Post by: jamesfromseattle on September 13, 2015, 11:21:57 AM
Was out at Sekiu from last Friday through yesterday. Fished both area 4, which was open for wilds until Friday and area 5 which was hatchery only until yesterday. Great numbers of fish around, but mostly pretty small for this time of year. Most fish in the 3-5 pound range. Biggest fish I saw were around 8 pounds. Limits just about every day the weather would allow. The area 4-5 line provided the most action for us. Three out of four days we fished it we had double headers and quick limits. None of our techniques were particularly novel or creative. Found fish between 300-500. 50 feet on the cable was the hot depth. Bright green and silver hoochie/flasher combos trolled quick. The one abnormality for us this year, other than the small fish size, was that the mid day bite was actually quite a bit faster than the early morning bite. By Wednesday we had stopped getting up early and just went out when the sun was warm.
Post by: pilebuck on September 14, 2015, 07:33:27 AM
Post by: klikboom on September 16, 2015, 07:10:59 AM
Monday was so lights out we had boated 4 fish in 30 minutes. Went back to camp and grabbed all the kids to come fish and practice reeling and fill the freezers. We actually caught two that took the bait off the surface while we waited to attach it to the downrigger.
Overall, we only caught about 6 fish that were 5+ lbs. We had a lot of 1 meal fish.
Post by: Prohunter270 on September 16, 2015, 12:20:34 PM
Post by: jamesfromseattle on September 16, 2015, 12:41:55 PM
Negative on the Kings. Only in area 4 west of Tatoosh right now. Sounds like there are some biggies out there right now but I don't have enough boat so we weren't able to fish that far away from Sekiu.
Post by: hunt_fish on September 16, 2015, 01:31:24 PM
I was also at Sekiu Fri-Monday. That was my first trip out there and I will definitely be going back next year. I have only fished the PS so this was an eye opener and makes me never want to spend 8 hours trolling mukilteo for 1 fish. We fished mostly herring and most of the time without a flasher. I will be trying to figure out a non-herring method for next year. With all the small fish re-rigging herring took up a ton of our time and they're expensive. We caught 80% of our fish at 20'-25'. We didn't limit on Sunday, the water was rough and we just couldn't find the bite, we got 5 fish in the boat though (6 was limit). We probably landed 50 fish none over 6lbs. We tried to go deeper with our gear in hopes of finding bigger fish but never found the bite below ~50'. We also tried a hook and beads to similate krill, caught a couple off that, caught a couple off of coho killer, none on squid.
Monday was so lights out we had boated 4 fish in 30 minutes. Went back to camp and grabbed all the kids to come fish and practice reeling and fill the freezers. We actually caught two that took the bait off the surface while we waited to attach it to the downrigger.
Overall, we only caught about 6 fish that were 5+ lbs. We had a lot of 1 meal fish.
Next time for coho up there just use brads cut plug baits, then you won't be having to re-rig cut plugs all the time if you're using that. Or you could always use a rotator, sometimes they won't get a bite out of the herring and it's good to go for the next fish.
Post by: jamesfromseattle on September 16, 2015, 03:50:09 PM
I was also at Sekiu Fri-Monday. That was my first trip out there and I will definitely be going back next year. I have only fished the PS so this was an eye opener and makes me never want to spend 8 hours trolling mukilteo for 1 fish. We fished mostly herring and most of the time without a flasher. I will be trying to figure out a non-herring method for next year. With all the small fish re-rigging herring took up a ton of our time and they're expensive. We caught 80% of our fish at 20'-25'. We didn't limit on Sunday, the water was rough and we just couldn't find the bite, we got 5 fish in the boat though (6 was limit). We probably landed 50 fish none over 6lbs. We tried to go deeper with our gear in hopes of finding bigger fish but never found the bite below ~50'. We also tried a hook and beads to similate krill, caught a couple off that, caught a couple off of coho killer, none on squid.
Monday was so lights out we had boated 4 fish in 30 minutes. Went back to camp and grabbed all the kids to come fish and practice reeling and fill the freezers. We actually caught two that took the bait off the surface while we waited to attach it to the downrigger.
Overall, we only caught about 6 fish that were 5+ lbs. We had a lot of 1 meal fish.
Next time for coho up there just use brads cut plug baits, then you won't be having to re-rig cut plugs all the time if you're using that. Or you could always use a rotator, sometimes they won't get a bite out of the herring and it's good to go for the next fish.
I used brads for the first time this year and have been very impressed with them. Very easy and very versatile. You can fish them much faster than a real cut plug. I've also ended up with fewer shakers while using them.
Post by: cohoho on September 16, 2015, 05:40:06 PM
No matter how many you catch - Fish checker gets - only what we keep in the boat numbers!
I do got a new lure I made :yike: and dying to give it a try this weekend up there at Sekui... Ready Allen???? We'll be somewhere at Olsen's if you want to stop by and say hello!
Post by: klikboom on September 18, 2015, 12:07:26 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on September 18, 2015, 12:11:33 PM
Why do you worry about telling the checker the # you catch and release ?They could use it to shutdown the season. They use a percentage of released fish to assume mortality and apply toward the quota. And can shutdown a season because of it.
Post by: klikboom on September 18, 2015, 12:16:05 PM
Post by: hunt_fish on September 18, 2015, 03:56:52 PM
Eeeeenteresting. I complained loudly about hatchery being open while wild was closed. That seems like a terrible idea. I had to release a beauty of a coho that I hooked through the eye and mouth. No doubt died. It really pissed me off having to put him back as crab meat. How can you target different versions of the same specie? It should either be open or close for a specie.
It's mostly because a lot of those coho at Sekiu head up to Canadian waters. At least that's what my understanding was from years ago.
Post by: bowtech721 on September 21, 2015, 03:41:35 PM
Post by: cohoho on September 21, 2015, 08:15:49 PM
Post by: jamesfromseattle on September 21, 2015, 08:22:33 PM
Post by: BAR C3 on September 21, 2015, 08:46:31 PM
By 2015 standards, that middle right fish is a hog!Must be some new standards.. That was what we regularly caught growing up there. Man I miss home in September!
Post by: cohoho on September 22, 2015, 06:27:24 AM
Post by: pilebuck on September 22, 2015, 05:46:31 PM
Post by: gotshot on September 28, 2015, 03:24:33 PM
Post by: ribka on September 28, 2015, 07:22:34 PM
I screwed up and forgot to secure lodging and moorage ahead of time, so we were quick on and off the docks, stayed in Forks and just launched the boat Sat and Sun. We did really well Saturday, as we stayed out and fished all day till late afternoon - easy-easy limits, but all smaller fish, a couple 8 lbers was the best we got out of all that came to the boat... Sunday we fished til about 1030hrs, grabbed our limits for the four of us by 1200hrs and headed home to make the Seahawks game... We fished outside at 600ft and fished all levels 35ft, 60ft and 90ft, both Coho Killers and long lining bait did well. My newly made home made lure was a bust!!!!! Auuuugh! Guess that is why people sell them for people like me! Water was lumpy on Sunday, saved a lot of gas trolling with wind!!! Check out pictures at Hood Canal, it was splashing over bridge in a few areas!!
How about sharing a pic of your secret lure?
Post by: Wacenturion on September 28, 2015, 07:51:10 PM
Took the motorhome which I will not do again. Way too cramped, couldn't even put the awning out, and it rained the first couple days. Barely had enough room between my old high schools buddies 5th wheel and a truck camper.
Had a cabin for my daughter and son in law which had a nice deck, that made it bearable.
Post by: ribka on September 28, 2015, 08:29:19 PM
I screwed up and forgot to secure lodging and moorage ahead of time, so we were quick on and off the docks, stayed in Forks and just launched the boat Sat and Sun. We did really well Saturday, as we stayed out and fished all day till late afternoon - easy-easy limits, but all smaller fish, a couple 8 lbers was the best we got out of all that came to the boat... Sunday we fished til about 1030hrs, grabbed our limits for the four of us by 1200hrs and headed home to make the Seahawks game... We fished outside at 600ft and fished all levels 35ft, 60ft and 90ft, both Coho Killers and long lining bait did well. My newly made home made lure was a bust!!!!! Auuuugh! Guess that is why people sell them for people like me! Water was lumpy on Sunday, saved a lot of gas trolling with wind!!! Check out pictures at Hood Canal, it was splashing over bridge in a few areas!!
How about sharing a pic of your secret lure?