Saturday morning I set up on the line in 150` and pointed it East, trolling out to 200`. Lots of bait and marks from 100` down. Our first fish was a king that took a Smurf 130` down in 160` on a `rigger. I stayed out in the depths and took it South to 42* 27`with no hot action to speak of, so I pointed it back North. I stayed along the line and came back into the 120`s where we found some fish that were interested in what I had out and worked the area. The lead took a few pokes with a silver streak "Hot Lobster", and the Chedder flie "Blue Liz" 40` dipsey took a few fish also. At this time we had 8 in the box, I pointed it West from 120`towards the barn and I started cleaning the fish. This turned out to be our most productive pass as we took 6 more while I was cleaning, ending up going 14 for 20.
On Saturday afternoon another Captain found some active fish around 42* 25` in 70` of water. I headed to 65` and set-up, here was a lot of debris (leaves, and sticks) in the water but no scum line or major temp break I could find. I did a few passes with no luck as it appeared I showed up right after the coho`s lunch hour
. I pointed it out from there and we took our first hit at 110`on a board. There was a strong current from South to North and with the wind I had my share of tangles
. The "Blue Liz" dipsey was once again my savior taking 6 hits for the afternoon. We wound up the afternoon up with 10 chunky coho and kings for our effort.
On Sunday morning I again stayed North setting up in 120`venturing out to 150`when our inside board took a hit. It turned out being a laker, taking a peanut flie no more than 10` below the surface
. There were plenty of marks and clouds of bait in the 150`-180` range 100`down to the bottom, but the fish seemed to have loc-jaw. I and a few other charters worked the area with minimal results. I left the area and had my best action on the state line in the 90`-110` range. I continued trolling in as I pulled lines landing a chubby coho in 65` right in front of a boat fishing for perch. We ended up the morning 10 for 16.
On Tuesday Morning there were only a few charters out and they were picking up fish on a South-Southwest troll a few miles South of the line between 40`-70`. I set up straight out in 60`and pointed it that way. I didn`t realize I was heading into a 1 mph current, and it took a long time to get down there. I had a terribly slow start without a hit for the first 2 hours
. As I was again changing baits on a rigger I found a juvenile king latched on to the Silver Streak Green Dolphin. Then another was on a board. This brought out the rubber bands for the `riggers, and we detected another 3 of these fish taking hits on the same spoon. I pointed it Northeast from there heading out to 100` where there were more marks down near the bottom. I dropped the `riggers down 70` and 90`. In the last 45 minutes the 70` rigger with a Silver Streak magnum Smurf took 2 kings one at 13#`s and one at 8, losing another in the same 8# class that spit the spoon just as I was about to put the net in the water. My stud Dipsey never took a hit. We ended up with a total of 13 fish, some decent coho and kings, with a few of them being in the 1 1/2 lb. range.
This is basically how the whole weekend went. No real pattern to speak of and the fish were scattered. Boats that I know of were searching from the beach out to 280`.
I realize this is a vague report, but I ran more different baits and combinations this past weekend than I did all year, as well as a few others I spoke with.
Hopefully with this new weather pattern approaching for the weekend, things will turn the fish back on.
"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim
North Point 5/27,28,30
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