Hooked up with GutZ and my Brother Chris tonight for a couple beers and a boat ride after work, oh yeah ....and some Coho fishing.

Went 3-4 up at Edmonds from 5:30-8:15Pm. First I hook up with a couple bright chromers:


Then we get a Double!

First fish hits & Chris takes the starboard rod. I go to pull the port rod. Gutz Grabs the wheel. Fish on! on the Port rod! Gutz Get over here, your fish!. Chris reels in a beauty and we net his buck first. Slam, on the deck, out of the net, go to net Gutz's fish. Whoa, under the boat she goes and "pinc" Huh, No! What was that? Fish off . That took place in about 30 seconds flat.


Slowed down after that so we took pictures and drank the rest of the beer.
Great night, with many more to come!

Sky, are you fishing the middle of the channel? Just curious. I catch most of my silvers out there in the middle where I always think nobody else fishes.

Nice work, boss.

Oh ya, they're here! Thanks for the pics and report.

I'm turning green with envy!! If my boy were here, he think I was turning into the Hulk.

Great job.

It's going to be a fun weekend.

Very nice!
Sky-Guy, I like your rod and reel setup.
Is that Canadian style?

Sky

Those are very cool pics, love the rod in the background

Summer Run-

The reel is a mooching reel which was originally designed in Canada. The Canadians have been trolling with reels like this for over 75 years, dating back to some of the first Mohagany Peetz Reels that were made in the mid Twenties up in Victoria. Can any of our brothers from the north comment any more on this?

The new Mooching reels have a very smooth drags, which allows a fish to turn and run without any sudden changes of drag resistance; they always pay out line smoothly. Have you ever had a levelwind lock up a bit on you? Combined with a 10' + mooching rod, it is very effective for consistantly keeping positive pressure on the fish.
My Rod is a NCR Custom made from a 1264 Rainshadow, crafted By Bruce Pearson, designed to my specs. with custom corkwork specifically for trollling with a mooching reel. It is one of a kind.

Most importantly, my hookup-to catch ratio is higher than most while using barbless hooks. I rarely lose fish with this setup.


W. Coyote from the board first turned me on to this setup two years ago. I bought a Daiwa Heartland rod and Daiwa M-One reel from Teds and loved it. Like the change from Skiing to Snowboarding, I was never going back. I now only use levelwinds in the salt for fishing blackmouth real deep or other larger species.

Try it, you'll like it!

I like your custom setup!! Sky-Guy.
We fished out of Edmonds today.
Picked up 3 Coho and farmed 2.
Not bad for super heavy fishing pressure day.