Depoe Bay with Pilar

Nordic Sun · 07-14-2006, 09:26 AM

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Coastalfisherman · 07-14-2006, 09:32 AM

Way to put a hurt on the TUNA!!

MarshBum · 07-14-2006, 09:40 AM

I sit here, mouth slack, eyes wide, and my mind way off shore.

Once again, Pilar and crew make it hard to work.

Congrats, and what a sweet, sweet day!

Geoff

bassin · 07-14-2006, 09:42 AM

Bob; Way to go, glad you got into them. Johns a fish killing machine.

CATCH AND EAT · 07-14-2006, 09:57 AM

Will be a tough boat to beat next wednesday with the blood letting that has occured this week. Glad you had a good time Bob.

Simon Peter · 07-14-2006, 10:08 AM

OOOOHHHH how it hurts! I was supposed to be fishing out of Depoe with Clarity yesterday and had to bail on account of a bad virus the kids passed to their dear dad.

I heard it was wide-open for all present!

Glad to hear you did some major carnage!

tomictime · 07-14-2006, 10:54 AM

..some of us have to work...toooooo stupid to fish...Gawd what a GREAT series of posts......nice !!!!

Herring Problem · 07-14-2006, 11:26 AM

i'm dying here!
Stuck behind the desk---------

Pilar · 07-14-2006, 11:50 AM

Oh go on. We were just TUNAholics doing the bad thing.

There's more to it than that, ODIN. When you are the ringmaster you get to build a crew and watch the magic as they learn to work together. That's the reward for me. The magic as 4 strangers learn to work as a team and feel the power of the team. You guys were awesome. There's a reason we stack em high when certain guys are on the boat. And Odin, you just fit in with the highliners. I can't wait to try the livebait thing with you as my instructor.

Hey guys go get them tuners. It is WFO out at 61 degrees. They are in there thick and on the feed. All the fish we caught were jammed with 1 to 3 inch baitfish. It was like being in one of the blue planet videos at the last stop when we spotted the water raining baitfish and TUNA! jumping like dolphins in hot pursuit. Heartstopping that was. You could see the panicked baitfish leaping out in schoals and the TUNA! jipping by like F-16's leaving huge boils on the surface. They would pop up on either side of the boat from 100 to 500 feet away. We set gear and rolled by at 7 knots ..... zing POW!!!!

When we hooked one and dragged him in he was lit up bright blue.

The hot tip is fish trap way back. Make sure your reel is up to this punishing duty. My 975 Penn will never be the same. It makes grinding noise now when you turn the handle. Use the 3 to 4 inch bodies, a 2 ounce head and fish at least 300 feet behind the boat. We trolled at normal speed and the way back fish traps were almost always the first to go off. Then speed up, throw chum and then the other gear would light up. Color did not seem to matter as long as there was some green in it.

TCF100 Zuchinni is my go to. Channel Island Chovie on the fishtraps.

Bring ice, you're gonna need it

CATCH AND EAT · 07-14-2006, 12:08 PM

I think I just wet my pants from the excitment. Darn you John.

Ragnar · 07-15-2006, 08:45 AM

I'll chime in on this too, I guess.
It was great fishing with you Bob.
A big thank you out to Pilar for his hospitality and excited cheerleader skills.
The "all hands on deck" call sure launched me out of my below decks funk.
I know Jeff had a great time as well.
So Bob, take it easy on those cigars or I'll have to pinch your nickles (inside joke).

Ragnar