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Title: Westport charter boats?
Post by: Prohunter270 on July 05, 2015, 05:15:34 PM: Want to book a trip soon for salmon and rockfish, what's a good captain and boat?
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Post by: JJB11B on July 05, 2015, 05:20:14 PM: I have been looking at trips from Westport and Ilwaco too. Radsav pointed me to these ports lets see if he has some more specific advice.
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Post by: RadSav on July 05, 2015, 05:38:06 PM: I have only run in and out of these ports to help guys get license extensions. Have not chartered in either place. I do know those would be the two I would look at for tuna as we would run north to join these boats during tuna season. That means their customers got to spend more time fishing than we did. And the big plus is that most of those charter skippers have much more tuna knowledge than most of the central Oregon coast skippers.

I'm sure there a good number of Hunt-WA members that know the Ilwaco and Westport charters much better than I do.

I know nothing about their salmon and rockfish charters. Though from what I have seen central OR coast charters used to exceed lingcod and Cabazon catches of those in WA. The Dory fleet really took it's toll on the shallow reef fisheries back in the early 90's. So how that compares today I just do not know. Probably best to ask someone else :dunno:

Hunt-WA's own "Come Get Some" runs weekend charters. Though I am not sure where or what charter office he works with. I do know he is running twin turbo charged Volvo's in a 33' Bounty. Should be a fast, stable and comfortable vessel. Might send him a PM!
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Post by: Forks on July 05, 2015, 05:45:01 PM: Hula Girl/Westport Charters
Gold Rush/Kevin Vasereno
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Post by: rtspring on July 05, 2015, 05:57:49 PM: Slammer!!! Rhett the Capt is as good as they come!

He puts you on fish no matter what!!
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Post by: elkaholic123 on July 05, 2015, 06:24:02 PM: Slammer
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Post by: RadSav on July 05, 2015, 06:27:24 PM: Not that I would want to be on a boat with 19 other guys, but that looks like a fun day. Water looks great!
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Post by: timberhunter on July 05, 2015, 06:32:13 PM: a lot of buddies have fished on the hula girl and say that it was great. i have read all kinds of threads on here and reviews online and mark colemans name from all rivers and saltwater charters seems to be coming up a lot. i am going to book a tuna trip with him in the next few days. it will be my first time out for tuna. its hard to let go of that kind of money for a fishing trip so i hope its as fun as people say!
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Post by: kisfish on July 05, 2015, 06:35:13 PM: Quote from: rtspring on July 05, 2015, 05:57:49 PM
Slammer!!! Rhett the Capt is as good as they come!

He puts you on fish no matter what!!
Went out last week with him and he worked hard to get us on the fish. :tup: on the slammer
Title: Re: Westport charter boats?
Post by: tinsleystyle on July 05, 2015, 07:09:02 PM: if you're are looking for more of a personal style fishing with a small group, I would recommend tailwalker. www.tailwalkerfishing.com
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Post by: sylvester on July 05, 2015, 07:30:43 PM: yup tailwalker charters fishes 6 people on a great oceanworthy boat, I have a tuna trip booked with him this summer and am trying to schedule a salmon trip as well. captain Patrick loves and lives to fish and will treat you well. he is chartering out of Westport. good times and good luck to ya
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Post by: Prohunter270 on July 05, 2015, 07:54:19 PM: Thanks for the info. I would prefer a smaller boat, but I will take what I can get. Any word on the tequila too?
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Post by: Cascade on July 05, 2015, 08:15:49 PM: I have been out on the tequila 2 for salmon before. Good time for salmon. Bottom fishing I would go with either the slammer or hula girl. This was last weekend on the slammer. 32 and 29lbs

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Title: Re: Westport charter boats?
Post by: PolarBear on July 05, 2015, 08:30:04 PM: SLAMMER!!!!!!!! Rhett is da man!
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Post by: Westside88 on July 05, 2015, 08:44:45 PM: Slammer with Rhett Webber, Hula Girl with Steve Westrick and Freedom with Chuck Custer. All good skippers that work hard to give you the best experience they can. Good deckhands too, which helps make a trip better. I've only been on the freedom recently, but all have solid reputations and run good clean operations
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Post by: Firedogg on July 05, 2015, 09:13:32 PM: Heading out on the Fury Thursday morning.
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Post by: elkfins on July 06, 2015, 02:33:20 PM: Lots of good suggestions... Rhett knows his stuff and will get you fish for sure... he runs a large boat if that's what you want.
Tailwalker Charters is excellent for a small boat (max 6 anglers) and Patrick is a great captain and good guy. His boat is fast, comfortable and very fishable.
Also call Kerry at Offshore Northwest as he may have some openings as well. Again, he's a smaller boat (max 6 anglers) and works real hard to put his clients on fish. he's also a good friend of mine and has a killer boat - 28' parker - with plenty of room to fish.
Another small boat charter to look into is Far Corners express sportfishing - again, a small boat charter.

Lots of options but if you're looking for the smaller boat experience, these are the 3 guys I would look into.
Title: Re: Westport charter boats?
Post by: Dhoey07 on July 06, 2015, 03:03:00 PM: The Freedom :tup:
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Post by: bowtechian on July 06, 2015, 06:21:58 PM: Look up some of the six pack boats(I hate fishing party boats) far corners is great did tuna with him last yr guy can fish! In his dna
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Post by: bowtechian on July 06, 2015, 06:32:38 PM: Also kc sportfishing
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Post by: BackCountryJunki on July 10, 2015, 09:49:17 AM: The freedom with chuck Custer. I do 2 trips a year with him. Never been disappointed. Him and his crew are top notch

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Title: Re: Westport charter boats?
Post by: skeeter 20i on July 10, 2015, 11:00:14 AM: Quote from: Firedogg on July 05, 2015, 09:13:32 PM
Heading out on the Fury Thursday morning.

How did your trip on the Fury go? We were out on the Slammer the other day and could hear the skipper of the Fury yelling pretty loud at some customer. It didn't leave a good impression I was just wondering what your take on your trip was?