New thread to keep it fresh. Caught a 24# this AM off Todds at daybreak. Really didn't see many fish caught. Staying busy weaving in and out of boat traffic. Anyone know how I can post the pic? Can't figure it out...

Nice Fish!

Fished out there in the afternoon with Busy. I guess you can't catch anything when your lines are wrapped around each others As was the case during the tide change for us. We did manage to knock around some rock fish and even a nice ling before we fished for salmon. Saw one guy with a nice fish on only to loose the bottom half of it to a seal. Yikes!

Fishslayer75 had a nice king too. Got a pix of that bad boy for us F75?

Thanks for putting up the pic... Now I get it. By the way, we also saw a seal take a fish, nice one too. The guy got it in the boat, and the damn seal hung about ten yards off the boat waiting for him to throw back what was left of his mangled catch. They ain't stupid!!

Sounds like we saw the same guy.

Went out Fri. afternoon with my 2 kids and picked up a 15# and a shaker.Sure was nice out there until 5pm when the wind picked up.Didn't touch another fish after that and didn't see any either.When my downrigger broke I called it quits.Does anybody know where I can get parts for Penn downriggers locally?

Easy Limits - couple of questions if you don't mind;

How fast do you troll?
Distance from your flasher to the lure?
Distance from the release to the flasher?

Was out friday morn and didn't touch a thing...86 boats checked, 55 chinook & 12 coho by around 1pm.

Regarding Penn downrigger part - You might try Outdoor Emporium in Seattle, or maybe Sportco in Fife has, or can order what you need

I was the guy with the seal, it was a nice fish,the seal should thank its god that I was'nt packing.

Penn downrigger parts and repairs for this area:

JOHN'S SPORTING GOODS
EVERETT,WA.

Cigar

Nice Fish!!!!!

Sure wish I coulda got out this weekend....
Tuesday the FISHING MACHINE heads to the shop...

Downriggin'

Gregor -

1. I troll at 1.5 MPH
2. I put the hoochie 24" (no more) from an 11" Hot Spot dodger
3. Distance from the downrigger release to the dodger, 30-40 feet.

Centerpin - I feel for ya man.

Centerpin - ouch man. I saw you fighting that fish for a long time and just when you nearly got it to the boat...... I sure hope that does not happen to me. You deserve another one soon.

Fished the bay for 3 hours on fri pm. Managed to hit a 29 and a 18 before dark. Sorry Easy no pic of that one. How did you do on fri?

Slayer, what part of the bay? There be some nice fish out there...

golfer, we were fishing in front of todds

FS75 -

We, Busy and I, trolled through the tide change and did not realize our lines were tangled up until we went to check them about 30 minutes after the tide change. Ain't going to catch fish with tangled lines.

thx EL, we tried the recommended length for hotspot & hootchie again and come up empty on that rig. Did land a 12# buck on a 4" green grandslam bucktail, right in front of M/V Cape Henry...lots of fish caught early. Saw no fish-check johnny today when we retrieved..so no numbers to report.

We fished Elliott Bay this morning. Lost two fish, right at first light, due to crappy/worn out hoochies. We even hooked into a seal/something really big that did some serious damage to our fishing line. Oh well!

I am ready to give up on Elliott Bay. To tempermental for me. I can go to Redondo (10 mins from where I live) and catch kings at will.