Fished from dawn Friday (slept on the boat - it was chilly)to 3:00 PM. Spent first 6 hours (the ebb) bobber fishing the Spruce Tree Hole near the mouth of the Trask. My plan was to be patient and fish the entire tide, which I did. No take downs at all. Nothing. No sign of fish. A guide and his clients anchored up and ran Quickfish, left, and returned to bobber fish. We had the hole pretty well covered, no fish. On the flood I moved out into the bay to pull K14's, and saw one fish caught about 1 hour into the flood, right where the picket fence starts.
The weather was clear blue sky, cool, and windy. Water temp 45 deg in the Trask on the ebb. My gut feel was that this would be a tough day due to the high pressue - but that is the bass fisherman in me. I do not know if that impacts salmon or not. Saw very few boats on the bay, but the lot at Memaloose has plenty of trailers. Most folks were up in the rivers.
Advice for fishing Tillamook this time of year is appreciated. I tried several depths in my bobber fishing, and had beautful eggs courtesy of Thumber. Thanks Jack.
The weather was clear blue sky, cool, and windy. Water temp 45 deg in the Trask on the ebb. My gut feel was that this would be a tough day due to the high pressue - but that is the bass fisherman in me. I do not know if that impacts salmon or not. Saw very few boats on the bay, but the lot at Memaloose has plenty of trailers. Most folks were up in the rivers.
Advice for fishing Tillamook this time of year is appreciated. I tried several depths in my bobber fishing, and had beautful eggs courtesy of Thumber. Thanks Jack.