Westport Jetty

[GWP]

Crabbing opened and this week looks pretty decent for getting a boat to the jetty..

Yeah!!!

[Limhangerslayer]

It should also be mentioned that if you are going to the jetty on foot, to really be careful out here...the rocks get slippery. I heard someone broke their leg earlier this year. I nearly broke my leg (micro-fracture bad bone bruise) there a few years ago. The further out you go the more slippery it gets.

and watch out for the rabid raccoons!  I had one steal my surf perch last year.  Out of nowhere I’m standing face to face with a raccoon.  He proceeds to jump down, grab a perch and was gone!😂

[pd]

It should also be mentioned that if you are going to the jetty on foot, to really be careful out here...the rocks get slippery. I heard someone broke their leg earlier this year. I nearly broke my leg (micro-fracture bad bone bruise) there a few years ago. The further out you go the more slippery it gets.

and watch out for the rabid raccoons!  I had one steal my surf perch last year.  Out of nowhere I’m standing face to face with a raccoon.  He proceeds to jump down, grab a perch and was gone!😂

Are you saying there are resident raccoons all the way out on the jetty??

[Limhangerslayer]

It should also be mentioned that if you are going to the jetty on foot, to really be careful out here...the rocks get slippery. I heard someone broke their leg earlier this year. I nearly broke my leg (micro-fracture bad bone bruise) there a few years ago. The further out you go the more slippery it gets.

and watch out for the rabid raccoons!  I had one steal my surf perch last year.  Out of nowhere I’m standing face to face with a raccoon.  He proceeds to jump down, grab a perch and was gone!😂

Are you saying there are resident raccoons all the way out on the jetty??

Ya, I was out casting into the breakers for surf perch when he did that.  I’ll see if I can find the picture.  I think I got a crappy pic of him, but you can see him in it.  It was on my old phone, so hopefully it’s backed up.

[Remnar]

  Yep they (racoons) are out there . Columbia jetty is worse . Nothing new .

[trophyhunt]

Hope to get out there next weekend for a day, we need some bass and lings in the freezer.

[jamesfromseattle]

Finally made it out on the jetty for the first time last week.  Beautiful weather and some lessons learned.  On my second cast I has a keeper ling to the surface and missed with the net.  I've only ever fished lings from a boat before, so I instinctively just let it take line rather than horsing it in, and it jumped under a rock and never came back out.  In retrospect, I should have done whatever I could to keep it on the surface.  I thought I was going to have an easy day after that but didn't see another ling.   

Ended the day with a couple greenling and a small-ish bass.  There were a couple guys around me that were using floats and seemed to catch more fish and lose less gear than me.  Next time I'll give that a shot.

Definitely not an easy place to fish, but a lot of fun.  Especially for people like me to tend to puke on boats.

[fast60eddie]

Glad you had fun Jamesfromseattle. I am hoping to get a trip out soon. Did you get any pictures? Did you see any whales?
 I see Snarkybulls open seat offer that makes me sick of work.

[jamesfromseattle]

Glad you had fun Jamesfromseattle. I am hoping to get a trip out soon. Did you get any pictures? Did you see any whales?
 I see Snarkybulls open seat offer that makes me sick of work.

I hear you on that.  Great offer.

I did not take any pics.  I had a very vivid image in my head of how I was going to accidentally drop my phone into the jetty, so I never took it out of my pack.  Didn't see any whales, but saw a sea otter bobbing around.  Cool critters.

Also, forgot to mention, the (lost) ling and bass were are on 4 inch chartreuse grubs on small jig heads.  Greenling were at the end of the day on little steelhead spoons.  Current was ripping by then, so I kind of just casted up stream and drift fished like it was a river.

[AL WORRELLS KID]

and watch out for the rabid raccoons!  I had one steal my surf perch last year.  Out of Now here I’m standing face to face with a raccoon.  He proceeds to jump down, grab a perch and was gone!😂

Are you saying there are resident raccoons all the way out on the jetty??

When the Fish are Biting....Who can blame them? 

[Limhangerslayer]

I found the picture randomly, here it is