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Week at Ilwaco
« on: August 03, 2024, 08:44:34 PM »
Just completed our week long trip fishing out of Ilwaco. A few trips to the ocean and buoy10. Some great friends stopped by and brought home salmon and tuna. Best salmon fishing for us seemed to be in the river for a mix of silvers and kings, one rather large chinook going to the furbags. Spent one comical day only running the kicker. Wife, daughter and son-in-law did all the fishing. And netting, and bonking. Dad here stayed outa the chaos and just enjoyed the humor. Many hookups to get those six fish. Couldn't be more proud of that day's crew.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2024, 09:20:35 PM »
congrats on nice fish and great memories.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2024, 10:27:49 PM »
Looks like a great trip!  Right on

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2024, 04:48:59 AM »
Looks like a blast.  What was the hot setup and colors??? We are headed down the 8th-11th.  Been almost 30 years since ive caught a king. Hoping to end my dry spell

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2024, 08:19:51 AM »
Silver bite is good trolling into the incoming from the deadline upriver. Best bite came on the rip lines. I use deep sixes instead of cannonballs. 12' down flasher and homemade spinners. Any color combo works fine. Brad's cutplug did OK but got the kings shallow over on Clatsop spit.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2024, 09:22:52 AM »
Awesome! Looks like a great time! Would be nice to spend a week in Ilwaco and get out of the heat and smoke in Central WA.
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2024, 12:47:20 PM »
How far out were the tuna? I’m going Thursday out of Westport on a fast boat with 5 others.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2024, 02:34:59 PM »
Better yet, an exact spot

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2024, 12:49:55 PM »
Taking the grand kids to ilwaco next week and have a guide boat out of astoria. Can't seem to get an answer on fishing lic. requirements. Have wa. st. fishing and freshwater catch card.
Since we are going out of astoria do I, we need Ore. lic.?? or is washington sufficient?
Grand daughter is 13, assume she just needs a catch card, wa. or ore. ??
Thanks for any advice.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2024, 01:30:02 PM »
Contact your guide. My thought is you are fine and Gdaughter still needs a free license.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2024, 02:31:51 PM »
Thank you, sounds about right, but was getting conflicting advice. And I did ask the capt, just said not up on washington laws, check with where ya buy your lic, so no help. Hopeing thats not a bad sign..
Just didn't want to get there and find out I needed ore. lic.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2024, 03:53:29 PM »
Thank you, sounds about right, but was getting conflicting advice. And I did ask the capt, just said not up on washington laws, check with where ya buy your lic, so no help. Hopeing thats not a bad sign..
Just didn't want to get there and find out I needed ore. lic.

The guide has to know what licenses are required in the area he is going to fish.  :yike:
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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2024, 04:06:54 PM »
I believe you need a license from which ever side of the columbia river you depart on.  I run a charter out of ilwaco and make all my clients have a wa fishing licenses.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2024, 07:05:07 PM »
If you are fishing in the river either license will work.
If your fishing the ocean, I'm pretty sure you have to have the license for the sate you depart from.

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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2024, 07:53:43 PM »
If you are fishing in the river either license will work.
If your fishing the ocean, I'm pretty sure you have to have the license for the sate you depart from.
This is correct… as far as ocean goes. You have to have a license from your Point of Orgin.


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Re: Week at Ilwaco
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2024, 10:12:23 PM »
Better yet, an exact spot
About 25-30 miles.  Hope they’re that close on Thursday. Winds are picking up and swells to 8’ aka gonna be nautical  :chuckle:


 


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