Me and my buddy fished daylight to dark last Friday and got 1 takedown all day trolling herring and fish flash. We beout again this Friday on the hook all day with the outgoing tides drowning Kwik fish all day.
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We'll be out in the morning on the hook. Outgoing daylight to 2:30 down here. Breakfast served at 1st light 3 working dogs & 3 never wrapped rookies 🤪 When the tide dies out we usualy troll our way back to the ramp to burn the leftover tuna Candidate for the Superbait walk of shame back to the ramp "Electric Sombrero"
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Had a monster take down that snapped a 1062 in 1/2 before I even had a hand on it. Probably a oversize sturgeon. 2 rods in the boat all day on the hook dark to dark and that was the only bite we got. On anchor and our best of our working plugs wrapped in tuna. Water temps is still at 38 degrees down here. Were going to wait 2 more weeks and pray for 41 degrees anyhow. There was only 1 other boat out our ramp and he was a newbie trolling triangles and spinners all day on the outgoing tide 
We marked somewhere around 15 or so fish today that my guess was salmon which was far better than last Friday.
We marked somewhere around 15 or so fish today that my guess was salmon which was far better than last Friday.
Monday morning has outgoing tide from daylight until about four thirty in the afternoon so We will be fishing on anchor with Kwik fish wrapped with tuna all day. And tomorrow's menu is
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Nearly 30 feet of bank and 100 yrds. long along the end of the Island eroded off and filled in the spot we normally fish as our #1 best spot. Our plan is to move every 2 hours everyday till we find a sweet spot again. We have 4 spots that are well maybe, sometimes errrr once in a while but our top spot is shot filled in with sand and trees.
Nearly 30 feet of bank and 100 yrds. long along the end of the Island eroded off and filled in the spot we normally fish as our #1 best spot. Our plan is to move every 2 hours everyday till we find a sweet spot again. We have 4 spots that are well maybe, sometimes errrr once in a while but our top spot is shot filled in with sand and trees.
Well finally after 11 days on the water finally caught a dam spring chinook this morning. I always pre-wrap bait on my plugs the night before I go fishing and the Wife picks out one to fish. Well I haven't got all the way through the rotation to fish her plug until today. So today after changing plugs twice I felt guilty and put on the plug she picked out (Flame Thrower) and through it out. 30 mins went by and it looked like the tide was going to change to incoming an I was going to start trolling. I was getting my trolling rod all ready and I looked over my shoulder and the plug rod was just bent straight out the back and peeling line. I missed trying to get it in the net twice doing the 11 1/2 foot rod in 1 hand and net in the other. 3rd. time back to the boat fish rolled on it's side and in it went. Tuna wrapped K14 Flame Thrower, 5' leader, 28" dropper, 72' behind the boat, 17 ft. water, 2nd cup of coffee
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