Neal thanks. How does one factor in throwback. 12lb ball was being used should we say 5 ft.?

Depends on depth and speed ... sometimes can be as much as 30'. I have had 180' of cable out and not bounced bottom until I was in 140' of water trolling at 3k with the tide.
Just get out there and run your gear down until you bounce bottom and check the depth on the sounder and counter on the rigger.
Results may vary .. . .

Get to know your depth/fishfinder. I can track my DR balls on mine. No guessing where you are then.

What He said! Play with the gain on your sounder and you can see your balls with no problem.

I found that it helps to just lose some weight..........

Kingston ramp -- July 17: 35 boats with 74 anglers caught seven chinook and four coho; July 19: 59 boats with 126 anglers caught one chinook, seven coho and one chum

I don't feel so bad about our 0 fish on Saturday..

I didn't make the connection until much later in the am when we moved over to Kingston and Supcoop finally told me you were the guys in the Grady. Coop wasn't paying attention to his phone, so he didn't see the texts until after 9:00 or so. That's why he kept asking how you guys were doing.

You are easily one of *the* top boats out in da 'hood!

I'm sure I'll see you out there again soon.

Interesting that the fish checker added the Chum into the stats at the Kingston boat ramp. It has been a long time since you could keep a summer Chum in the Sound. Unless I am missing something, you cant keep a Chum until September.

Matt

I've actually seen things like that before where the fish checker is documenting fish that shouldn't have been kept in the first place. I've always found the "fish checker" thing a little strange as it seems like that is an ideal time for fish/license checks and general enforcement if you are already going through the trouble of talking with people face-to-face?

as bad as those counts are, its still way better than area 11 during june

The fish checkers always asked if you released any fish etc....Do they report that also? maybe someone caught and released that chum,...as far as I know you can't keep them...

The regs say it is OK to retain chum in area 10 until August 1.

Hey bonkit,
If Clary Sr. is one of the ones fishing in your group then that was your problem. Joking.

Bonkit, I believe the fish checkers do count fish released (probably dead).


WN1A, Good thing I have not caught one yet this year. I like eating them. Thanks for the report. I guess the people in charge have found that Summer Chum are gone

Matt

Gilly
Have you tried your bread and butter plugs yet? I'm sure the answer is yes but all I'm hearing is metal and hoochies.
Is all the bait small stuff?

Gilly uses plugs made out of bread and butter? Wow!

That's a nice looking fish. Congrats.

you would be surprised how many people just keep fish they have no idea what they are...they just think they are salmon...

the biggest problem this time of the year is stupid people keeping humpies that are really blackmouth....c

Damn, what a difference a day makes! Todays catch was zip. We had one coho to the boat before it spit the hooks and that was it. Never saw a net fly and the charter sounded like they were struggling to put some fish in the box. We fished over bait the entire time, it was everywhere!

I did have an interesting experience when someone asked me if I was Parker! I thought about it for a minute and wondered what trouble I could stir up, but then decided to tell him my real identity. I saw that the boat he was fishing in said Rotten Chum Guide Service, so I assume it was John and he was taking a break from his river gig to try for a chromer king. Only one problem, no biters today.

I stopped by the Locks tonight and there were ZERO kings in the windows and none milling out front. Man, that first push of fish shot through quickly.

On a brighter note, two buddies are out at Jeff Head tonight and have a 10# 'nook in the box. I'm taking tomorrow off, but back at it at 'o dark thirty Thursday morning, Hopefully the forecasted weather change brings in some fish.

You can fix that problem by getting me in your boat!