July 16 opener

[hookr88]

Ok, I have a question about direction of flood vs. ebb tide at Possession. On the opener it was ebb tide till about 9:00 a.m. +/- and it looked like the current was moving south. On our way back to Everett using our kicker because of a fuel issue it was north bound. I thought ebb would be Northbound flowing out and flood Southbound flowing in). Can anyone educate me on that?

P.S. if you're reading this and you are the one I thumbed a ride with (Tracker boat with your daughter) to Everett to make my Covid test so I could fish Alaska next week a public thank you.

[Mfowl]

Ok, I have a question about direction of flood vs. ebb tide at Possession. On the opener it was ebb tide till about 9:00 a.m. +/- and it looked like the current was moving south. On our way back to Everett using our kicker because of a fuel issue it was north bound. I thought ebb would be Northbound flowing out and flood Southbound flowing in). Can anyone educate me on that?

P.S. if you're reading this and you are the one I thumbed a ride with (Tracker boat with your daughter) to Everett to make my Covid test so I could fish Alaska next week a public thank you.

There is a lot of water flowing out of area 8-1, 8-2 on the east side of Possesion which would be in a southward direction on the ebb and reversed on the flood, naturally. That area in general is an intersection of currents and confused water. In addition water hitting the bar on both tides is forced upward and falling off the bar continually depending on which side you are on.

[Stein]

On the west side of the bar it was going out until about 10 am (going North).  On the east side it was slack about 8:30 then a light incoming (current going north).  The slack time is 1.5 hours different on the same bar, just different sides!  Once I stopped looking at tide tables and instead looked at current tables it became much easier.  You still need to consider tides at the launch because you need feet of water regardless of what the current is doing.  For fishing, current is what matters, regardless of where high or low mark are.  Everything swimming only sees movement of water and the impacts of that on bait.

The incoming was much lighter and you also have the wind to deal with so sometimes the wind makes more of a push on the boat then the current.

We also have huge tide sets so it isn't always as predicted.  There was 10 feet of water trying to leave and then 10 feet trying to get back in and it's always somewhat of a guessing game what's going to happen if you are not in a main channel.  I used to crab in an area where outgoing and incoming had the same current, always to the south no matter what was going on.

[SeaRun1]

I have been seeing a trend through my little network.  Not a lot of kings but some big ones for the few that are connecting.  I have credible reports of four 20+ fish.  My opening day fish was about 8 though so... 

Hopefully things pick up in the next week.  Good luck!

SR1

[Stein]

I had one on that was either a big one or a dogfish.  Most of the latter get all wrapped around or hooked back of the mouth and can be fairly difficult to reel in.  I felt some big headshakes and then it peeled about 50 yards of line which isn't awesome when in the middle of the circus.  I made some progress, then another 50 yard run.  I put the stick to it and the 5/0 hooks popped clean.  I didn't have a choice as it was either stop it or get wrapped around about four other boats who wouldn't give an inch, so we'll never know.  It did feel awful chinook like, so I'm going with that reality.

I saw a picture of another good one, 20 for sure.  I also talked with about a dozen people that neither saw nor hooked anything and saw 100 boats around me that didn't.  It's the worst chinook opener I have personally participated in.

[SeaRun1]

Sounds like a Chinook to me.

SR1

[h20hunter]

Nothing but shaker after shaker for me. Buddy came in at 1pm....4 fish checked.... 4. 

[MADMAX]

Thanks for the report
Sounds slow all over 9

[storyteller]

Just had to try it again, west side of possession bar, spent a few hours, did not see any nets flying, went to pilot point and ended the day around 130 at Jeff head, 2 shakers , 4 quill backs, 1 sand dab,   fish checkers confirmed that it is slow.   I am sleeping in tomorrow.

[brocka]

7 shakers, 1 nice native, lost 3 keepers and ended with 2 in the boat. Fished from 5:00am to 8:00pm. Grinder but awesome day.


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[h20hunter]

Time to get at it again!

[CP]

How's the baitfish population in MA 9?

[h20hunter]

Yesterday tons...on the bubble currently

[h20hunter]

Came in at 1pm....6 fish checked. Barf. Did see two different gray whales cruise by fairly close though. Pretty cool. Came home with crab, no fish.

[WAcoueshunter]

With the chinook fishing so poor, i went back to coho!  Lots of 4 lb residents around, hard to stay focused on kings.