After the big blow last weekend it ws nice to get back out
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North Point offered some of the best action in the past few years for a Fathers Day weekend. I remember the last 2 where if you came in with 5 or 6 fish you were lucky .
On Friday I fished right along the line between 70` and 90`, we came in with our limit of 20 just as the trip ended . The Chedder Flie Blue Liz 40` dipsey once again was the stud. We had action on boards as well as the `riggers. The top 40` seemed to be where the fish were hangin`.
For the afternoon I returned to the same area The fish didn`t cooperate as much as they did in the morning with 6 finding the cooler and 5 more swimming around with sore mouths. They were still there, just being stubborn
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On Saturday Morning we went 11 for 15, I started in the same general area along the line and we took most of the fish early in the trip. There were plenty of marks and no one was dippin` their nets so I ventured with another captain out to 195` to see what was going on in the depths...nothing we managed one fish on the run out as we turned back. I had a dry screen from 150` where we took a fish until 185`. There were plenty of marks showing bait and fish in the 190`s but they were all 120`-150` down. The fish we took out there was a coho on a Smurf down 125` on `rigger.
On Saturday afternoon hearing everyone was on search mode, I set up on the line in 70` and pointed it South into the wind. I zigzagged through the mid 70`s and 80`s marking more bait than I`ve ever seen. It filled the screen for almost an entire mile, where we took 2 coho on the stud, Chedder "Blue Liz". I turned at 42* 28` 500` and I saw a rod tip bounce that had a Stinger Kevorkian down 35`. Little did Terry, (the better half of the one enjoying a Fathers Day gift) know she was in for a battle with a 14# King. Needless to say the patron of the gift will be back in an attempt to gain braggin` rights before the summer is over
. We went 7 /13 loosing a few right at the back of the boat.
Sunday morning it was overcast and drizzling for most of the trip. Once again at the line is where I had my best action, between 90` and 130`. There were a bunch of boats working the area and it reminded me of a weekend in July or August when everyone is pounding the hills going after the Kings. Once again it wasn`t hot and heavy, but steady. At the end I trolled all the way in to 40` taking 4 fish with the last coming as I was pulling lines. We ended up 10/16 with 9 coho and a Laker.
The cooler water brought the fog as well as the fish into the shallows along the line. I started off where I finished the morning trip setting up in 35`. We took a chunky coho on a banana rig down 20` as I was setting the third rod. I took it out to 60` and made a few passes. We managed a few fish and a few boats that were heading out deeper saw two of us working the area, hit the brakes and came in to play. I took it out to 90` on the next pass with little to show for the effort. The fog lifted and I could see the boats were scattering looking for hungry fish. The other captain I was working the area with called me and said the fish had turned back on, as I came back in we took 4 quick hits, 3 `riggers and a dipsey went. Unfortunately this was at the end of the trip leaving no time to circle back due to the patrons having evening commitments . The trip was a family present from a groom to his best men and father. This also included a his 6 yr. old niece "Gabby" who managed to land two
, well we`ll call them princes rather than kings, that hit a stinger Kevorkian spoon on the lead all the way out .
On Monday Morning I ventured North of the line. I started in 40` with no action until I reached 60` taking a coho on a clown flie behind chrome 40` back on a wire dipsey. This was the stud taking 3 fish before breaking off on the fourth . As I was setting a rod on the other side of the boat someone said "Look a fish is jumping", at first I thought it was on a board but when I looked down I saw that the dipsey took a hit and immediately I knew what happened.I worked the hills between 50` and 80` 2 miles North of the line taking most hits on the dipseys, 40` on a # 1 wire and 100`-125` on a #3 fireline. We took two quick hits on boards with a Copper Chedder flie but then they didn`t appeal to another fish for the remainder of the trip. We went 13/19 on a beautiful morning out on the water.
The bait was thick and just about every coho we caught was stuffed with alewife. Hopefully they`re here for a while and keep the fish in the area as well as helping them put on some weight. I did notice a slow down in my board bites as the weekend progressed. I was switching from flies to spoons as it wasn`t consistent for me all weekend. I even took a few chunky coho on a lighted J Plug during the overcast hours.
"Wet Nets"
Captain Jim
www.luckydogcharters.com
North Point 6/16-6/19
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