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Purchase and keep onboard the Saltwater Fishing Journal. This book is invaluable for fishing, crabbing and shrimping northern Puget Sound.

Awesome, Peter! You're really dialed in.

After you've stared at the tip of a rod set in a downrigger long enough, you know what normal looks like. So when the tip is not acting normal you can safely assume that either your gear is fouled or you've got a fish on; that could be anything from a shaker to a shark to a mangaso salmon...

Yep, going out Saturday and Sunday. Be a great time to buddy boat.... just sayin'. :wink:

Normally it's fine, given decent seas. I usually time my crossings out during a slack tide or during a flood. However, depending on how the fishing is, you may be coming back during an ebb flow. I've come back in during a max ebb on a smaller exchange and it created a slight pucker. :shock...

Are you taking C-Dancer, Peter?

Y'all need to head West. Westport mid-teen Chinook. A day's limit. 90 minutes of "work." Flat seas.

A day\'s catch from Westport

Another good day

Flat seas out of Westport

Mid-teen Chinook from Westport

The Harmon really is a great brewery. There's a plaque hanging in there somewhere that was presented to Shirley and I during customer appreciation night several years ago. When you go into the bar portion, take notice of all the barstools with their beer labels on the seat. Shirley did all of...

Now you're talking! :beer Also in the Tacoma area, just around Point Defiance is the Narrows Marina. A new brewery just opened up there and they have a most excellent tap room. Right next to it is a relatively new restaurant called Boathouse 19. They have a gorgeous bar made from relaimed...

Given that, you shouldn't have to worry often about it happening here in Washington. :lol:

That's awesome, Jake! 9th is a pretty good finish, too, considering some of the teams out there. Do you know how far from the marina you ran until you hit the right temp? If I use a planning factor of 2.6 mpg and the rule of thirds (1/3 out, 1/3 in, 1/3 reserv) I have a range of about 35...

Sheesh, the swell forcast is something like 3' at 20 seconds. That's a mightly flat ocean. When I was cleaning salmon in my slip at Westport last week, the guy in the next slip was cleaning tuna. Evidently he doesn't get to salmon fish much so he offered to trade me a salmon filet for some...

Who are you teaming with? I talked with a bunch of the guys from BD that were planning scouting trips Friday. Also talked with some folks that went out on Wednesday. They averaged about 15 fish per boat. Nothing really big, maybe upper teen average. They all went out about 42 miles.

A possible option for accommodations would be to look along the light rail route that runs from SEATAC Airport to Westlake. One of the stops is a block from the SBS; somewhere along the route is surely to be a nearby hotel that would be suitable for a gathering.

I had the fortuitious opportunity to spend some time with Peter and Caryn last Saturday and Sunday at Westport. They graciously bought me dinner Saturday evening, and then Sunday Peter put the wood shampoo to a couple salmon aboard the C-Dawg. The guy's a fishing machine. :) Caryn looked...

If there was one best solution, the fishing lure industry would collapse. :) What's the difference between adding "nasty scent" to a hootiche vs. man-handling a smelly plug cut herring? Personally, I don't plug cut herring; I use helmets to prolong the usefulness of my bait. I feel that to...