Post by: robodad on May 09, 2013, 10:49:45 PM
Got a call from a friend that I have taken halibut fishing before and wanted to take his aging father out for a good day of fishing (not sure why he called me for that) so we agreed to hit Neah Bay for the halibut opener, I explained to him what a nightmare it is at that particular place when that many people show up and want to use the boat launch so I told them to pack some patience cause it's really gonna suck for the first while dealing with everyone on the launch. So we decided to leave my place in Port Angeles at 0600hrs (I know thats too late right? especially with a minus tide...! ) We ended up at the launch around 0820hrs or so, tide all the way out and like 5 feet of dock left and there was NO ONE in line and I was able to drive right up and launch the boat (after getting supplies and the launch ticket at Big Salmon) which surprised the heck outta me, Then I was able to park 2 spaces to the west of the launch ( those that have been there know what I mean) and didn't have to park a half mile from the launch.
We got everyone in the boat and motored out to where we wanted to fish and I set up Lee with the gear and he sent it to the bottom while I worked on his dads rod. Got that rigged and Lee was hooked up before his dad hit the bottom :yike: holy hell, that was quick !! got that fish to the boat and tied off to the side bleeding and got Lee back in the water while I worked on my riggin. We had drifted off the spot so I had them reel up so I grabbed the fish and slung it in the boat and we roared off to make another drift. Got the spot and they both sent their stuff to the bottom and I had stuck the fish back over the side to finish bleeding and started on with sending my stuff down and I look over and the rope I had the fish on was lying in the boat with NO Halibut on it :bash: :bash: :bash: somehow it had broke loose and sank to the bottom :bash: Now I was pi$$ed for losing Lee's fish and felt super bad and told them how sorry I was and so on and had a knot in my stomach for being such an idiot and knock knock knock my rod was being attacked and sure as $hit I caught another halibut Whew !! I felt a bit better at that point and didn't hang that one over the side to bleed did it in the back motor well, anyhow not long after that Lee hooks up again and the very next drift once again Lee finishes up our limit thank God for that !! Wish his dad could have caught one but he couldn't find bottom well and had a hard time reeling up the lead let alone a fish on there !!
Got all the halibut into the cooler and the deck squared away and headed for some bottom fish or "tackle donation party" as I like to call it but what do they say, "If your not losing tackle your not fishing" they had a hard time with getting snagged on bottom and snapping lines etc... but we did catch a few really nice black bass and a few legal ling cod and all said and done the fishing was great weather was really great and check this out, we finally called it quits and motored to the launch and yupp.....you guessed it NO ONE there in line or otherwise, Pulled out of where I parked and got the boat on the trailer and was on the road in 10 minutes or less !! :IBCOOL:
Don't have permission to show their smiling faces but here is a pic. Fish were small but "hey look here" if we filled the freezer all at once we couldn't go again right !!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi173.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw55%2Fbb021099%2F46375df0-f798-4e9a-90dc-2d7c3861dfea_zps6b271188.jpg&hash=631b8e8ba880d040a2155c3548f558598d2ec07c) (http://s173.photobucket.com/user/bb021099/media/46375df0-f798-4e9a-90dc-2d7c3861dfea_zps6b271188.jpg.html)
Post by: cohoho on May 09, 2013, 10:58:48 PM
Anyhow, Really nice you were practicing for next weekend.... Now Sat go and find where the big boys are laying and stake some to the bottom for me... :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: robodad on May 11, 2013, 11:13:04 PM
Saturday morning !!
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Turns out I had the hot rod for the day, the other two guys just could not catch even one fish although they were experts at donating tackle to the hali gods all friggin day thats for sure !! :IBCOOL:
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Ling cod was 18lbs
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Post by: robodad on May 12, 2013, 05:09:04 PM
Nice job - you still suck..... lol :c :chuckle: :chuckle:
Indeed !!! 8)
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 12, 2013, 05:18:07 PM
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Post by: robodad on May 12, 2013, 08:11:01 PM
hope you cut the cheaks out of the ling to,there just as big as on a halibut
And just as yummy !! :tup:
Post by: sneakyjake on May 12, 2013, 08:30:34 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 12, 2013, 08:32:19 PM
Post by: robodad on May 12, 2013, 09:30:08 PM
How many true cod did you see get caught? I haven't seen one out there for 7-8 years. Would make it a great year. Nice butts
That was the only one I seen caught that day and I caught another one in LaPush this year as well, used to catch bunches of them around PA but not anymore !!
~ Link to the other one I caught ~
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,121815.msg1608668.html#msg1608668 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,121815.msg1608668.html#msg1608668)
Post by: robodad on May 12, 2013, 09:30:50 PM
Very cool. What makes those lings get a color like that one?
A cool camera app for my phone !! :chuckle:
Here is another look......One Way Trip !!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi173.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw55%2Fbb021099%2F2013-05-11_19-05-38_HDR_zpsb2d83b43.jpg&hash=d76232b40cab0a243b0c423a30c08a63ea886ef6) (http://s173.photobucket.com/user/bb021099/media/2013-05-11_19-05-38_HDR_zpsb2d83b43.jpg.html)
Post by: Roo on May 16, 2013, 03:21:22 AM
Post by: BigD on May 16, 2013, 04:35:15 AM
Currious what do you cut the cheeks out for?
Tasty chunk of meat.
Post by: robodad on May 21, 2013, 07:49:21 AM
Thursday in LaPush !!
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Saturday in Neah Bay !!
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