[FishyMcfish]

We went out yesterday and had a hot bite right away after doing some bottom fishing. Got 4 keepers then went on a run of natives and smalls. Ended up getting 2 more later to finish with 6.

 

[Phish Whisperer]

Caught all the coho on our boat at 16 feet on line counter using bareback herring and diver in 275 to 310 FOW

 

[NorthPlainsDrifter]

One hookup, one fish today at 200'. The ocean gods lied to us this morning as it was a bit sporty but fishable with the north wind. Fish checker checker said Saturday was the best day so far then it fell way off the last two days, they counted 250 boats Sunday.

 

[I'd rather fish]

We were out this morning and yes Scott the fishing gods didn't tell the truth. We went north so the NW wind/swells would push us home. I always struggle bottom fishing off Nehalem, 160fow. Got a nice sized Vermillion, black rockfish and a Canary. Got two yellow eyes in a row and decided to head west for coho.
7 hard take downs, released 3 wilds and one in the box. Trolled out from 200-300fow and back. 90% of the fish were 30+ feet on the counter. Avg temp 54°. The afternoon wind didn't show up, conditions later in the day were better than in the morning. Wanted get out Thursday but will have to settle for Friday if conditions hold/improve.

 

[KingV]

Got a late start this morning crossed the bar around 0730. Dropped pots and ran out to 250 fow. Got 2 fish right away. Trolled out to 300 fow and bite slowed down. Turned back in and fished around 200 and picked up 2 more. Scratch fishing for us. Ended up with 4 nice coho and 12 crab.

 

[Somethingsmellsfishy]

Wondering if anyone got into them today? We crossed just after low slack, picked a few here and there but nothing consistent. Ended up with two small keepers, released 5 Wild, all nice big fish. Caught at 195 out to 300, but no real hot bite where we were. Did see a shark come up and grab a released salmon near the boat, that was something to see.

 

[I'd rather fish]

Wondering if anyone got into them today? We crossed just after low slack, picked a few here and there but nothing consistent. Ended up with two small keepers, released 5 Wild, all nice big fish. Caught at 195 out to 300, but no real hot bite where we were. Did see a shark come up and grab a released salmon near the boat, that was something to see.

That would be something to see!

 

[First Mate Chris]

Wondering if anyone got into them today? We crossed just after low slack, picked a few here and there but nothing consistent. Ended up with two small keepers, released 5 Wild, all nice big fish. Caught at 195 out to 300, but no real hot bite where we were. Did see a shark come up and grab a released salmon near the boat, that was something to see.

We had the same experience you did, started at 270 off of twin with a beautiful hatchery closely followed with a released wild. Then nothing, ran out to 325, then south to pyramid rock in 250 FOW, got another nice hatchery and again nothing. we ran north again and picked up one more keeper. It was a grind and many of our guide friends were still at it at 2pm.

 

[FishyMcfish]

Any reports from today? I’ll be heading out tomorrow.

 

[Mini Raptor]

Pretty slow today for our crew fished coho 8:30- 2:00pm with 3 wild coho released and 5 missed fish . No keepers for us. did manage a limit of black bass and a limit of lings at three arches. Really wanted some fresh coho always next time can’t wait for non select in sep.

 

[Primetime]

Fished solo Sunday starting straight out of jaws on a 250-heading found trash line at 155 feet, trolled south for nothing.
Went out to 250' on numbers from last week where we slayed them, but no trash line and few birds, had 2 short strikes but nothing stuck. No boats in sight, decided to run further west looking for birds and trash line to the 300 foot line, spoke with a couple of other Coho chasers and started trolling North looking for fish. No one in sight, a few more take downs that resulted in lost gear, thought it odd that i was losing freshly tied bait holders to coho strikes, then I saw the culprit
Blue Shark swimming on the surface in 58.6-degree water. Water was gin clear out at 300'. Tried fishing deep with 16oz weights all day thinking Coho probably went deep given beautiful weather and Gin clear water. Ended the day with one keeper Coho at about 6lbs.
Primetime

 

[I'd rather fish]

A friend got two outside Nehalem in the morning. 1 wild, 1 hatchery. Bite shut down pretty quick.

 

[FishyMcfish]

We started out bottom fishing but that was pretty slow. Got a later start on coho than I really wanted but we ended up landing 5 with 1 keeper. Didn’t see much action going on and the bite shut off for us. Fish checker said most boats had 1 or no fish with 3 keepers being the highest boat.

 

[wack0]

Thanks for the reports. Been kicking myself for not hauling down there and looking at conditions but sounds like best action is out of the big river.

 

[Bob_Ross]

I'd go straight out of twin rocks and look for your coho first, early morning bite is usually pretty good for them. If the weather is nice and you feel comfortable then run south and go to 3 arches, the rocky flat that extends out past the islands and Pinnacles if looking for lings, the pinnacles themselves if wanting rockfish. If the weather is a little off and you don't want to run to three arches after salmon then you can usually get some bottom fish off the dinner reef right outside the jaws nw about 3/4 of a mile. All that said I haven't been out of there this year yet but this pattern usually holds true for there.

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What app are these charts on you posted? You help is appreciated and we did pretty good when I made it out last week.

 

[Quiet Riot]

What app are these charts on you posted? You help is appreciated and we did pretty good when I made it out last week.

Those are off navionics, but I don't subscribe to it now that it's $50/year. Just the old version of the app. There's some threads on the salty forum that discuss different apps now but I haven't kept up on them all.

 

[FishyMcfish]

Just make sure if you get a legal coho in your boat that you pinch your barbs when going for bottom fish!

 

[I'd rather fish]

Sound advice. Last year OSP checked the pinched barb on one my crews hooks with the "lint" test, seeing if it pulled lint off a cotton ball. Had him pinch it tighter, I loaned him a file.

 

[KingV]

Tough bite today. We left at first light and decided to drop some crab pots and then do a little bottom fishing. Couldn’t find a school that would bite our stuff shallow and deep water. Decided to go on the troll fished from 180-280fow most of our bites happened around 220 fow. Only came home with 1 coho. Had 3 limits of crabs and then the wind picked up so we decided to come in.

 

[CabinFever]

If I fish Nehalem in the morning and kill a chinook in the bay. Am I allowed to run outside and try to catch halibut or coho to finish my limit? Do I have to be barbless if I’m halibut fishing with a salmon on board? Even if I didn’t catch the salmon in the ocean?