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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner Fishing Reports
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By: troutslayer_97
Posted: 7/19/2020
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
drop the pot in at about 5 at kayak point left in for 2 hours fished while i waited caught 7 spotted rat fish no crabs but still fun.
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 12/6/2020
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I set out to go to marine area 8-2 for my first winter crabbing experience in this location. I would give this report a 2 rating if we didn't have so much fun catching sole and a few other suprise spe...
By: Dave
Posted: 6/22/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I took a friend up on an offer to go on a sturgeon trip in area 8-2. He is a guide whose clients had postponed their trip so we and another buddy were out on the water at 11:00 am, about an hour befor...
By: ripper
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday proved to be the day I've been looking forward to for a while now. I've been fishing for these magestic beast for a couple of years now. this year i've dedicated myself to their pursuit and o...
By: Dave
Posted: 4/2/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
On Monday March 30th I joined my friend and local Guide Doug for a “test trip” in area 8-2 for sturgeon. When Doug doesn’t have clients he takes these trips to stay on the fish so his clients have th...
By: ripper
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well after 4 trips out to Port Susan I finally got my first Puget Sound Sturgeon. It's a lot more fun fishing relatively light tackle in shallow water, than the fishing I've done on the Columbia. Lil'...
By: Okie
Posted: 5/4/2009
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got on the board for lings...my first. What a place this is, shrimping and fishing all in the same day. Our party ended with about 4 dozen shrimp and the 1 ling that I caught. I was using a...
By: haverman83
Posted: 5/19/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
went out sturgeon fishing for the first time this year went out yesterday and got fresh sand shrimp for today got on the water by 1130 and within 5 min we had our first fish it took about a hour to ge...
By: haverman83
Posted: 5/29/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day sturgeon fishing started out at about 830 and off the water by 1 we caught a total of 3 big oversized sturgeon and my buddy on his boat also had hooked up with 3 sturgeon as well...
By: haverman83
Posted: 5/30/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
went out again today after yesterdays great fishing but today on other hand i got out there a little later then wanted but still had fun only caught one fish today about 6 ft long and let her go to ge...
By: haverman83
Posted: 6/4/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
took my buddy out for his first sturgeon trip in years he has never got a sturgeon and i have been red hot on them so i was hoping we did got to my spot early and within 4 min had our first sturgeon o...
By: haverman83
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
had another amazing day out sturgeon fishing went out early cause it was so nice out but when i got the kayak point to launch the boat there was all the commercial crab guys loading there boats and ge...
By: haverman83
Posted: 6/13/2011
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
this post is for two days yesterday and today on sun we ended up catching 2 oversized sturgeon and got some pics and let em go my buddy in his boat ended up with one oversized well today it was windy ...
By: themick
Posted: 6/15/2011
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took the Arima out for 1 last lingcod trip this year. Brought my buddy Dan along as well who hasn't fished in salt water since he was a kid and his previous biggest fish was a 9lb king. On his secon...
By: Adam B.
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Went out after work on Friday but ended up only be able to crab for just over an hour. Ended up with two keeper crabs. Also had a few females and a small red rock out of the 4 pots we set. Fished f...
By: Adam B.
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 3
Went out for most of the day hitting a few different spots but nothing to show for it today. Started around the SE side of Hat Island in the 80ft- 60ft range. Pulled pots after a while and only had ...
By: Matt
Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I visited the Hat Island area today in 8-2 to get a little crabby. Pots went down at around 730am and we pulled them ever hour until 11am. We fished for bottomfish while we waited for t...
By: superprep
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried again for sturgeon around low tide, near Priest Point. Anchored in about 10 feet of water and put our sand shrimp in the water. First half hour the current was really ripping and nothing was b...
By: rpm10
Posted: 7/2/2012
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Maybe next year for crab in 8-2 and 9, Tribal commercial fishers have had their way in June. 10-1 female to male avg, and only 1 of 5 males was legal. Saw more pots than crab :( overall managed 6 keep...
By: superprep
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for sturgeon for the first time. Started out at Priest Point out of Ebey Slough. We were the first boat on the water, about midway between the high and low tides (outgoing). Found a spot in ...
By: goodtimesfishing
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another late report but another great day of fishing! So the day starts off with a great sunny morning with calm water for my 35 minute boat ride. I get to my area for catching my bait and have figure...
By: tommonroe
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
They are still there. Seal got one, we got 3. 8-13# All caught after 1PM at 80" on downrigger.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2012
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We were crabbing for 2 days Labour Day Weekend. Camano Island Area 8-2. What can I say - The worse season I've ever seen. I remember we could catch crab 8" - 9"+, in same area and we did not have to...
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to the fishing hole early Sat. morning. Arrived at 5:30am. Saw tons of fish surfacing so in my mind I'm thinking its going to be HOT. Tide was high and still coming in. Fished for about 3 h...
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/8/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I just needed that crabby fix so bad that I launched out of Everett with every other Tom Dick and Harry on the planet on July 4th. LOL The parking lot was packed but the launch wasn't all that bad, ...
