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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Old Dog on May 07, 2017, 01:41:45 AM

Title: Hood Canal Shrimp.
Post by: Old Dog on May 07, 2017, 01:41:45 AM: Anybody else go out. My brother and I got to the launch at 0630, and surprisingly it wasn't really busy. We launched at Potlatch State Park, and the way the park rangers handled the traffic has restored some of my faith in our state park system. :tup: I'm pretty sure there were some volunteers as well. The rangers keep the traffic moving, and the volunteers helped with parking. Spoiled the funnies at the ramp, but I've seen enough of those to last a lifetime. :yike: :chuckle: :chuckle:

We were expecting a much larger crowd, so we started early, and got to the shrimping area with a couple of hours to spare. We spent the extra time getting organized, and watching the flotilla arrive. After all the boats got done running the water flattened out, and it got pretty nice. We dropped the first pot right at 0900 slick as a whistle, and then things went a little south on us. :dunno:

Over the next several hours we managed to tangle a couple of the pots...three times :o and wrap a line around the prop once. :yike: Fortunately it wasn't crowded so we didn't bother anybody else. :tup:

All in all it was a good trip. The water was pretty flat, there was only a light breeze, and it wasn't too cold. Most importantly we got our two limits by 1130. :IBCOOL: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Title: Re: Hood Canal Shrimp.
Post by: hunthard on May 07, 2017, 10:38:49 AM: Nice, how deep did you set your pots down?
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Post by: stkflker on May 07, 2017, 11:05:16 AM: It was a great day to be on the water!

We did really good first time through the gear getting 3 of the four limits then it slowed down for us we had to cycle through the four pots two more times an still ended up one bug short :'(

The Rangers directing traffic was nice but they didn't stop all of the entertainment :chuckle: backing an empty trailer down the ramp is difficult some times
Title: Re: Hood Canal Shrimp.
Post by: gasman on May 07, 2017, 12:49:32 PM: Nice job, we didn't hit the Hood Canal, we went up to Squim and had two limits and three pots. We were done by 9:30 and spent the rest of the morning fishing for halibut, with no success.
Title: Re: Hood Canal Shrimp.
Post by: Old Dog on May 07, 2017, 10:15:21 PM: Quote from: hunthard on May 07, 2017, 10:38:49 AM
Nice, how deep did you set your pots down?

On the bottom. :-X :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

About 280'. :tup:
Title: Re: Hood Canal Shrimp.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 08, 2017, 05:48:21 AM: well
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Post by: Hilltophustler on May 08, 2017, 06:28:23 AM: Wasn't out on Hood canal...Launched out of Everett. 5 limits done by noon.
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Post by: Hilltophustler on May 08, 2017, 06:29:32 AM: Spoils
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Post by: Hilltophustler on May 08, 2017, 06:31:46 AM: :tup:
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Post by: stkflker on May 08, 2017, 07:01:41 AM: Won't let me post a pic something about low memory :dunno:
Title: Re: Hood Canal Shrimp.
Post by: twolabs on May 08, 2017, 07:31:50 AM: Got our 4 limits in area 12 was pretty slow with some of the other boats we were with didn't limit out. Was a nice day on the water.