THE REEL HEY_YALL
07-05-2001, 11:16 AM
Well, back from a successful ocean trip out of Westport, so I thought I'd give a report for the day.
DanS, myself, and my youngest brother Justin went out on the Ms. Magoo, which is run by Ocean Charters out of Westport. We left the dock at 6am sharp, and then proceeded to about 12 miles out +/- with the total number of anglers to be 22 on the boat.
This is Justin's first salmon trip ever taken in his life, so while he was out visiting for the summer, this seemed like a great idea for him to see the Pacific Ocean and to also catch some fish.
Sho 'nuff. After we dropped out lines down to start the mooch-a-thon, we hear a voice from the stern shouting fish on! Next thing I know while we are fishing off of the bow, Justin (standing next to me) yells "Oh ****, Oh ****, I think I got a fish!" I check out his rod and then see it start to yank down! Well he sets the hook, starts winding down, and we all step back so he can step up to the bow, while going under our rods. He lands his first salmon, being a chrome silver hen of about 6 pounds. Of course, he catches 2 more chrome, silver hens.
DanS and I were steamed because all the doughballs were catching fish while we went skunk for 2 hours, until Dan lands his first fish at 9am and then I land my first at 9:15am. We each then catch a shaker a piece.
22 people = 44 fish; limited out at 10 minutes til 10am. Less than 3 hours of fishing time.
Someone on our boat landed a 36.14 lb King. It was surely destined to win the derby yesterday, but I have to call down there to find out if the guy won or not.
All in all, a very memorable occasion, and we have a new addict on our hands and possibly a future PacNW resident. images/icons/shocked.gif images/icons/shocked.gif
Thanks to DanS for helping me setup this trip, and for being the driver. He's a good guy, no matter what Jeffhead and Osprey say about him images/icons/tongue.gif
Thanks to the Capt., Dave McGowen, of the Ms. Magoo, and a special thanks to the net boys.
DanS, myself, and my youngest brother Justin went out on the Ms. Magoo, which is run by Ocean Charters out of Westport. We left the dock at 6am sharp, and then proceeded to about 12 miles out +/- with the total number of anglers to be 22 on the boat.
This is Justin's first salmon trip ever taken in his life, so while he was out visiting for the summer, this seemed like a great idea for him to see the Pacific Ocean and to also catch some fish.
Sho 'nuff. After we dropped out lines down to start the mooch-a-thon, we hear a voice from the stern shouting fish on! Next thing I know while we are fishing off of the bow, Justin (standing next to me) yells "Oh ****, Oh ****, I think I got a fish!" I check out his rod and then see it start to yank down! Well he sets the hook, starts winding down, and we all step back so he can step up to the bow, while going under our rods. He lands his first salmon, being a chrome silver hen of about 6 pounds. Of course, he catches 2 more chrome, silver hens.
DanS and I were steamed because all the doughballs were catching fish while we went skunk for 2 hours, until Dan lands his first fish at 9am and then I land my first at 9:15am. We each then catch a shaker a piece.
22 people = 44 fish; limited out at 10 minutes til 10am. Less than 3 hours of fishing time.
Someone on our boat landed a 36.14 lb King. It was surely destined to win the derby yesterday, but I have to call down there to find out if the guy won or not.
All in all, a very memorable occasion, and we have a new addict on our hands and possibly a future PacNW resident. images/icons/shocked.gif images/icons/shocked.gif
Thanks to DanS for helping me setup this trip, and for being the driver. He's a good guy, no matter what Jeffhead and Osprey say about him images/icons/tongue.gif
Thanks to the Capt., Dave McGowen, of the Ms. Magoo, and a special thanks to the net boys.