Late Fri Report - Newport Hali

[Mark Mc]

Just got home; haven't unpacked yet or had dinner but wanted to get a quick report for those who need it for Sat AM.

Weather was great; no wind, slick over a 4/5 ft swell. Started at the rockpile. Got into lings & yellowtail rockfish & even a skate, but couldn't buy a halibut. Pilar had one hog & a few shakers; report of a few other fish at the south end. We pulled the plug & ran to the chicken ranch. Got our 4 fish there in reasonable time. Although no wind, there was a fairly strong current to the SW. At the ranch, Popeye had a big shark take several huge bites out of a hali right at the boat. He held it up & it truly looked like Swiss cheese.

We had hoped to run north & chase tuna, but time was running out for that. Talked to one boat that was headed towards the warm water at nelsons island. He got 5/6 miles N of chicken ranch & saw jumpers. Didn't hook any last I spoke w/him.

Back to the rockpile for a chance at salmon. By then Pilar had his box plugged with 5 or 6 big salmon. He was really true to form today. We got one nice king in about 15 minutes of trolling & called it quits.

Bring plenty of nice herring for both buts & salmon; that seems to be what they wanted today.


Good luck tomorrow y'all..........

[The Bad Fish]

it was great out there today ,, pilar got some huge salmon and finally got me a 43" hali. it took some coaching but after i got the feel for it we had one on fast.. i ran out in my 17ft boat at 22 kt, i have never seen the ocean that flat. will be out there tommorow.. kb

[rockn'reel]

Areyou guys going out of Depot tomorrow morning and if so what time are you going out. The weather report actually was posted as being worse than it was projected the other day. I was thinking about leaving at about 2 am and making a run from Tigard down to visit and get the boat out for a run. I was really hoping to try for Tuna and would like it tag along if possible.

[FishBowl]

Just got back myself from a great day fishing with Aqua_Holic, what a nice day, have not seen the ocean that flat either Here is my 48" incher and a Picture of Dean the Aqua-Holic
Thanks alot Dean for a great trip even though you don't know me
Tim

[ 08-22-2003, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: Crambone ]

[Sea Jypzee]

Very nice job to Tim and Dean. Sounds like ya'll had a great day out there. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[FishBowl]

Ok here is the rest of the story. That picture of Dean fighting a fish is a 65 pound plus halibut that hit a herring we were mooching about 20 cranks off the bottom, AFTER we had already got our limit of butts :shocked: that is a light action salmon rod with 30LB test line, him and Joe had to tag team that one. Later in the day we went to the north end of the pile and tried to get into some lingcod, I was jigging a 4oz jighead with a motor oil colored rubber wormy thing and bang I hook into something that is screaming line off my reel :shocked: I finally had to put the thumb to it or lose it all, I stopped the fish and started gaining line, About 15 minutes later here comes a 40" plus butt I got this on a Berkley Air IM7 10-20 with 40 LB line on it. All in all we got 3 acidental Halibut that we had to let go, 2 of the 3 were bigger than my 48" keeper. I did manage 1 27" Ling and a small chinook. What a great day. Thanks again Dean.
Here is Joe and me with the goods


[ 08-22-2003, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: Crambone ]

[Aqua-Holic]

Thanks for posting the pictures Tim....nice to see you are still suckin up a little.. :grin: You forgot to mention that Joe ate all the lunch meat. It was a great day out there with good company and I just realized from the pics that we did a 3-banger. Was a pleasure having you aboard (even though I don't know you)..and thanks for helping clean the catch.

Dean

[FishBowl]

Aqua-Holic???
who dat????? :grin:

Thanks again Dean

P.S. check your mail dude

[ 08-25-2003, 04:09 PM: Message edited by: Crambone ]