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08/02/2015
81° - 85°
Downriggers
Pink Salmon
Pink
Mostly Sunny
Flasher/Lure
Morning
08/02/2015
3
4630

Today was such a great time.
I took a co-worker out to fish for Pinks, and do some crabbing. It is always fun to fish with people who don't EVER fish. She was so excited to do this. I dropped 4 pots in the usual places. This time I attached my Hero 3 Go Pro, and hoped for the best on no leakage! After dropping pots, I immediately set her up with some salad shrimp to fish for flounder. I told her the second it hits the bottom... fish on. Right on cue, boom. She reeled up a Sand Dab. She thought that was awesome, lol.
So we dropped in the "Humpy Kit" White flasher/Pink hootchie... A little while later her rod goes off. She caught her first salmon. Then we had a double. I'm holding pressure on mine, and netted hers with the other hand. Then she nets mine. The Pinks died down a bit after that, but we were kind of watching porpoises, birds, etc.

Went back and pulled up pots, had 2 limits of dungies. A few that were quite large 7.5" Tons of undersized females. Go Pro camera survived. Just watched the video. Very cool! I know everyone has seen these crabbing videos now, so nothing new really. It is cool to have a view into that other world down there. Besides tons of flounder, saw a few dogfish, and saw something I've never caught/seen before. There was a lot of what looks like a smaller version of surf perch. They were only the size of the palm of your hand, but very colorful on the video.

So, my assessment of the Shilshole/Carkeek area right now is.. that we definitely saw Pinks jumping. Didn't really fish it very hard, and put 3 in the boat. Late start on the water as well. Fish caught at 50' on the wire.
There out there. (-:


Comments

Bank drifter
8/2/2015 8:13:00 PM
I was 4 miles N on the beach, landed two, released a small one. Agreed, saw some top water action, not hot yet, but coming!
BentRod
8/2/2015 9:40:00 PM
Right on Quad! Sounds like an all around great day. :)
wolff
8/2/2015 11:12:00 PM
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Eugene
8/3/2015 1:05:00 AM
Awesome report! Thanks a lot. How do you realize where salmons at? Do you use fishfinder?
kenhsiung
8/3/2015 2:13:00 AM
nice report, were you trolling with a downrigger or without?
afk
8/3/2015 7:15:00 AM
I love the action shot with the fish wiggling. Thanks for sharing.
The Quadfather
8/3/2015 10:07:00 AM
Eugene, You don't have to spend much effort to worry about knowing where the pink salmon are at. No need to consult your fishfinder. You will just see them jumping, finning, etc.
kodacachers
8/3/2015 12:48:00 PM
Great report! I'm taking some non-fishers out this weekend, hope I have similar results!
tele_maniac
8/4/2015 8:45:00 AM
Thanks for the details Quadfather. It's always fun teaching newbies to fish. I love the look on your friends face in the second picture!
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