#976741 - 05/02/17 04:37 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
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Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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Neah Bay, heading south and west from there.
Two pound pipe jigs at 525 feet for the win!
Fish on...
Todd
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#976742 - 05/02/17 05:09 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 04/15/11
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Good luck, Just watched the tribes head out today to mop up the few halibut they missed the first time.
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#976749 - 05/02/17 09:26 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/26/02
Posts: 4709
Loc: Sequim
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I'm planning on going out of PA on Thursday. New water for me as I usually fish out of John Wayne Marina - Sequim. Weather and tides for Thursday looks good.
Don't forget your descender device.
Edited by bushbear (05/02/17 09:35 PM) Edit Reason: added info
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#976751 - 05/03/17 07:51 AM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
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RF, nice! We have a spot a little closer in for the halibut, but will be ling fishing pretty much exactly where you were last week...Then heading in for rockfish on the way back!
Fish on...
Todd
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#976771 - 05/03/17 04:31 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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April Fool
Registered: 06/18/01
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This thread is making me hungry....hands down my favorite fish, especially the cheeks. Good luck out there.
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#976772 - 05/03/17 05:03 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Shooting Instructor for hire
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Loc: Snohomish, WA
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This thread makes me sad. Work blows.
Also - no hyperbole, but I have what maybe the world's best Halibut recipe if anyone is interested. Just made it again for my mom's 70th Bday and she said it was easily the best Hali she's ever had. Let me know and if there's enough interest, I'll post it to the recipe board.
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#976780 - 05/04/17 08:33 AM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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My Area code makes me cooler than you
Registered: 01/27/15
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With this weather they will most likely be on the surface feeding on sand fleas. Try flat lining a sand flea pattern with a pearl tinsel.
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#976790 - 05/04/17 08:07 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/26/02
Posts: 4709
Loc: Sequim
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13 rod hours for my boat without a bite. Fished the Green Point area (thought I might have seen your boat in that area this morning RF). We came in about noon due to some other commitments. Checker had seen 5 fish for 5 boats by then. Heard radio talk on fish caught. Friend was fishing Dungeness Bay - anchored up - and he put 3 fish in the boat - 64, 32, and 24 lbs. Maybe my luck will change Saturday.
Edited by bushbear (05/04/17 08:07 PM)
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#976813 - 05/07/17 03:18 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Ornamental Rice Bowl
Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 12767
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22 rod hours out of WP yday. ONE halibut.
I suspect overall effort was less than average out of WP.
Odds are we probably go into the 5th or 6th day before the quota is met
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#976814 - 05/07/17 03:46 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/26/02
Posts: 4709
Loc: Sequim
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It all depends on the Dept catch calculations. Some more time on the water would be nice. Sequim, Port Angeles, and Sekiu all appear to be below last years numbers. Had strong winds yesterday. A lot of us stayed on the beach. Those that got out had some lumpy seas. Heard that USCG LaPush had some restrictions on the size of boats that they'd let out. Sounds like it was sloppy there, too.
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#976818 - 05/07/17 06:39 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Ornamental Rice Bowl
Registered: 11/24/03
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22 rod hours out of WP yday. ONE halibut.
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#976821 - 05/07/17 08:05 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 04/20/09
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Loc: WaRshington
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Had one short strike, and one solid takedown in the E Straits Thursday for about 14 rod hours..... this was the result of the take that buried my rod. ....I went home and cried in my beer.
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#976825 - 05/07/17 10:45 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Ornamental Rice Bowl
Registered: 11/24/03
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Had one short strike, and one solid takedown in the E Straits Thursday for about 14 rod hours..... this was the result of the take that buried my rod. ....I went home and cried in my beer. That bait still looks PERFECT.... every scale in place... literally unscathed. I'd lay money it was a snag and the hook point simply broke off.
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#976826 - 05/07/17 10:50 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/26/02
Posts: 4709
Loc: Sequim
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Probably a snag, but saying a fish broke the hook makes for a better story.....
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#976828 - 05/07/17 10:58 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 04/20/09
Posts: 1270
Loc: WaRshington
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That herring was inside of a squid hood that has been removed. I was about 4-5 feet off bottom. No snag.
The snag speculation is not entirely wrong though. I was in a snag about 15 minutes before and really had to yard on it to break it loose. Best guess is all of that pulling compromised my hook....,
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#976841 - 05/08/17 02:05 PM
Re: Thursday halibut...
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/26/02
Posts: 4709
Loc: Sequim
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Checked with WDFW LE
The requirement for having a descender device on board in the ocean fisheries will go into effect July 1. There will be an emergency regulation coming out in June and the WAC will be updated to reflect the requirement for all saltwater areas. Would have been a whole lot easier had the regulation as originally drafted and presented to the Commission been passed.
Use of a descender will save a lot of rockfish and is critical when one encounters any of the listed species. I hope if anyone encountered the listed species during the halibut fishery that they had a descender on board.
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