Broke the Boat today at Depoe Bay...

[Uglygreen]

But not before Depoe Bay Dan managed to bag a nice limit of Coho.



We limited on Salmon and went to look for some rockfish when I noticed that the bilge pump wasn't working, The boat was getting heavy, I looked into the bilge and noticed about 10 inches of water....

Obvious question was asked... why are we sinking?

Combination of deck washdowns, some rain, and as we found out later, a messed up o-ring seal on an inspection hatch put the water in the bilge. No big deal, except when half the electrical bus burns out for some unknown reason and the bilge pump dont work.

Hightailed it back to the dock and put the boat on the trailer. Figured out the problem was unrepairable in the parking lot, so we were done for the day.

Even though we never got to actually fish for the bottom fish I want to thank Depoe Bay Dan for giving me a crash course on methods and theory, along with a bunch of tackle to get started on the next trip. Thanks.

I think Dan actually knows every single person in Depoe bay on a first name basis, he introduced me to about half of em.

I also got to meet Capt Kujo, Tacklebuster, AndyCoho, and Skipper, Swampy, and crew (who fished alongside us for most of the morning.) Dan was headed back out with Skipper when I left, they had 3 Coho, a nice ling and 2 sea bass.

Coho were running 5-8 lbs and were all over in the top 20' of water about 1/2 mile west of the outside can and from there west. Hot ticket was the small chartruse coyote spoon which was outfishing the bait 4-1. Report was that chinook were being caught further west in 240 - 300 feet of water just below the coho. 30-50 feet i'm guessing.

UG

[ 06-21-2003, 07:21 PM: Message edited by: Uglygreen ]

[ANDYCOHO]

It was nice to meet you UG and Depoe Bay Dan!

Hope your boat is up and running soon.

We found our Coho at 240' at first light just below the surface using a Diver, Dodger, Hoochie and Chunk Herring. But the bite died hard at about 7:30.

We moved out to 300' of water and tried getting our divers down to 50' with whole green label. We were able to finish up our limit that way (2 6# Coho, 1 10# King and 1 20# King).

As we left we heard the call over the radio of Puffin's 64" Butt and heard Pilar and Corrirod start to head that way. Hope they found some Butt's and calmer seas! Can't wait to see the pictures of that Halibut!

[swampy]

We took a chinook at 240' out 18 pulls and finished the limit with 3 6lb coho at around that same depth. That was 5.75 miles out ...may not have had to go that far ...did they get into any closer today ? I have got to try those coyotes ...seems like a good way to go. Hope all goes well on the fix of the boat.

[Born to be Wild]

Yep, that Coyote spoon is hot. Not only did the rep promise that particular size and color is hot for coho, the charters and myself proved it to be a hot one two years ago when we got 'em going here.

The size and color is the 3.5" and chartruese/fishscale (stock # 5841-035-0580). The 4" will work for coho also but I believe the 3.5" might work better. It's hot!

Went back out with skipper and friends and fished for rockfish. Decided to go to GP (Goverment Point) because the swells and wind chop appeared to be picking up a bit and there is deeper water and long drifts at GP a major local reef only about a mile and a half north of Depoe Bay.

Fishing was tough due to the wind and a drift fast enough to troll. We released 4 or 5 lingcod, caught about 10 or so black rockfish and one blue rockfish.

It was a bit wiggly in there with the wind waves that were forecast and we called it quits at about 4:30 when a squall nailed us.

I have to apologize for spacing out taking a pic of the catch. They got moved into the filet room and we just started slicing. Bummer!

Skipper and his two friends ended up with 3 coho including an amazing 8 pounder (for this time of year), one respectable nice green lingcod and about a dozen or so "seabass". Would have made a good picture of there combo trip.

Here's the only pic we took out at GP in the afternoon with a double I caught (one black rockfish and one blue rockfish). Was not using my standard tackle because of the extremely fast drift. Was using a 4oz. torpedo sinker with double hook and a shrimp fly above it. That is pretty much the standard "heavy tackle" for the charter boats in this area.



The wind waves were a lot worse than they appear in that pic.

Dan

[Big TULE]

ANDYCOHO thank you for the net it came in handy later in the day... YEs there was success in the PILAR>>>

[Birdnest]

Nice post/pics fellars. Looks like a good time for all.

[Fish Hawg]

Nice fish, and motors

[Smily]

Howdy all. It was a great day and what a show Dan put on for us putting the hurt on them Bass. Gotta order my bassamatic now. :grin: We all got fish and a good lesson on how and where to get them. I was amazed at his technique as I had always used bait for my bottom fish and here comes Dan with his bag of rubbers and laying it on them. Thanks again for the lesson Dan.

I cleaned up the Pic a little. Hope you don't mind.



:smile: Smily :smile:

[Uglygreen]

and here comes Dan with his bag of rubbers and laying it on them. Thanks again for the lesson Dan.

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv">You might want to rephrase that part.

UG

[Sturgeon Tom]

AndyCoho It was nice to read that you got your limit down south too. That boat of you'rs is a catching mechine. :grin:
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[Smily]

Okay UG,
Rephrasing:
Here comes dan with all his rubbers and UG helping him get his lead out!! :grin:

Those pics showed that the wind chop wasn't there but I will testify they were somewhere.

:smile: Smily :smile:

[Born to be Wild]

Plastic's guys, plastic's! :grin:

Those plastic shad's, cocahoe & chovy minnows and curl tail or swirl tail grubs (worms) are made of soft plastic (plastisol).



We'll have to do it again someday!