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I just read that there is record breaking sockeye run headed through the San Juans going back to the Frazier River. Is there a sportfishing opening for them, or is it only commercial? Also, I've only caught them at river mouths. How do you fish for them when they're on the move? Lyle

Thanks for all the tips everyone. I'm only going to have one day that I can fish and probably only two of us fishing, with a bunch of other people on board. That means that I will need to simplify and go with one method. My usual style is to throw everything but the kitchen sink at them. I...

Tom, Thanks for the info. I've never used Brads cut bait plugs. They look interesting. I've looked up some areas on Salmon University, so I have a general idea of where to go. I still have to get the regs and figure out what I can and can't do. One of the things I've always had great luck...

Thanks for the reply Roger. I'm going to bring this back to the surface, troll it slowly past and see if I can get a strike from Tom, Peter or someone else who fishes this area. LYle

We will be in the San Juans from 9/3 to 9/12. I've never fished the area, but I'm thinking there should be a decent coho run in the islands sometime in September. I will have a young man that's dying to catch a salmon on board from the 10th to the 12th. The boat doesn't have downriggers yet...

Matt, I think you're on to something that, like a lot of good ideas, has already been discovered by a previous generation of boat builders. I read an article quoting "Tolly" Tollefson who built the Tollycraft line of boats for over 40 years. He said that he really put himself out of...

Thanks again for all of the replies. I have another question. I've always anchored out, or stayed at a dock, never at a mooring buoy. I know that you can buy an annual permit in Washington to stay at state park mooring buoys. If you don't have an annual permit, how do you pay for them...

Thanks to all for the suggestions. That should get us started, I doubt that we can visit all of these places in one week. Have any of you anchored out and taken your dingy to Buchart Gardens? Lyle

We have had a boat in Anacortes for 7 years, but we have never gone just over the border to the Gulf Islands. We trailered our 25 all over Vancouver Island from the West Coast to the Broughtons to Desolation Sound, but we know nothing about the Southern Gulf Islands. We are going to be touring...

I have a PC based system with Coastal Explorer and radar. It is not on a C-Dory, it is on my 46 Westcoast. You have to use Koden radar with Coastal Explorer. I knew nothing about Koden when I bought my Koden 4 kw dome, and was a little concerned about it. So far, it has been great. Much...

Hi Pat, I looked last night, but I couldn't find the winch. I may have let it go to the new owners when I sold the boat. I'm still looking, but it wasn't in any of the usual places for my boat "stuff". Lyle

Hey Pat, Before you buy one, let me look for the one I took off of our King Trailer when I installed the Powerwinch. It was brand new, and I may still have it in the storage shed. If I can find it, I'll give it to you. Lyle

We have done all of the various ferry options from Washington State to Vancouver Island. I believe they were all around $150.00 one way. We kept our 25 in Anacortes, so we took the Anacortes to Sidney ferry for several years. It is a more scenic route through the San Juans, but smaller than...

We really enjoyed getting to see old friends again in Bellingham on Friday. Ruth and Joe are great people and they make everything warm and friendly at this gathering. They also run it like a well oiled machine and take care of everyone and every detail. I was impressed with Ruth & Joe's...

We've really missed our friends in the C-Brats. It's been a long time since we've been able to attend a gathering. I've signed us up for this one. I remember how crowded P dock is with C-Dory's and we would take up too much space. I called the Bellingham harbormaster and asked if we could...

Tom, I just saw your boat listed at $14,000 on Craigslist. You'd better change that before you get a 100 calls tonight. If it's really $14,000, I'll be over with a check. Lyle

Here in the Yakima Valley, we're high desert and supposed to get around 7" of rain a year. I've never seen anything like this year. I'm not a farmer, but our customers are all in agriculture, so I worry about the weather almost like a farmer. After a certain maturity level, the cherries...

Tom, I almost choked on my lunch when I read about your stalker. Don't worry about the real estate market. If you're getting this kind of response from your website, you have a potentially lucrative second career. Will Susan make a Star Trek uniform for you? Lyle

I had a 2 hp Honda when we had the 25. As described, it was noisy and I didn't like the centrifical clutch. Worst of all when we were with the C-Brat group in Desolation Sound, Pat Anderson smoked me in the "Desolation Sound Dingy Race" with his 2.5 hp Tohatsu. I would buy the Suzuki or a...

Congratulations Tom & Susan. I remember looking this boat over when they were putting the the outboard bracket on it. It's a great boat and with the huge cockpit it looks like the all time best C-Dory for fishing. Lyle