Saturday Report from Marty @ Depoe

Mark Mc · 06-07-2003, 03:37 PM

Just got off the phone with Marty. No luck finding tuna up to 30 miles out. Came back in & chased salmon for a short time with other boats; they landed one 30 lb'er. Other private boats did well on the salmon; good grade of fish too. Weather is flat. Salmon @ Depoe sounds like a good bet for those who can go.

love2fish · 06-07-2003, 06:51 PM

Mark Mc,
Do you know how far out they were for the salmon?

love2fish

wak'm&stak'm · 06-07-2003, 06:52 PM

Hey...Mark did they say where they were. I was thinking of sneaking out..???? Thanks

Mark Mc · 06-07-2003, 07:05 PM

I think he said 30 fathom line.

Born to be Wild · 06-08-2003, 03:59 AM

I heard they went out 35 miles and found 58 degree water but no long fins.

One small 6 pack charter got 6-8 nookers for his customers yesterday.

Heard from a relibable source that it is true about the tuna off of PC and I think he said they were only 18 miles out. Or was that 18 tuna?
Will ask him details in a little while. He did give some specifics about a dory and another commercial fisherman hooking up out there and exchanging tuna tackle.

Marty · 06-08-2003, 09:31 AM

The weather was too nice to fish for salmon, so we headed out on a FLAT ocean Saturday AM in search of Mr. tuna. Water was really warm (for this time of year), but we found no temp breaks, no current or debri lines, no birds working and no blue water. We put the lines in around Pilars spot and trolled in 58.3 degree water and then started toward the 125/45 area, but the water was cooling down as we headed west. Headed north of the 45 line, to about 45 10.00, and found that the water was getting gradually warmer, to as high as 58.8. Still no good signs, but we put the spread back out and trolled around for another couple hours as we headed back in. Within 5 miles of the beach the temp was still 57. We got to about 345 feet straight off Depoe and put a bait down to 100' with a cut plug herring and Wham-o within 3 minutes, a 30 lb. chromer. I think the Gods were telling us that this was our reward for the 100 mile tuna search. The story on the dock was that a shrimper called in a dory friend who had some tuna gear on board and the shrimper got into a bunch of tuna 18 miles off Pacific City. Heard it from 3 different people, so it could be true. A commercial salmon fisherman told me the tuna fleet was 125 to 150 miles offshore right now and slowly working closer. Its just a matter of time.

Even though we burned a lot of gas and didn't even get close to catching any of the silver bullets..........it was way, way good to at least be offshore in flat conditions with the sun shining, two good buddy's, a few cold beers and the only boat in sight. I KNOW there are some fish out there and weather permitting I am ready to go again. Although next time I will bring the Ifish fleet with me so we can cover more area.

Good fishin

Marty

corrirod · 06-08-2003, 09:40 AM

Nice try Marty, sorry the bullets weren't cooperating. Even though you didn't catch any I still wish I could've been out there with you on such a nice day. I know they're out there right now and I'm planning on taking a peek as soon as time permits.

Booja 1 · 06-08-2003, 12:12 PM

Thx for doing the leg work Marty and for the albie report from the outside..Sounds encouraging..Maybe it's good you didn't find any longfins,,You'd have a mild panic starting at the beginning of the work week........

crabbait · 06-08-2003, 05:40 PM

Thanks for a great report, Marty. I could almost feel the 'puter chair rockin' with the swells!