2025 Area 9 King Opener

[Mfowl]

What's the hot lure?

Needlefish hoochies 22" behind the flasher got it done for us. 1 on white w/chrome skirt, 3 on green spatterback w/chartreuse skirt. All tipped w/herring strips. On or within 10' of the bottom.

22" is a pretty short leader for kings, but hey it sounds like it worked well for you.  May have to try it!  What brand of flasher were you using?

HotSpot, white/glow and chartreuse/glow.

[bigdub257]

What's the hot lure?

Needlefish hoochies 22" behind the flasher got it done for us. 1 on white w/chrome skirt, 3 on green spatterback w/chartreuse skirt. All tipped w/herring strips. On or within 10' of the bottom.

22" is a pretty short leader for kings, but hey it sounds like it worked well for you.  May have to try it!  What brand of flasher were you using?

HotSpot, white/glow and chartreuse/glow.

   Heading out soon in area 11. Will give it a try! 

[CP]

Lots of fish out there.  Lots of boats too.  I thought I was going to get boarded while I was netting this one.  Great way to make a lot of friends is to break out the net.

[OltHunter]

Everything I've heard, this is one of the best kings fisheries in recent years. Got our boat limit yesterday, and didn't have a single shaker or anything below 22" with a couple really great wilds released. Using plugs. Reports of big herring in bellies. Don't be afraid to break out those extra large lures!

I would imagine this is the only 3 days we'll get unfortunately.

Man was it a stressful traffic jam though. I don't get why 90% of the boats are trolling the same lines parellel to each other, and you got those random few trolling perpendicular!

[The scout]

Best king run in a long time, good thing we only get 3 days

[storyteller]

It looks like we are allotted 3900 chinook for area 9, reviewing fish counts from yesterday, I  think we will  have  another opening or two.   Cheer up.

[CP]

It looks like we are allotted 3900 chinook for area 9, reviewing fish counts from yesterday, I  think we will  have  another opening or two.   Cheer up.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so, not in MA 9 anyway.  Fish counts are only part of the algorithm.  The aerial boat counts are going to be huge. 

[Stein]

Agreed, one could argue a single day opener would draw more than any of the days in the three day, so they will be very conservative.

Is there live data posted somewhere?  The WDFW page I looked at is all blank.

I'm actually surprised it's going 3 days with the catch rate.  Remember, there are several limits - legal, mature w/fins, and sublegal.  Some guys are going through several legal but smaller fish to get the one they take.