CR report for Fri-Sun

[get hooked]

Well I didn't get down to the coast until 10 o'clock Friday but we went out and gave it a try. Wind was blowing and chop was sloppy. Managed to get one 16 lb chinook, two small chinook, and one fin clipped silver by 2:30 in the after noon. Long sloppy ride back in fighting the wind and waves, but got back safely.
Saturday was another story. :whazzup: Foggy, windy, but the ocean wasn't too bad early on. Fished until 1:30 ( had a weigh in for our club's derby at 3:00 ) only caught one keeper and had a hard time finding the fish, then a long ride in again as the ocean started to kick it's heels again. But once again we made it in safely. Saw Fishplay at our weigh in. Nice to have met you Greg. (I hope that's right, Ive got a short memory some times) Very nice boat.
Speaking of short memory. Sunday we headed out in the pea soup. I guess I didn't get enough of that on Saturday. Went to the CR and trolled south. Picked up a couple of natives (released) had a couple drive byes and then nothing.When the rest of the day with nada. Then the fun began as the ocean was not in a calm state and the fog didn't lift. Came back in to find the wall of fog was laying just beyond buoy 10. Nice and clear at buoy 10. Tried for an hour or two up by the bridge on the Oregon side, but only saw two fish on. Called it a day at 1:00 and came in. Maybe next weekend.

[BigWaterBigFish]

Not sure which boat was yours on Saturday but we saw a # of Ifish stickers. We went out of Hammond on Saturday early 6:30 in the fog with GPS, took awhile for my little Striper to get to CR; we lasted about two hours or so before just too much work to run tiller, lines, rebait and hold on in the chop, came in and trolled the river for hour till a trio of sea lions circled us. Came home and ran fresh water through the engines and washed the salt of the boat ... crusty.
We'll be there all weekend 20/21

[Something Good]

Spotty fishing for us Fri and Sat but managed to get limits both days. 6 fish Fri and 8 on Sat. Fri fish were out deep west of the CR and managed to pick up limits quickly once we found them. Long trip Sat went back to the same spot and was rewarded with a nice 20lb nook. Then nothing for the next 1 1/2 hours. Moved south and found fish in good #'s 7 to 11 miles south of the CR. Picked up the rest of our fish there includung a nice 14lb silver. Long sloppy ride back but it's not as bad with a limit in the fish box. Will be back out this Fri and Sat.

BL

[Tacklebuster]

I fished it hard last week limiting the boat every trip. I found all the fish 8 to 11 miles South of the spark plug and 2. Scratch fishing at it's finest until you hit that magic 9 mile mark, then all heck would break loose. I will be there again this weekend more than likely and plan on running South until I hit that 9 mile mark before I waste my time dropping gear.

Coyote spoons at 11 to 14 pulls were the go to bait for my ride

[The Overfishin Condition]

We too only caught one keeper on Saturday, but Sunday we managed to get into some fish south of CR, around the spark plug. Our first keeper was a nice silver, and then we landed seven, count them seven, unclipped silvers without touching another clipped fish The action was somewhat steady, and then we got into a pretty good chinook bite, where we landed one 12-15 lber, and a 30 lber, plus lost what I'm guessing was a good fish due to gear failer. We didn't make it back to Illwaco until close to 4, it was one long ride in! We too were glad to emerge from the fog! We thought it was going to be slow again, but ended up bringing home three, and getting 12 to the boat, plus quite a few quick drive bys! Not all that bad. Tight lines, TOC.

[CATCH AND EAT]

Got our limits both Thursday and Friday. Went pretty far south both days but was worth the trip. Fish are still feeding in this area pretty heavy along with the humpbacks that once again graced us with their presence.