In the ocean?
OMG! possible Saturday bottomfish window!!
Very early Windy forecast looks nice!
Please hold up!
Wait. Got to check the tides too.
Please hold up!
Wait. Got to check the tides too.
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In the bayIn the ocean?
The ocean was amazing. Lots of people out enjoying it. Limits of big Lings and Canaries for 4 of us. We needed one more ling, and all hooked up! 38,38,37,34". Could only keep 1 and watched the rest swim. Snapped a picture of our best quad yet. Found some BIG canaries out there, 4-7#'s too.
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Nice job Starr! Beautiful fish! It was a great day for sure!The ocean was amazing. Lots of people out enjoying it. Limits of big Lings and Canaries for 4 of us. We needed one more ling, and all hooked up! 38,38,37,34". Could only keep 1 and watched the rest swim. Snapped a picture of our best quad yet. Found some BIG canaries out there, 4-7#'s too. View attachment 1004827
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Some impressive fishing! Wasn’t ready to drag the boat over for the year but you guys are making it look too good!
How are u planning on eating that eel. I caught one last year in a crab pot. It ate a dozen crab in the pot. After watching it slither around the deck I got to thinking. How am I gonna cook that. That one swam away. But after some research they are supposed to be delicious
Garibaldi bar - we did cross the bar around 9:30 about 30 mph and after dropping pots half way to Twin Rocks, headed south at 35+. Limited on lings & things and went back to pick up pots at nearly 40. Flatest ocean in years. We crossed the bar inbound about 3:00 and it was gnarly, current was ripping. My old 20' boat would have made me pucker and no place for anyone without a fair amount of crossing experience. The only other boat I saw heading in was a big charter. Most of the fleet came in earlier before the ebb started running very hard. It was a great day to be out after the long winter's horrible seas.
Looks like yesterday was “the day” we all have been waiting for.
I’m bummed I missed it, but super happy to see that a few made the most of the opportunity!
Hopefully we’ll get more ocean conditions like that in May and June! 🤞🏻🎣🐟👌
I’m bummed I missed it, but super happy to see that a few made the most of the opportunity!
Hopefully we’ll get more ocean conditions like that in May and June! 🤞🏻🎣🐟👌
We crossed around 12:30-1 and it was starting to get lumpy.Garibaldi bar - we did cross the bar around 9:30 about 30 mph and after dropping pots half way to Twin Rocks, headed south at 35+. Limited on lings & things and went back to pick up pots at nearly 40. Flatest ocean in years. We crossed the bar inbound about 3:00 and it was gnarly, current was ripping. My old 20' boat would have made me pucker and no place for anyone without a fair amount of crossing experience. The only other boat I saw heading in was a big charter. Most of the fleet came in earlier before the ebb started running very hard. It was a great day to be out after the long winter's horrible seas.
The guy that caught it had some idea apparently. He was nice enough to give me a couple pieces, I'm planning to fry it tonight. I will say there was WAY more meat on there than I initially thought. He did a great job filleting it, simple skeleton, a gut pouch and the rest a very firm, dense, very white flesh. Reminded me of black cod in texture and color and I know those are fantastic. They mostly feed on crustaceans, and that's why everyone likes cabazon so much, I know there's some varying opinions on keeping them, I've always let them go, but I wasn't going to tell a guest on a free trip he couldn't keep it, and I have to say after seeing the flesh I'm excited to try it.How are u planning on eating that eel. I caught one last year in a crab pot. It ate a dozen crab in the pot. After watching it slither around the deck I got to thinking. How am I gonna cook that. That one swam away. But after some research they are supposed to be delicious
I caught one fishing nearshore halibut just off Bandon a year or so back in early September.The guy that caught it had some idea apparently. He was nice enough to give me a couple pieces, I'm planning to fry it tonight. I will say there was WAY more meat on there than I initially thought. He did a great job filleting it, simple skeleton, a gut pouch and the rest a very firm, dense, very white flesh. Reminded me of black cod in texture and color and I know those are fantastic. They mostly feed on crustaceans, and that's why everyone likes cabazon so much, I know there's some varying opinions on keeping them, I've always let them go, but I wasn't going to tell a guest on a free trip he couldn't keep it, and I have to say after seeing the flesh I'm excited to try it.
Thinking back I wished I had kept it, filleted it, brined and smoked it for family sushi nights. 🍱 🍣👅
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Fishing was 9 out of 10 with a long spell of continuous action which we started late at 10 am. Finished with 1 out of 4 limits of hard full crab on two sets of prospecting pots.
We had a Ling cod day for sure. One fisher had a hot rig hit it on the first 5 drops. I got a 7 pounder on a mooching rig, week old herring and a trolling sinker. Not so often when the lings outnumber the rockfish 5 to 1. Thanks for the tip on fishing shallow Gypsey Davey. We only get a few day a year where you can run however you want at any speed.
Comments on the bar crossing are pretty entertaining BTW. We fished in a very large group south of Newport and saw no visible swell, no lump at the bar or any wind. Only thing I would change is the almost full parking lot and trying to park a 60' truck and trailer. It is wise to respect the ebb on any bar but I don't get sweaty about the bar in Newport. It is usually good if it is not a full or new moon with the big ebb in the morning. Everyone has their limit on bar conditions. I would have crossed it Saturday on a pool toy.
We had a Ling cod day for sure. One fisher had a hot rig hit it on the first 5 drops. I got a 7 pounder on a mooching rig, week old herring and a trolling sinker. Not so often when the lings outnumber the rockfish 5 to 1. Thanks for the tip on fishing shallow Gypsey Davey. We only get a few day a year where you can run however you want at any speed.
Comments on the bar crossing are pretty entertaining BTW. We fished in a very large group south of Newport and saw no visible swell, no lump at the bar or any wind. Only thing I would change is the almost full parking lot and trying to park a 60' truck and trailer. It is wise to respect the ebb on any bar but I don't get sweaty about the bar in Newport. It is usually good if it is not a full or new moon with the big ebb in the morning. Everyone has their limit on bar conditions. I would have crossed it Saturday on a pool toy.
Great flat day today as well on 3-19. It was an awesome 30 mph run south to the arches after dropping 3 pots. Lots of Lings around and we ended up one shy of a limit. 7 big blacks, 2 blues and a china rockfish also found their way on board. 26 crab came home as well. We came back across about an hour after high slack. Smooth sailing but plenty of rollers were already starting to show up. Wouldn't wanna come back much later.
Don't let sprigdog see this, he can see it from his house. It was a flat ocean, tides and bar didn't matter this weekend at any timeGaribaldi bar - we did cross the bar around 9:30 about 30 mph and after dropping pots half way to Twin Rocks, headed south at 35+. Limited on lings & things and went back to pick up pots at nearly 40. Flatest ocean in years. We crossed the bar inbound about 3:00 and it was gnarly, current was ripping. My old 20' boat would have made me pucker and no place for anyone without a fair amount of crossing experience. The only other boat I saw heading in was a big charter. Most of the fleet came in earlier before the ebb started running very hard. It was a great day to be out after the long winter's horrible seas.
You guys are funny and your bar teasing.
Happy you got out there and enjoyed the nice window of conditions. I am living vicariously through you wishing I was out there.
Don, I can appreciate what you are saying regarding the wantabe channel there at LI. Minus tide ebb and it can get ugly. I hope that when they get the jetty rebuilt and hopefully clears all the sand in the middle grounds…hopefully that bar will be safer and more enjoyable crossing.
In its current state, i hate crossing it on outgoing if there is any significant exchange.
Happy you got out there and enjoyed the nice window of conditions. I am living vicariously through you wishing I was out there.
Don, I can appreciate what you are saying regarding the wantabe channel there at LI. Minus tide ebb and it can get ugly. I hope that when they get the jetty rebuilt and hopefully clears all the sand in the middle grounds…hopefully that bar will be safer and more enjoyable crossing.
In its current state, i hate crossing it on outgoing if there is any significant exchange.
Got out today. 6 limits of rock fish, and 36 crab. Keeper crab were out deep 90’ plus. The shallow pots only had a few keepers and very little crab in general. No issues with the bar today, but we came back in before noon.
Went out of Newport both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we got there in the morning, put in, parked the truck, cast off from the dock, put her into gear to head out…. put her into gear to head out…. oh crap! She won’t go in gear! I put a new water pump in the F115 this winter and didn’t line up the splined shift shaft when I put the lower back on. So we had to take it out, drive to my buddy’s place in Waldport, fix it, and then back to Newport etc. So we got a late start. It took about 45 minutes to get our 4 ling. Just bam bam bam, red hot.
I went out solo Sunday. The ling fishing was awesome, both days, but we only caught a half-dozen blacks total. Today I had my two nice ling in the cooler (probably caught around 10) and was trying to add to my rockfish tally but the ling kept hammering my little rockfish grub! It was a blast on my lighter rockfish spinning setup, but after a while I gave up and headed in. Came back in today around 3, right in the middle of the big ebb, and it was a bit sporty at the bar! Nothing crazy but some standing/stacked waves with whitecaps at times. Worked the throttle and surfed on in.
A 20’ aluminum boat sure is pleasant to launch/retrieve solo, at least when it’s as calm as it was today at the ramps. I like my boat.
I finally got around to cleaning the barnacle bases off my hull (pro tip: DO NOT get Barnacle Buster on your skin!!) and I could feel the difference. The boat just felt slicker in the water and more responsive to throttle. Sweet!
I went out solo Sunday. The ling fishing was awesome, both days, but we only caught a half-dozen blacks total. Today I had my two nice ling in the cooler (probably caught around 10) and was trying to add to my rockfish tally but the ling kept hammering my little rockfish grub! It was a blast on my lighter rockfish spinning setup, but after a while I gave up and headed in. Came back in today around 3, right in the middle of the big ebb, and it was a bit sporty at the bar! Nothing crazy but some standing/stacked waves with whitecaps at times. Worked the throttle and surfed on in.
A 20’ aluminum boat sure is pleasant to launch/retrieve solo, at least when it’s as calm as it was today at the ramps. I like my boat.
I finally got around to cleaning the barnacle bases off my hull (pro tip: DO NOT get Barnacle Buster on your skin!!) and I could feel the difference. The boat just felt slicker in the water and more responsive to throttle. Sweet!
You also crossed at 3:00 and thought the bar was flat?Don't let sprigdog see this, he can see it from his house. It was a flat ocean, tides and bar didn't matter this weekend at any time
You don’t pick up on sarcasm well..You also crossed at 3:00 and thought the bar was flat?
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