Northwest Fishing Reports

I got checked at 10th st boat ramp in everett a few weeks back. My boat was brand new in march and dealer supplied everything to be coast guard legal, except the flares expired last october
They noted it on the inspection report but said they were not required for inland waters, just advised.

I have the same log in issues on my phone.

Think I was more confused about the regulation book, why they make that thing so damn complicated to figure out, and the phone app is not much better

So I took the boat out for a spin around hat island today. Saw some folks fishing in about 50' of water, I assumes they were bottom fishing so I looked up the regs and gotta say I am totally confused as to what you can currently fish for. Also book talks about a fast decent device for all bottom fis...

My jeep also has a 2000lb towing limit, I actually got the Hewescraft sportsman 180, 1200lb dry weight (seen it listed as 1100 also) I allowed 400 for the trailer and 400 for the two motors, fully fueled I am probably over by 300 lbs but I have had no issues pulling it. Funny thing is my jeeps exact...

Yes I purchased at verles. Great dealer. I also have tge swing tongue.

I tried resizing the image down to almost thumbnail size (100x75) and it still says file size too large

Looks like it worked for me, did not have to log in as once i went through the steps and back to the forum i was already logged in

Got my new boat home on sat, I have exactly 1" on each side going through the door and not much more on the front/back when it is in. Sure looks nice and shiny though. https://ibb.co/0ZKHTDk This is the best I could do for image, tried various ways but could not get the picture to show up in the post

Looks like firefox on the computer is ok, but I cannot log in on my samsung V30, tried everything I could think of short of a factory reset

Really like the new look, seems like a huge improvement, great job

SOLD

I am missing the links to new posts, unless I am just not seeing it - found it, hidden in the quick links

Its been years since I went after spot shrimp, you wont find them with a fish finder, its the depth you are looking for, 250-275 in most areas. Also we used to use one yellow float and one large inflatable float, about 15" diameter orange/blue color. I would add a couple of house bricks to my traps,...

Congrats, a little envious as I am still waiting for a pickup date for my new one

Fixed, thanks for spotting that

Two brands I did not look at when buying my boat. You did not say what your budget is but you may want to consider the hewecraft sportsman 160. At 16.5 feet with a 60hp engine and full canvas its a very nice setup. I also would say their build quality is top rate.

Paid for today, when I pick it up in a week or so it will have a 9.9 kicker, downriggers and sonar/chart plotter.
They are also adding a full coastguard compliant safety kit live vest, flares etc.

I just put money down on a Hewescraft Sportsman 180. Out of all the boats I looked at it was by far the best built. Boats I looked at, Cabellas - Riverhawk and spartan, riverhawk was nice at a good price but in the cabin the bow was open and you could see all the spray foam they put in, just looked ...

They are forecasting a run of 35,000. Last years trap count was only 16,700.
Not sure what the run size was based on trap count numbers.