Seal Rock Bottom Fish

[Phil Layer]

On Sunday, I dropped pots at 9:30 and tuned the radio to the weather. The report was 4 foot wind waves and 7 foot seas. And, this forecast was an hour old. I was bummed but called the Coast Guard for a bar report and was told the ocean was 1 & 3. Go figure!

Jumped the bar and found myself in a beautiful and flat sea. Motored toward Seal Rock at about 20 mph on plane. Saw a total of 5 boats including one puker. Called Seasquid on 78 and got a reply but couldn’t raise him again. I figure he was not at Seal Rock.

My buddy and I bobbed around for a couple hours without much luck. Finally, I started puttering around and saw a big ball of fish go under us. We dropped down and were nailed. In the next twenty minutes, we had our twenty and they were all nice, big black bass. We let a 22 inch ling go back down that had a mouth full of baby lings. Once we found the fish, we could not get the lines down more than twenty feet before being bit. It was bottom fishing at its finest. And, we had the ocean to ourselves.

Back in the bay, we pulled our three pots and had not a single female in any of the pots. We threw back at least ten males that were 1/16 inch too small. We ended up with 8 nice big hard ones.

Having been limited this summer due to boat motor problems, I REALLY enjoyed my day on the briny. The boat ran perfect, too.

Life is good.

[Reel Creel]

we went down to seal rock as well on sunday. We put one keeper ling and a few throw backs WHAT A NICE DAY ON THE WATER. The wife started felling a little sick this was her first time out on the the big blue. So we went back to Tillamook bay and pulled our traps and got 21 nice keeper crabs. In three days of crabing at tillamook we been able to keep 77 keeper crab all hard shell. 56 last weekend and 21 yesterday.

[seasquid]

Phil,

What is your boat? I wasn't quite that far south. I was in the white Marlin with the white flag on the VHF. There were a couple of other boats in the neighborhood, and the puker was south of us about a mile.

I don't know why I couldn't pick you up, other than the one time. It was a fairly weak signal. Hmm...

ss

[Phil Layer]

Seasquid,

I've got a marlin, too. Mine is white and gray with a hardtop and lots of antennas. One is broken and patched and that may be why you couldn't hear me.

I'll put "new antenna" on my to do list.

I think I saw your boat on the way down and you may have been fishing near reel creel. I didn't see anyone reeling on your boats so I kept going south.

Awesome day. Glad to hear you got out too.

[4 REEL]

Squid & Phil,

Sqid, Saw you out there on sunday, I was in the dark red willie sled (pro-cures) just inside and around yu.
Phil, Heard you chat with the C.G. for the bar conditions. Then we passed you just west of the bridge as you were heading out, we were just coming in. Then, do you remember a red Suburban passing you on the uphill on the way home?
We ended up with over a hundred crab for 6 guys and two boats for 2 1/2 days. Some lings and bass. < )))><

[Reel Creel]

Iv got a Blue Water 22 sportfisher with three in it sunday. I saw two bayliners one searay and a sled by the most norther rock. One boat with a hard top that went on bie in to that inlet south of all the rocks. I cant say it too many times what a nice day!!

[South Paw]

Nice Perry. You better harden the wife up a bit though. 1 and 3 and a bit queazy? She'll come around. Next thing ya know she'll be pheasant hunting in Hermmy. You still fishing your old boat? April for the new one right?

I on the other hand was working on the kitchen from hell. Oh well glad some of ya are haveing fun.

TTYL

[seasquid]

Yep -- I saw you.

I fish that area quite a bit, it's been pretty good to me.

I'll catch up to you next time.

ss

[Reel Creel]

Hue,
we got home and told her to make me a sandwich,cook the crabs and clean the fish :grin: :grin: she did good just going.and told to make own sandwinch, cook the crabs and keep that fish out of her house.