Early Saturday Depoe Bay report

Sea Jypzee · 08-16-2003, 08:06 AM

What a great morning for fishing!!

I decided to make a quick solo run out of Depoe Bay this morning while the fish to be smoked are drying before I could put them in the smoker.

Ran on out to about 30 fathoms, and dropped in the good old hoochie I've been using all year, and sure enough it proved invaluable once again!! Hoochie with a small chunk of herring, large flasher, and a small diver combination.

Got several nate fish, while on a slow troll on a western tack towards about 35 fathoms. Was just slightly north of the whistle bouy, although not much at all really. Didn't even put the GPS up since it was foggy, was navigating off the radar anyway, so can't really give good numbers, sorry.

Anyhow, picked up first keeper coho, about 10lbs, very nice fish...then went back to fishing at about 33 fathoms. Had a very active bite, in that area, so tended to stick around there...got a few nates, and started off on that western tack again. At about 35 fathoms is where life got fun, as I started having memories of last nights chinook all over again. This one didn't break the surface though, and just took a dive down deep while running as far away from the boat as he could get.

Soon enough, I managed to get him back up to the boat and sure enough, it looked like it could've been a twin to the chinook I got last night on that same hoochie. Was about 25lbs again, very nice fish. Sorry didn't get any pics of it as camera batteries were dead.

Ocean conditions were great this morning, although a bit foggy. No real wind, small swell, very easy morning to fish.

Here is last nights pics:

Woody · 08-16-2003, 09:18 AM

Nice Job Nancy!!

How do the conditions look for tuna?

Sea Jypzee · 08-16-2003, 09:20 AM

For today probably not too bad. I'm not running for tuna till I get the prop fixed though. I did speak to JT on Depoe Bay Tacklebuster on the CB this morning. He was out on the tuna grounds, about 25 miles out of Depoe Bay and said he was just getting into fish. He was very faint due to the distance on CB, but that was as much of a report as I was able to get. He and Enterprise were both running Charter Tuna fishing trips today.

Fishmstr · 08-16-2003, 06:36 PM

Sea Jypzee...thanks for the call in today. We headed out to deeper water and rods began to light up. We boated 5 keepers in about a half hour and had who knows how many more on. We had two double mixed in. We even stopped trolling, pulled out the iron and started getting them jigging and winding! I felt like I was back in Baja, with shorts and no shirt. It was an amazing day. No wind and very little swell. Finished off our limit with a jig fish and headed in. Best coho fishing I have ever had. Caught two hogs, easy 15 pounds. It was tough to leave the water, but with limits what else can you do?!?
This is the second week in a row I've been called in to a great bite. Thanks Salty Dogs, you guys rock. I tried calling in other Dogs, but no one replied. We just kept wishing we weren't in a 15' skiff so we could go fish for tuna...ohwell, hopefully soon.
best fishes,
steve

Sea Jypzee · 08-16-2003, 07:22 PM

Steve - I am so glad to hear that you got into the fish good. The ocean was so calm this morning, I wasn't too worried about you being out there in your little boat. Glad all went well for you.

Yes, it was a hot bite this morning. I'll be heading out tomorrow morning again at 06:00 with a couple of my neighbors I'd promised a trip for. (seas permitting).

Hoping to get out and back before the blow tomorrow.