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Re: Halibut
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2018, 10:54:44 AM »
Launch wasn't bad at neah, but only Big Salmon Gas pump working.  Big lines for fuel.  Killed em Sunday with limits on both lings and butts but went out about 35 miles to get em.  Much bigger fish than the opener last year. I didn't fish Friday but guys said it was not good, one boat went down with one drowned off Tatoosh


Wow, sad to hear that a boat went down and someone was lost, thats terrible!
« Last Edit: May 14, 2018, 12:36:58 PM by Mfowl »
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2018, 12:36:58 PM »


Got to ask, you went shrimping and halibut fishing on the same day this year?....HMMMMM



Not a good day at all, it all started bad  :bash:

Top off the tank and headed to pick up my buddy. Battery light came on, and message on the dash, low voltage.  Hooked up the boat headed down the road and the red light came back on and truck went in to "power save mode" (what ever that is) checked the voltage, only 11 volts comming out of alt.  :dunno:
Headed back to Dusty house, hooked up his truck and off we went, only an hour later then planned.
Launch at John Wayne, ran out to DB as fast we could, and that wasn't very fast, it was a bit rough. Dropped shrim pots and Dusty was getting sea sick, and once that happens, he's done. So we headed behind the island to calmer waters to see if his stomach would settle down. We waited about an hour and half, he was spent, so we grabbed the pots and  called it a day.  Pulled 197 shrimp in 4 pots, not bad considering south sound sucked was for shrimp on the opener for us....  :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

Fish checker said several boats came back because the waters were to rough, 2 other boats were pulling out for the same reason before we pulled in.

Got home, pulled the alt. from the truck and $271 later, it's all better  :bash:

Going to PA in the morning, hope it's much better.

Area 4, 5,  & 6 are all open to shrimp until quota is met  or end of season.
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #32 on: May 14, 2018, 12:42:25 PM »
Fished Sekiu on Sunday,  no hall, not even a bite  :bash:

Fish checker said not many coming in, most the ones that are coming in are from guys who went to the Ocean to fish.

Olson Resort FB page has pic of  about 20 halibut and 8 of them came from one group.

Caught a few undersized kings that we the back along with some copper rock fish, but did bring home some black sea bass to with Friday's shrimp haul for the weekend  :tup:
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #33 on: May 14, 2018, 02:16:34 PM »
Launch wasn't bad at neah, but only Big Salmon Gas pump working.  Big lines for fuel.  Killed em Sunday with limits on both lings and butts but went out about 35 miles to get em.  Much bigger fish than the opener last year. I didn't fish Friday but guys said it was not good, one boat went down with one drowned off Tatoosh


Wow, sad to hear that a boat went down and someone was lost, thats terrible!

No kidding.  Very sad.  Sounds like they were in the gap between Tattoosh and Cape Flattery.  Not much room for error in there.

https://www.forksforum.com/news/capsized-boat-cape-flattery


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Re: Halibut
« Reply #34 on: May 14, 2018, 02:59:24 PM »
Went out of West Port yesterday in area 2. The boat limited out in less than an hour. 19 halibut and then ling cod. Nice day! Largest was a little over 30, smallest was about 20.

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Re: Halibut
« Reply #35 on: May 14, 2018, 09:00:08 PM »
Friday was awful water out of NB. Sunday was spectacular.
Got all fish both days except one lincod short on Friday.


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Re: Halibut
« Reply #36 on: May 17, 2018, 11:44:51 AM »
Friday was awful water out of NB. Sunday was spectacular.
Got all fish both days except one lincod short on Friday.


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I'll be honest those are bigger than they are averaging out of Seward anymore...
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #37 on: May 18, 2018, 09:28:02 AM »
I wouldn't expect any less from you guys. Can't wait until tuna season.

Friday was awful water out of NB. Sunday was spectacular.
Got all fish both days except one lincod short on Friday.


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Re: Halibut
« Reply #38 on: May 18, 2018, 10:35:25 AM »
I just booked a trip for July 2019 out of Craig AK. the owner/charter captin told me limits of Kings,silvers,halibut everyday and if theres time lings and yelow eye.

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Re: Halibut
« Reply #39 on: May 18, 2018, 11:14:00 AM »
I just booked a trip for July 2019 out of Craig AK. the owner/charter captin told me limits of Kings,silvers,halibut everyday and if theres time lings and yelow eye.

You book with Joel?
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #40 on: May 18, 2018, 02:45:57 PM »
yep.

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Re: Halibut
« Reply #41 on: May 18, 2018, 03:00:17 PM »
He seems to have it dialed in pretty good, should be a great trip.
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #42 on: May 18, 2018, 03:07:59 PM »
I've fished and hunted with Joel a couple of times after the charter season was over but this will be my first trip up there in July and this time I'll
be there as a fishing client.

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Re: Halibut
« Reply #43 on: May 18, 2018, 03:11:57 PM »
Craig in July is pretty hard to beat. It will make you realize how good fishing can be, and how poor it is here at home.
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Re: Halibut
« Reply #44 on: May 24, 2018, 07:26:07 AM »
local weather
it figures, my legs are still bruised up from the opener in area 6

http://marine.weather.gov/MapClick.php?x=201&y=80&site=sew&zmx=&zmy=&map_x=201&map_y=80#.WwbLDEgvxhE
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