Yaquina Weekend Update

[Fishplay]

We had a great weekend! It just doesn't get any better. Big Blue was a huge bath tub last weekend.
We started fishing Friday evening with a run to "North Rockpile". We only got to fish about an hour and a half and then ran back in to cook crab for a friend and visit with them for a while. Friday turned out to be nothing but a boat ride. Saturday we were at a spot I have saved as "Ling" which is southwest about 18 miles. I have had luck here before for chinook and toothy ones. I picked up two chinook within a couple hours and we both returned many coho. The biggest about 30lbs. My partner, Chinnok_hunter, couldn't get the coho off his bait. In fact we both caught so many coho we ran out of bait before he could get his kings. These were very nice coho; most of which were clipped. One would have tipped the scales at 18-20lbs.
We headed in for lunch and a restocking of the bait cooler then back out. This time we ran till we hit 57 degree water which was about 6 miles out. It only took Del about 45 minutes to pick up both Kings. They looked like twin hens. Both about 20lbs.
We saw a fella with a 40lber at the cleaning station that night.
Sunday we wanted to beat the traffic so the plan was keep the first four legal fish caught. We hoped if they were coho they would be the same size as Saturdays.....but we weren't going to be picky. We ran about 9 miles till the water temp was good and began trolling for "North Rockpile" . We fished for an hour without a bump. A couple other boats found us and one picked up a king that looked to be around the 25 range. We decide to run on out to the spot. We found 240 ft of water at 58 degrees and picked up the first fish. I began a trolling pattern of about a 1/4 mile radius and the fishing was furious. Doubles once! The finishing tally was three coho at 10-15 and one chinook mid 20. The best part - I was home by 2:00 pm and the traffic wasn't an issue.
The depth varried.
Sat
50-60 feet, fishflash flasher, whole herring.
Sun
50-105 feet, fishflash flasher, whole herring, or green hoochie devil with herring chunk.
The chinook came on the hoochie devil squid, which I was fishing hoping to pick up the coho quickly. The fish are feeding in a frenzy and seem to hit whats offered.

[Pilar]

Yes, yes, yes!

Dead fish is good. We have been getting very few coho using whole Yaquina Bay herring and trolling deep. My mate wont touch a flasher and she calls em in every time we go.

What about that GPS? Faith in the department of defense, Lockheed Martin and mankind restored! Been there once? Just follow the plastic Jesus back to that spot on another day and pound them again. Same spot, same technique, different day.

Way to go Fishplay. Let's go get the tuna!

[Fishplay]

Good to hear of your success Jon. Thanks for the invite to Tuna Town but my ride just doesn't have the long legs for it. I told the story in your presidental post. See ya Friday!

[chinook_hunter]

Last weeked was alot of fun and lots of fish. Hay fishplay get out of there HAY GET THE ...... OUT OF THERE ha ha .