the true cod bite has been terrific this year. lots and lots of them.
I'd give my king report but i dont want to start crying again

Cracker! We fished for 2 hours this morning. Managed a true cod, a couple of shakers, and a Jack..... No big pulls for us this morning. Didn't hit the best of the tide though.

Parker, that was me

Were you fishing in Daves boat or Tarter Sauce Neal?

I was in another buddies boat. We started at kingston, and then ran over to JH for a couple passes. Seemed to be turning on just as we left Work sucks

Sorry about that Neal. Looks like my on-board face recognition software was on the fritz or something.

I think we boated at least 3, if not 4 true cod.

TBJ was on fire.

Hey TBJ - did you land that fish you hooked right as we left? If so, how big was it. That just killed TJCarroll and I. I think I owe Carroll a case of beer now.

Yes that was the 14, did you hear my war cry?

No, but I saw your rod pop off the clip and your 2008 Bassmasters hookset job. You were not going to get cheated by that fish.....

Nice work boys! I am with D3 on the crying part today as we got worked...did hit a number of those true cod but kings were not cooperating. At it again in the am...cheers

Looks like I get to watch summerrun pull in another 35+ pounder again tomorrow. That's what happened the last time I stood next to the man.

No worries, as I'm good with the net, too.

Who's your huckleberry?

Sounds like a Great start...Thanks for the reports...work sux

it took me about 30 seconds to hook my first king of the season and about 1 to have my leader part. I have no idea what happened there but if someone gets a king with a beat up coyote in its mouth let me know. Lost another one close to the boat, 20+ lbs for sure. And had another fish peeling line but couldnt keep it pinned.
My bottom fishing skills were spectacular... flounder, rock fish, true cod and ling cod all were willing biters.

I "get" to work this Saturday so no joy for me.

Bastard got my favorite Prism Hot Spot too

Yeah, nice report Sky! Sure wish I could have been out there instead of sitting in meetings all day.

Saturday can't come soon enough...

Aaron

Great pic, and great company as always Ryley!

I'll be back out there tomorrow, though farther from home .

Here are a couple of pics from today.

I wasn't holding the camera on the first shot, so BigStick can't accuse me of having The Palsey on this shot!

Nice teener wild fish that was released. Put up a respectable fight on the Islander.



Chuck came through with a nice clipped kinger that was close to the 18ish mark. Photo doesn't show how thick that fish was. He had thick shoulders!

Headed out of Everett at 0 darkthirty, decided to give point no point a try for the tide change, no luck. After the tide change I trolled down towards pilot point and around that area, still zip nadda nothing. Finally around 9am decided to give possesion a try for a bit before checking the pots and calling it a day. Trolled the outer bar for awhile, one shaker and was just about to call it a bust opener when off pops the line from the rigger and the line starts to peel off. I thought for sure I had a big hog on the other end, a couple of dives to the bottom, big head shakes, the whole deal! Finally got her to the boat and she turned out to be a very scrappy 12 to 13 pounder. A bonk and bleed, trolled around another 30 minutes and called her quits. Checked my pots on the way in and came up with 5 very nice keepers (I put the pots out yesterday, so they had a pretty long soak). Back to Everett, and then to the house, fish dressed and crab cooked by 1:30, shower and a nice long nap! Sorry, no pics. Left the camera at home, guess that is what happens when you leave the house a 3am.
I will hit it again tommorow, may run down to Edmonds by all you guys if the fog isn't too bad. Look for the "Dawgfish", 17ft Arima.

TBJ! Nice fish man! If your out there on Saturday or Sunday, I'll look for your new boat (I'll see the red carpet from a mile away) man! Nice going! I'm jealous!

We have been catching true cod all spring Tom. Very cool, cuz I though they were basically goners.... Another cool thing is that they are getting bigger as the year goes on!