Weekend at Sekiu

Irish Pennant · 05-30-2006, 07:28 AM

It was my sons 21st birthday and he wanted to do some fishing so we went up to Sekiu for 5 days and fished for Halibut, Lings and Bass. We got 1 small Halibut, 2 keeper lings and many undersize, We brought home about 60 or 70 pounds of bass fillet and also caught flounder, greenling, cod and quillback. All in all a great weekend of fishing.

As a side note, I have ever heard so many distress calls on the radio before. Those Coasties at Neah and on Vancouver Island sure are a busy group.

slabhunter · 05-30-2006, 08:05 AM

Thanks for the report.

Anything in the halibut's stomach? There were a couple of reports about the PA derby folks finding red rock crab in thier catch? Just currious.

Hans

Irish Pennant · 05-30-2006, 08:39 AM

The one we caught was small like a pop tart, hook on a squid jig. Of the few we seen at the dock, one guy said it had squid in it. The halibut fishing from a locals point of view was "Its the slowest he's seen in a long time but it will get better, later on in June". We heard of a few that were from 65 to 135 pounds. I think the 135 came from a boat out of Port Angeles.

slabhunter · 05-30-2006, 12:12 PM

I believe the largest 'but was #124 by sunday. Only 30 or so fish for 150 boats around PA.

Hans

Irish Pennant · 05-30-2006, 12:50 PM

You are probably right about catch numbers and weight. The reports I was hearing was over the radio and I was more focused on fishing than the radio. Thanks for the update and for clairifing the catch. That 150 boats, was that just the derby boats?

PapaHog · 05-31-2006, 07:32 AM

60 to 70 lbs of fillets!!! Even without a butt you seem to have had a very successful fishing trip. Congratulations.

Paddler · 05-31-2006, 07:41 AM

That makes me feel better about our 0 halibut for 5 days of fishing the week before the Derby.

slabhunter · 05-31-2006, 10:16 AM

From my understanding most of the boats were from the launches at PA, only some were from Sequim Bay at John Wayne Marina.

Hans