Grandpa,
I will be up that way on the 5 th and 6 th, just not sure if we will fish Sekiu or Neah Bay, I have never been to Neah Bay and do not have a large boat, I doubt I will make the run to Skagway or Tatoosh unless it is really calm. Were you running flashers with your Coyotes or just alone. We ran cop car and chartreuse and glow coyotes about 6-8 feet behind hotspots at lapush last year and had good success, but I feel like the flasher may have killed some of the fish fighting action. Anybody try fish flash and a spoon? Any way I will hope for good weather and maybe see you all out that way.

NEN

Nookie

I started using 6' of leader behind the large Hot Spot soon after Coyotes were introduced to the market years ago. I used to consistently catch big Kings near Scatchet Head on Possession Bar that way...Seemed like the inside rod on tight turns would do the trick..that is because it slows down on the turn and flutters ...The longer leader length makes for a slower and larger circle for the spoon to travel behind the flasher. I also use the smaller Hot Spot with a shorter leader and have success. At Sekiu on the 5th I would fish with a green and white 4.5" Coyote behind a green large Hot Spot with 6' of 30# leader..I use P-Line Fluoroclear...fish in 50-80' of water close to shore and run the gear at 50' down....I also like to use the commercial Hot Spots with the Sampo ball bearing swivels on both ends..hard to find but much better...I got mine at Seattle Marine Supply near fishermens terminal in Seattle............Now if you don't catch a hog King this way I'll be surprised. Good luck ...................

well I got back late last night from neah bay and although my girlfriend got sea-sick we did have a good time and caught some fish.
We mostly trolled herring behind a 4 oz mooching weight. Caught most of our fish at about 15' which was really nice. Tons of 10 pound kings and 3 pound silvers, although one guy on the Satin Doll charter caught a 23 pounder and I saw a guy get a fish that was probably 30+ right off the westside of tatoosh.
I also got one King on a silver spoon that I was just trolling around after running out of bait.
I was trolling at about 2 knots for most of my fish, although many fish hit as I let my line out.

Thank you guys for the replies to my origional post. They made it much easier to be successful out there.

How fast do you guys troll:?

Gramps,

My friend Parker trailered to LaPush Sunday - the bar was closed. So he went to NB and got turned back at the slot by Tatoosh. Now he's thinking about a bigger boat.

I don't want to hear any whining about rough water and how you should have trailered your boat when we run on Saturday.

From the Trib:

Lots of silvers and kings reported in the ocean off LaPush, and at Neah Bay, a charter skipper reported many kings 5 to 15 miles southwest of Tatoosh.

Jerry G, come to NB on the 4th for fireworks and big potluck BBQ.

NEN,

I'm sure you've read about this trick somewhere before, but it's one that I've been using for quite a few years and it REALLY helps the fighting the flasher problem.

I run a full-size green Hotspot off of 15' of 80# Tuffline with a good Sampo ball-bearing clip swivel used to clip it directly to my downrigger ball. About 8' above that, i hook on a stacker release, and let back my Coyote spoon about 4' further back than the flasher. I'm using a ball-bearing swivel and a bead-chain about 5' in front of the Coyote and that's all that's connected to the rod. I find that the flasher draws the curious fish in, and the action of the Coyote by itself is enough to entice the strike.

It's a hell of a lot more fun to fight the fish without having to fight the flasher too! Give it a try sometime, you won't be dissapointed!

thanks for the tip Jerry on the coyote spoons. Since I just lost my 3.5" copcar that worked all winter, I just got the 4.0 glo version of the copcar and the one with the green stripe. For BM and chinook, the spoons work best for me by far.

Yah 4salt, I have tried it and don't know why I do not do it more often, I never noticed more or less fish either way.
Thanks

NEN

NEN,
Last September in Sekiu the coyote/Coho Killer/Freak spoon (take your pick) behind a large fish flash was a great ticket. Didn't affect the fight near as much as a flasher does. Will be using this setup more this year down my way to see if it works as well here in Oly and Tacoma.
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

Thanks Jeff, Thats is exactley what I wnated to hear. I will post my results with it too, of to LaPush 3 AM Friday, please no wind.
I love this board sometimes.

NEN