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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: bighorn1 on June 17, 2017, 11:34:35 AM

Title: Halibut fishing awesome co F
Post by: bighorn1 on June 17, 2017, 11:34:35 AM: Left the dock at five put lines in at six and limited with four halibut had to realize one and had ten on and back to the dock by eight fastest halibut bite I have ever been on we were out of Westport had three fifty pounders and one twenty five. Heading for ling in the morning.
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Post by: Mfowl on June 17, 2017, 11:39:13 AM: Awesome! I wish salmon fishing on the Columbia was that hot!
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Post by: bearpaw on June 17, 2017, 11:48:20 AM: sounds like awesome fishing :tup:
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Post by: bighorn1 on June 17, 2017, 11:49:23 AM: Don,t know how to post pictures on here but it's on Facebook. Seems like a fair amount of salmon and silvers around this year.
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Post by: bighorn1 on June 17, 2017, 11:51:14 AM: Dale tell Tara I will save her some wish you could have been in on this but salmon is looking up.
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Post by: elkaholic123 on June 17, 2017, 12:12:23 PM: Here you go Del.
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Post by: bighorn1 on June 17, 2017, 01:36:24 PM: Thanks for putting that up it was sure a fun day.
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Post by: Stein on June 18, 2017, 07:06:06 AM: Very nice
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Post by: RB on June 18, 2017, 07:59:25 AM: Nice! :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on June 18, 2017, 08:06:21 AM: Best report I've heard all season! :tup:
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Post by: ryanfam on June 18, 2017, 08:13:27 AM: Went out of John Wayne with no luck. Weather was awesome and all the banks had plenty of boats on them. The fish checker said only one for the day. Pretty slow on the inside.
Title: Re: Halibut fishing awesome co F
Post by: Stein on June 19, 2017, 09:26:41 AM: Quote from: ryanfam on June 18, 2017, 08:13:27 AM
Went out of John Wayne with no luck. Weather was awesome and all the banks had plenty of boats on them. The fish checker said only one for the day. Pretty slow on the inside.

Talked to the checker at Deception and he agreed that the hali were pretty much gone before the opener. I gave up after the second trip, lings seemed a far better chance. Looking at the quotas and extra days, it just wasn't a great year the further east you went from Neah.