Went up the Snohomish River Saturday from Everett ot the town of Snohomish. Lots of debris in the river - probably from the rather high tides and wind. 100's of dead humpys floating around and a few jumpers (the live ones). Probably a dozen fisherman trying their luck from boats (one C-Dory - 22 angler, no markings - not even a C-Dory sticker), and maybe 20 from the river banks. Partly sunny, very pleasant fall afternoon cruise.
SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OR ON YOUR C-DORY TODAY??
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Geez, Roger. You're courteous and courageous. Good for you. I really don't know if I would have taken the chance. I bet if the guy was in eril, and not just his boat, the CG would have found an asset or two.
No fish, huh? Maybe you should stick with crabbing. I just started this weekend, and the first crab was still cheaper at $200/pound than your advertised fish cost. After today, I got it down under $30/pound. If a few weeks, them crabs will be paying me to catch 'em.
No fish, huh? Maybe you should stick with crabbing. I just started this weekend, and the first crab was still cheaper at $200/pound than your advertised fish cost. After today, I got it down under $30/pound. If a few weeks, them crabs will be paying me to catch 'em.
TyBoo":2dkb216b said:
Courteous - maybe, courageous not so much - stupid probably. The whole time I was thinking, "Is it worth risking a $50,000 boat for a $3000-5000 boat?" I did tip the engines up a bit and for awhile, turned one off and operated with it entirely out of the water so I could be sure I'd have a good prop if the first one hit a rock. However, after several passes in front of him in larger and larger circles all the time looking down at the water, I was reasonably certain it was mostly sand in front of him.
As for fishing v crabbbing, I think you're right. I need to put som more crab in the freezer and the fishing has been pretty bad this year. If it wasn't for my trips to Neah Bay, my freezer would be empty of fish. I think I might look for a weekend of nice predicted weather sometime in the next few months and make a trip back out for bottom fishing.
I'm certainly planning to go out there in May 2006 for Halibut. I've never caught a Hali before this year and I brought 3 nice size ones (estimated at 50#, 40# and 30#) to the boat in August that I had to let go. All of those fish we caught within 2-3 miles of Tatoosh island in 2 spots that are marked on the GPS. If anyone wants to participate in a C-Brat, Neah Bay May 2006 hailbut fishing trip, I'm willing to organize. Given the weather and swells out there, it's the kind of thing where we might need 4-7 days to be reasonably certain we can get a couple good fishable days so it's not for those who can't take a little time off. Also, not for those who get seasick easily... Also, it best if you also get a Canadian license as then you can fish the Canadian side of Swiftsure bank. This year, Im finally gonna' make the run (by car) up to Vancouver or Victoria to get my license. Probably will go the first week in Jan. - like Sat. the 7th. If anyone wants to carpool from Seattle on that day to get a license and have nice chinese lunch, PM me.
Roger on the SeaDNA
Dusty,
Yes you can get an electronic license online BUT (from the Canadian Fisheries site)
" Important Note Regarding Fishing for Halibut:
No person who is not a Canadian resident may fish for or retain halibut under an electronic licence in management area 121, as described in Schedule II of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations. If you are a non-resident and wish to fish for halibut in management area 121 you must purchase a paper license from a vendor in Canada. Refunds will not be issued, so please ensure your licence selection is correct before you complete your transaction."
Since area 121 is one of the areas that includes swiftsure, you have to get a paper license for that. Apparently this is a way of limiting the licenses for the near US portion of Canadian waters to those who are highly motivated to fish there.... I think it's a bit of a hokey rule and would be happy to pay more money to save myself the time BUT "rules is rules".
Yes you can get an electronic license online BUT (from the Canadian Fisheries site)
" Important Note Regarding Fishing for Halibut:
No person who is not a Canadian resident may fish for or retain halibut under an electronic licence in management area 121, as described in Schedule II of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations. If you are a non-resident and wish to fish for halibut in management area 121 you must purchase a paper license from a vendor in Canada. Refunds will not be issued, so please ensure your licence selection is correct before you complete your transaction."
Since area 121 is one of the areas that includes swiftsure, you have to get a paper license for that. Apparently this is a way of limiting the licenses for the near US portion of Canadian waters to those who are highly motivated to fish there.... I think it's a bit of a hokey rule and would be happy to pay more money to save myself the time BUT "rules is rules".
Catman":36f3vpa5 said:
Yes he did - said thanks many times and gave me some $'s to cover fuel etc. and wouldn't take "no" for an answer on the $'s. Once I got him on board, I discovered he was a lawyer :shock: I jokingly indicated that had I known that, I might have made him sign a release form before tossing him the line. :lol: (sorry Pat..) You know - "I agree to hold said C-Dory owner harmless of any damage that may come to myself or my boat as a result of attempted rescue...." He was pretty cool overall and realized that he was lucky someone was willing to help out. He would have been fine, but it would have been easy for the boat to have been a total loss.
Just as an aside, I did ask "Don't you have an anchor?" He indicated "yes". Well, I couldn't help but point out that had he thrown it out before he was beached, he would have been at home warm and dry long before the time he eventually wound up getting towed in. Heck, the trawler would have been able to get to him if he was in deeper water... I didn't bother to mention the value of a VHF radio...
Also, as another aside, I've decided I'm going to keep some very long (300' +) 1/8" nylon line in the boat in the future. With that much line, I could have cast a 10-12 oz weight to shore with my fishing rod and then had him use the fishing line as a leader to pull the thicker leader line and then ultimately attached the tow line to that. I considered doing that with the tow line and fishing line alone and probably could/should have done that anyway but with the currents and winds, I would have had to anchor up with fairly close in with only 100' of tow line to get the line to him. Also, I could only communicate with him via cell phone so that made any complex procedure more difficult to work out. Next time, I'll have a better process worked out.
I can say that the heaving bag from West Marine was nice to have on board as I was able to use that as a leader line for the tow line and I was able to get a good toss to him (on the 2nd attempt) with that. Finally, I did do a little googling to look at other ways to get a line to someone and found this Boat US site that compared various devices for tossing lines. The heave bag rates pretty well from their testing.
Finally, one last thing - square knots in braided nylon line do a great job of holding two lines together but after being under considerable tension become almost impossible to untie. I assume all the old "salts" out there know this already and might recommend a better know for me to use in the future. I'll probably wind up losing 6" off of each 50' lockline to get them apart and then will have to re-whip the ends...
Roger on the SeaDNA
El and Bill
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Well done, Roger -- and you got us all thinking and preparing.
Just returned from Lake Powell. The strippers were shut down, nary a bite no matter what I did. Caught some nice small mouth though... enough to fry up every night and feed four. My brother and his spouse came along from Golden Colorado... Had a great time weaving back into some of the canyons I had never before reached in my small Glasstron... not enough fuel to go as far... Hope to see many of you someday soon a Lake Powell.
c-dancer":3rfdrs7t said:
Yep, it's funny. That's why we need the green guys. They would have caught the extra "p" and saved the poor man months of anguish and marriage counseling for both him and his brother. I saw it earlier, but I thought it was too good to change. I guess we really do need them green guys.
Somebody somewhere mentioned the possibility of a "half way" CBGT so folks from all across the country could attend. The first place that came to my mind when I read that was Lake Powell. It's not quite half way unless we can get some AK guys, but it would be a great destination. Something to think about...........
CatyMae n Steve
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We're not going to do the work on the CatyMae...she's goin back to the dealer for awhile...got moisture in the tach, electrical connections hanging by a thread, pinhole leaks in the sides of the boat (yup, we finally found out where the water's coming in) and a window latch that fell off the window...few other minor things to be fixed, then we'll be back to fishin!
CatyMae n Steve
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Well, this is going to be interesting...we dropped the boat off at the dealers this morning...the guy was amazed at the leaking, as it's well below the rubrail, and he'd expected it to be there...he looked in wonderment and said, "looks like pinhole sized holes in the fiberglass...never seen that before."