Had a well deserved and very needed day off to fish the opener today.
Started off slow for us, fishing Edmonds and President with little bait around and no fish observed. Then CanyonMan called us into the hot bite at Possession, so we blazed up there and 'Rogue hit a 7-8 pounder right away.


We picked up another 5-6 pounder, I had a drive-by, and the bite died.

We picked up to run over to PNP, and set gear just north of the point to troll with the outgoing. My Gear didnt go 20 feet and the rod tripped.... 10# Hatch on the deck. We ran back up and reset gear. Before 'Rogue could get his rod in the rodholder, I had another fish on...we hadn't trolled 30 feet.

Limits by 10.

15ish hen.



along with a 10ish hen caught not one rod minute earlier.


Epic Day! Thanks again 'Rogue for the ride...we're on a roll bro!

All fish taken on Green Flashers and Ace-Hi Flys, ...pretty much on the bottom.

Sweet report! Those fish look great!

Nice work ! ! You caught the second two right where we released an 18ish Nate about 45 minutes before. Guess we should have stayed and pounded it some more .. . .. .

And not even a wave as I went by after the second fish. ... . ..

Great day indeed... CanyonMan was on FIRE...

FishRanger -- we were on the lookout for you, did we miss ya?

Yep, I cruised by on the inside a little bit after you guys landed the second one @ PNP. . . . . . Next time I can mark your hull to make sure you see me. . . ..

I musta been busy cleanin' up the catch and missed ya Bryon. I looked for you as we cruised past Pilot because that's where I thought you were fishing.

Scott & Sledder were on fire, hope they got some pics of the lineup.

Sounds like a pretty good opener...had just enough time to pull crab pots at Ballard before heading into work.

we'll be out tomorrow....you guys? planning on hitting the same areas. i'll look for rogue's bitchin boat.....



willy

LCW- No fishing for me until Monday evening, we're celebrating my Hannah's 5th birthday this weekend.

Any other reports from the water today/tonight?

An epic day it was...Sledder and I started hitting fish right away and my boys just kept giving them the wood shampoo. I think the pictures tell the story best!

Kyle and Ryan with the carnage!



and Ryan with his "HUGE" King!!!



CM

Nice work by all on the King slaying!

Lost one screamin hot fish at PnP just after the low. By the time the scotty brought the ball up from 120' the fish was still going! then, gone
Just after I spoke to Ryley, I landed a high finner out on the bar about 10-12 pounds. Both on an All-in Ace Hi and army truck hotspot.

Headed back out now. Give me a shout. "Sea Kitten" or GutZ on 68

Looks like not much interest in going out to Sekiu/Snow Creek, so I am going to hang around and fish local. I have an open seat. Leave me some contact info ...

Talked to Tommy Carroll a bit ago...he and Parquito were finished early...
Word is, that the Possession bite was lights out again this morning, ....for those who didn't drink to much last night and got out of bed in time

Oh! The Irony ...GutZ!
As the original king of boat ho's, once ruler of all open seats....you now have a boat and can't find a 1st mate to run to Seiku with

...you need a protege!

Shilshol 90 minutes.
Got the extra scotty on the boat
Bring a 6 pack.
See Ya.

Yeah, there was an "OK" bite at Possession this morning.

Lines in the water at 5:15. First fish in the boat by 5:20 followed by complete chaos until 7:00 when we were done. Should have been done by 6:00, but damn seals and high-finners got in our way.

Official tally was 6 for 10, with 2 20-ish pound high-finners released and one fish (fin unknown) that we unwillingly used to create an EPIC battle with a harbor seal. The battle ended with two sets of 5/0 RVRFSTR hooks squarely embedded in the corner of the seals mouth, resulting in a complete loss of all gear, as that 60lb. UG leader was not gonna give out before the 20lb. main.

Best morning of king fishing I've ever seen out in the Sound in 30 years. Was truly unreal. At one point, both our knees/hands were shaking and all we could do was sit down and recover from the adrenaline high we were on.

Me with a pair of fishies:



Tom with his pair of fishies:



Tommy Jr. with his pair of fishies: Oh wait, he decided to sleep in and didn't come out with us. D'oh!!!!!

Can't thank you enough for the awesome day on the water, TJ!!!!!

PS. One of the highlights of the early morning was yelling out "RVRFSHR HOOKS SUCK ASS!!!!!" as BroodBuster, Ike, and Todd came approaching us from the distance. I bet they were wondering who those arseholes were until they realized it was us.

Oh yeah, all fish caught using RVRFSTR 5/0 hooks, 24ish" 60UG leaders with a green UV/Glow AceHigh and the UV jellybelly..er...jelly/fish HotSpot. 75' on the rigger.

Team Broodbuster apparently looked a little worse the wear. Something about a rental cabin, beer, 1:00 am, etc. Hope they got in to some fish.

FishRanger had at least one last time I heard.....

DAMN, knew I shouldnt have clicked on this post today...;)

It appears that area 9 is the place to be, fishing was a bit slower in area 10. We didn't try it today, after battling the wind in our smaller boat yesterday. We did manage two fish yesterday, one at the trees, 13#, and one on the tide change at Presidents Point, 11#. When we pulled out at 11:00 AM the checks were 1 fish for every 3 boats and we were the first boat with multiple fish. Ace Highs and green flashers at 80 feet, works everywhere. The fish are in good condition and hungry.

Kate was happy with her fish after getting beat up by the wind.

My thoughts exactly.

Me too... Put the boat in thursday at guest moorage in everett to avoid the line friday am, got up friday am not feeling so good, but decided to head out anyway. Got to possesion and had to head back in, barely made it to the bathroom at the launch, spent the rest of the day and most of this morning sitting on the throne instead of at the helm. Might try again monday night or tuesday morning....