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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Skillet on March 28, 2013, 01:34:50 PM

Title: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: Skillet on March 28, 2013, 01:34:50 PM: Any fellow Hunt-WA'ers going out with Capt. Steve on the Hula Girl on Saturday?
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: BobW on March 29, 2013, 10:16:10 AM: I have gone out with him on tagging trips before. They really work hard to get fish.
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: LeeMajors on March 29, 2013, 10:17:41 AM: Nah, but if you see two kayaks fishing the Jetty on your way out or in, it might be my wife and I.
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: bear hunter on March 30, 2013, 07:45:20 PM: Quote from: LeeMajors on March 29, 2013, 10:17:41 AM
Nah, but if you see two kayaks fishing the Jetty on your way out or in, it might be my wife and I.
I have a 16ft duck boat with 50hp motor. I was thinking of fishing the jetty for ling's and sea bass. Is my boat ok for that? I was looking on Google earth and i can see rock jetty's east and west of westport ramp is that open for fishing?
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: Smossy on March 30, 2013, 07:46:59 PM: Quote from: Skillet on March 28, 2013, 01:34:50 PM
Any fellow Hunt-WA'ers going out with Capt. Steve on the Hula Girl on Saturday?
License Expires this weekend, any wha wha whaa, no money for a boat ride!
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: throttlejocky20 on March 30, 2013, 07:48:47 PM: Steve and Jason get it done I have gone out with them a few times and never been disappointed. I grew up with Jasons wife so it made it wasy to find the best boat to fish on!
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: LeeMajors on April 01, 2013, 06:41:16 AM: Quote from: bear hunter on March 30, 2013, 07:45:20 PM
Quote from: LeeMajors on March 29, 2013, 10:17:41 AM
Nah, but if you see two kayaks fishing the Jetty on your way out or in, it might be my wife and I.
I have a 16ft duck boat with 50hp motor. I was thinking of fishing the jetty for ling's and sea bass. Is my boat ok for that? I was looking on Google earth and i can see rock jetty's east and west of westport ramp is that open for fishing?

I have no idea of the seaworthiness of a craft like that. That Jetty is no place to screw around. You can get big rolling waves coming through, strong rips at certain points in the tides, and giant standing waves at the bar. It can get really dangerous quickly. I know this might sound crazy, but a kayak is safer than most boats up to 18-20 feet. Mainly because it can get completely covered by a wave, get flipped over, etc, and keep on going.
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: Skillet on April 01, 2013, 07:21:14 AM: Well, it was a standard Hula Girl bottomfishing trip - lots of fast fishing. Limits on ling and rockfish for everybody. Weather was perfect, whales were everywhere. Even had three of them within 100 feet of our boat on the way in. One kid caught a 25-30# ling, but no derby ticket... someone also caught a 20#-class king. Never know what you're gonna get out there.
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: h20hunter on April 01, 2013, 07:29:10 AM: No pics? Lame!
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: NWBREW on April 01, 2013, 07:32:40 AM: :yeah: Does sound like fun though. :tup:
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: Skillet on April 01, 2013, 07:46:54 AM: Ha! Don't have them uploaded yet. Not a lot of pics, it was just the annual spring meat run for us. Believe me, if it was me that nabbed that big ling, there would have been a few pics up here already. Probably even a few of you would have gotten them while I was still on the boat!

I guess I could post that pic of my biggun I got a few years ago again, if it would soothe the masses as much as it strokes my ego... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: LeeMajors on April 01, 2013, 07:56:15 AM: I'm always up for big Ling pics. I love those fish. Got my daughter on her first one 2 weekends ago at the westport jetty. I'm hoping to catch a 40 incher this year and make the skull and jaws into some neat wall art.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F04%2F01%2Feva9u8ub.jpg&hash=2fb349f44a4098a3e76ad96c0ee64c1c3f1e29d0)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F04%2F01%2Fyqazavub.jpg&hash=7abf8d57c4b9421b631c1bd6474e5707ed606875)
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: Skillet on April 01, 2013, 08:25:37 AM: This was a couple years ago. I kept the head and tried to do a skull mount on that myself, but it ended up being a stinky, rubbery mess that looked bad. If I get another 30#+ fish I'll have a taxi do it for me.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg33.imageshack.us%2Fimg33%2F1088%2F30lb9ozling.jpg&hash=6076646c8f5122d23e235efce16f9ee62ad74175) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/30lb9ozling.jpg/)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg441.imageshack.us%2Fimg441%2F7007%2Fdscn2094kt.jpg&hash=f63adedce4825d34daa288b728edb98ad197b860) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/dscn2094kt.jpg/)
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: elkslare on April 01, 2013, 08:30:39 AM: Nice ling, things huge
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: HornHoarder on April 01, 2013, 08:31:44 AM: Nice fish :tup:
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: Skillet on April 01, 2013, 08:32:29 AM: Quote from: LeeMajors on April 01, 2013, 07:56:15 AM
I'm always up for big Ling pics. I love those fish. Got my daughter on her first one 2 weekends ago at the westport jetty. I'm hoping to catch a 40 incher this year and make the skull and jaws into some neat wall art.

That's very cool! She goes out kayak fishing with you?

*edited to add - I see her in the first pic now. :tup:
Title: Re: Westport bottomfishing 3-30
Post by: LeeMajors on April 01, 2013, 08:53:19 AM: Yep, that was her first ocean trip - previous trips have been in the Puget Sound or Lakes. Hoping for nice weather at Neah Bay this year.