 8:30 to 1:00 and never saw a net fly but just after I left a friend got a nice hatchery and lost one around 2:30. I remember 2 years ago watching Irish Rogue and a few others get quick limits off of presidents while fishing with SS and Sol. Wish I could tell ya about some other spots but I gotta stay close to home with the Lund. Good Luck. -Tom

Worst case is the beer tastes better in the evening, sunsets are sweet, crowds are down...[censored] call me, lets go:)

Hey Chuck, when you gonna let this Boat Ho in your boat???

After Im done Parker, wait your turn...

WOW!!! What a hot 3 days of fishing. Finally got everything filleted, cleaned, put away etc & time to post with a glass of Pyrat rum. Started off Fri with Canyonman & his 5yo twin boys. Went 7 for 11 (nice having the extra 2 cards on board) with #7 being wrestled away from a seal. One of Scotts sons loved to bonk the fish & we were rolling laughing egging him on "hit it, whack it, kick it, tackle it, it's still twitchin, hit it some more" he thoroughly tenderized a couple of fish between naps of course. Day 2 with Fish Monger & Ondarvr started off with some crab pot pulls with 11 dungies from pots I left out the day before. We finished the day going 5 for 6 with 2 nates, 3 in the box & one mishap with the net & downrigger ball (Sorry Terry) right next to Fishranger no less. Day 3 I was determined to get out early with Huntnoug & his friend Todd. I think we were the first out there & once we figured out the tide drift we set up I started to put the stacked rigger down. Got the first rod clipped & sent down 20 ft was starting to clip the 2nd rod in & hear zzzzzzzzzz WTH is going on? Fish on @ 4:40 in the dark. Lost that one unfortunately but we ended up going 3 for 6. Grand total for 3 days was 15 for 23 with 2 nates & 13 fish bonked. Awsome start to what should be a great year. Fished with one new face from the board "Fish Monger" Terry, had a great time & always welcome aboard.

Sledddder, did you pull the DR in on the fish today?? Sorry, got to give you [censored] about that, especially with the clinic you put on.

Keith, lets talk schedules .. . . .

I fished Jeff Head yesterday afternoon from the 3:30 tide change to about 9 pm.

Nothing doing on the tide change, but I went 2 for 3 in the last hour with an approx #14 unclipped released and a #10 clipped that I kept to BBQ.

It sounds like the best fishing is definitely in the morning, but I'm lazy and I HATE the madness at Shilshole at first light. So I go out at a leisurely 2:30 pm with NO launch line and parking 5 spaces away from the ramp, catch some rays, drink some beer and even catch a fish or 2.

I've got an open seat this Saturday if anybody's interested. There's a high tide around 7 pm. Shoot me a PM if you want to go.

Yes, That's a lesson I learned a few years ago with Supcoop but got lazy & paid the price. Oh Well, it was a fun few days with hopefully more to come. The clinic was all stuff I've learned from other board members (mostly Canyonman) gotta give them credit.

Thanks again for the trip Randy, you have those fish dialed in!

Just got done feasting on my fish from today, it was excellent. I tried something new, I took the carcass after fileting it and pulled all the left over meat that I missed and made a salmon burger with it, it was awesome. Just mixed in an egg some bread crumbs and some fresh rosemary. Topped off with a McNaughtons and coke and was a fine meal

Funny how each year is a little different. The last three years it took about a week for the fleet to find the BIG schools but when those BIG schools can be found at Possesion it's game on for everybody!

That's pretty much how the weekend went although there are some fish in the lesser known area's

Great to see all the smiling faces out there and thanks to those who sent me reports!

Arriving out there around 6ish Saturday morning and seeing Parker and TJ basically shaking with excitement and yelling gibberish was just priceless! That's what it's all about!!!! And no we don't have any beer on board. We ran out a few hours earlier