Having to fish weekends has been tough. It's so much more crowded than I ever remember and all I can say is .... stupid work. LOL
I had a feeling about a spot since the islands were going off and decided to make the run to investigate.
Blue sky on the way out...
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Socked in soon as I left the inlet...
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It took a lot longer to get there in the fog, but it started clearing up soon as I arrived. I made some macks and just put one out while trying to get the boat organized for what I was going to fish for today. I hear creaking and see my rod doubled over! No way!
1st yellow of the season to gaff. Not bad, but probably a 15# model.
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Other boats started coming into view so I made sure they weren't privy to what I just caught.
I put another mack out and was hooked up within 5 minutes! Damn thing unbuttoned at color. I think my circle hook was too small.
I put a bigger hook on and started slow trolling and got hooked up on another yellow! Issue was other boats and I spent more energy trying to avoid them than fighting the fish and it got stuck in some kelp. I thought I got it out, but what I felt was it just popping off the hook while being wrapped.
One more slow trolled knockdown and I had a 10 second run before it was gone. Damn it!
Too many boats all slow trolling now so I moved on. Plan B was to load up on whitefish while catching some bass for fun. I stopped along the way since I saw some interesting structure on the bottom and dropped a fresh squid down. Instant hook up and I got it to color just to have the line break at color. WTF was it???
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I re-tie and drop down another squid and get another big bite! This one felt like a big yellow or possible WSB... I was pretty stoked!
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You got to be kidding me.... a big ass Soupie....
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I dropped down again but lost my hook on the hookset and knew it was a school of soupies below me, so I decided to move on.
I made the trip to another spot I really wanted to investigate a little further.
Whitefish were there.
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I ended up with only damn 9. That last whitefish was impossible to find.
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Caught plenty of bass also.
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Well, a greatly successful day, but almost a REALLY good one, but too many lost opportunities. Well, I guess this means I have to wait a week to fish again...
Thanks for reading!