It looked good in there this weekend but could only scratch one fish Saturday there D3S way to thump them Bro!!!PEACE

Those are some nice ones. Luke is a freak giant. You needed me to make those fish look big.....

You beat me to it!

Nice job, Dave.

Fished meadow yesterday the only action if the day was exciting. I get a huge take down set the hook fish on feels big! line goes a little slack then line starts to peel and the fish got really big. 10 seconds later I see a big seal holding my fish we charge at it with the boat he lets it go I the net the fish to find it to be about a 30 pound nate. as i am taking the hook out of it. the seal is circling under the net. I had to release it only to see it swim 10 feet before the seal crushed it. Real exciting and the only action of the day.

Fished the West Bar the last couple of nights with nothing to show. Did have a nice one on last night, leader failure led to no fish in the boat. Will be out there again tonight.

Bummer on the seal snack tonyg2929. Killer catching a 30lb nate though. It's been a few years since we've caught one that big.
I want to drift the Sky this afternoon.....anybody up for that?

Fished A9 yesterday and today.

Landed two yesterday afternoon/early evening with one going in the cooler and one wild. Found bait and found the fish.

Fished this morning from daybreak to 10AM. One fish in first 30 seconds in a HUGE pile of bait. Seal grabbed it. Stayed on top of him and he finally let go. Wild fish that was just exhausted while the seal sat 30 feet away. Nursed fish back to its lively self and let it go. Hopefully it had enough energy to elude the frickin' seal. Bite slowed. Ran to PNP with the jig/mooch train for the outgoing tide. My buddy hooked one and that was the only fish we saw on. Heard of fish caught there in the morning.

*CLARIFICATION...Is it legal to hit seals with wrist rockets/slingshots?????

Hatch good to hear from you...
still looking for somebody to drift the Sky with this afternoon....

if i wasnt driving to bham to look at a motor dave id go.....

Now that is time well spent!

I need some reports, I'm finally making it back up to the island in a couple weeks and need something to look forward to.

Fish are being caught, might have first hand report tonight. .

good luck out there bummbed i couldnt make it .

I can't say what is happening in area 9, area 10 is starting to pick up. I have been fishing Richmond Beach the past few days. Thursday was one for two , the one a wild fish. Yesterday was two for four with both fish keepers, and today was one for two, another wild fish. The weather is the main constraint. Yesterday was fog with about 1/4 mile visibility for most of the morning and today 15 knot winds from the south made fishing difficult. We saw some nice kings caught though both yesterday and today.

Unlike other threads about how hot area 10 is I will include pictures. I also like this thread to post reports because it is a good chronological indicator of how this summers fishery is developing.

I do occasionally catch a fish, not always the biggest -11#.



Kate was pleased with this 15# after losing a hot fish after a battle of a couple minutes.

Nicely done.

+1 Nice fish there. We trolled around Jeff for two hours last night while soaking pots, didn't see much happening. No bumps for us or nets drawn. Lots of bait and fish marked on the south end.
Fishing tomorrow AM, Likely up north of PnP then work our way back to Shilshole.




I agree. I like seeing all the reports centralized, not only for keeping current now, but next year I'll pull this thread or like threads from the past & check out what happened.

Sue n I jumped on w/ a buddy this morning, started west side of 10, finished east side of 9 at noon. We were 6/8 w/ 2 of the 6 wild all the fish were 9-10lb...Except...Sue lost a large(20+/-) 4ft from the net...
And...I managed to put this one in the box (sorry crappy cell pic)

If the wind and chop isn't too bad, Richmond Beach to Edmonds might be a good bet. We saw some nice fish at the ramp from Edmonds. There is a massive amount of bait from Meadow Point north. There seems to be a consistent bite from sunup until a couple hours after the tide change at Richmond beach. There are patches of weeds and kelp floating right where the fish are so it is a bit of a challenge, fishing both in the fog and in the chop, because you can't see them until you are in the patches.

I have a feeling that some of the missing Elliot Bay fish may be hanging around to the north, taking advantage of the abundant food. It seems that everybody we talked to are catching about as many unmarked fish as marked. The next few weeks should be interesting.

hit area 9 this morning, no fog but plenty of wind chop. finally hooked up on the outer bar around tide change, nice hatchery buck. Saw a couple of nets out but not hot by any stretch.



sorry about the crappy pic, but you get the idea.

A big thanks to EYEFISH! Tried out his method of filleting a salmon and it is sweet! Thanks for the pics and info Doc! I am not the greatest with a filet knife, but using his method I got some great hunks of fish and very little waste. here is a link to the post with pics on how to do it.
http://ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=51868