Fishery Update 11/6

Tacklebuster · 11-06-2001, 05:57 PM

Great day on the water today! It was a little bumpy and windy (until we left of course) but the fishing was great. We caught 45 shakers and 2 keepers. We let the 47 inch go and kept a fat 52 inch monster :grin: We didn't see any hogs caught but saw one roll not to far from my boat. Squid seemed to outfish smelt 3 to 1 with both keepers caught on the squid. It was a great day with a lot of action for 2 rods

Oh yeah, the bait shop opens at 7:00 and the smelt that they had was the rankest stuff I have smelled in my few years of pursuing the leviathon.

Jennie@ifish · 11-06-2001, 06:04 PM

Here in T mook, pressure was low. Only a few trailers at Memaloose, and not as many boats in sight... They are hiding somewhere!
2 to 4 at 5th street...
I don't know how they did. Anyone? T mook report?
Jen

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Pilar · 11-07-2001, 09:02 AM

Tacklebuster, just curious. Is that frozen whole squid or the pickled sturgeon candy stuff?

Good job on the 52" fatty!

Tacklebuster · 11-07-2001, 03:11 PM

Pilar,
Safeway, straight out of the box injected with a little stinky stuff. I have tried the Sturgeon candy and really didn't see the difference, other than the price. The keepers seem to be really big up there this year. I plan on going back on Monday to give it another shot :smile:

Pilar · 11-07-2001, 03:50 PM

Tacklebuster, I hear you. I sure got some strange looks using that at Kelley point last spring. At least until I hooked that first big un.

The pickled squid is great as a topper for smelt. Cut a little strip and attach it with the bait loop on your hook. Then just pull the hook and piece of squid into the smelts mouth and 1/2 hitch the leader on the tail. Even if they strip your bait the squid is still fishing. It wont wear out or come off. :grin: Reminds me of ***** . :grin: They should make tires out of that stuff.

Pete · 11-07-2001, 05:08 PM

It was slow today in a strong east wind. I did manage to pull an 8 footer to the boat on my salmon rod. And I didn't even break it!

Johnson_Bar · 11-07-2001, 06:10 PM

We fished the fishery with 3 rods as well. 3 oversize, 3 keepers and several shakers, we tried smelt, sandshrimp and even eel, they all seemed to work equally well