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Title: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 01, 2017, 02:18:35 PM: Fished today caught our four kings and came in early we could,nt find any silvers but maybe tomorrow.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: mossyoak arrow slinger on July 01, 2017, 02:48:23 PM: Any size on the fish? We fished out of swiftsure last weekend and they were all fairly small.

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Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 01, 2017, 04:54:58 PM: Nothing big twelve to fifteen but happy to see some around.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: mossyoak arrow slinger on July 01, 2017, 10:13:23 PM: That's about the same as we touched. The big boys will be rolling in shortly if they don't all get caught up in Canada and Alaska. Thanks for the report

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Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 02, 2017, 01:44:16 PM: Nice ocean today fished with my friend Jerry fish were in 35 feet two miles above the north jetty.
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Post by: elkaholic123 on July 02, 2017, 06:51:31 PM: Here is a pic of fish we caught at Westport. Thanks again Del👍
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Post by: bighorn1 on July 03, 2017, 03:51:39 PM: Had fun Jerry we will do it again when the wind slows down.
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Post by: trophyhunt on July 04, 2017, 10:38:02 AM: Do you guys know of any web sites that have Westport reports on salmon?
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Post by: Crunchy on July 04, 2017, 11:03:21 AM: Creel reports are about as accurate as you might get. Bloodydecks is another one to get intel from.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: trophyhunt on July 04, 2017, 12:14:53 PM: Quote from: Crunchy on July 04, 2017, 11:03:21 AM
Creel reports are about as accurate as you might get. Bloodydecks is another one to get intel from.
I looked at creel and they have no Westport info, I'll try bloodydecks. Thanks
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: fishngamereaper on July 04, 2017, 12:17:33 PM: Westport charter boat association web page.
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Post by: bighorn1 on July 14, 2017, 06:41:36 PM: Fishing got a lot better nice silvers and kings down 200 on the wire fleet is in 300 feet west.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: gasman on July 14, 2017, 07:52:33 PM: Heading to Westport in the morning for the first salmon trip of the season.

Don't know if we'll be heading out 300 ft but we're going to give It All We Got. Gonna probably stay a little bit closer to shore in the 30 to 40 foot depth range.

Who knows :dunno:
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 16, 2017, 10:12:00 AM: Some nice silvers being caught west of the harbor some charters limiting and a lot of natives being released. The fishing has been slow on the beach but should pick up.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: James E on July 16, 2017, 10:19:06 AM: Thanks for the update Big horn. I am heading down today for a week. How far west of the harbor, are they getting silvers? I heard the king bite is good, but silvers are slow?
Thanks,
James
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 17, 2017, 11:50:10 AM: You picked a good weather week. Tuna yesterday 40 miles out. Silvers and kings on the wire 200 feet down. Charter fleet 4702 and 124.37 in 200 to 300 feet we had 12 fish yesterday but only four keepers.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 18, 2017, 11:51:46 AM: Fished 150 out from GH left at 5 limited by 7 25 pulls with a diver and bait charters were there.
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Post by: Thenewguy on July 18, 2017, 12:32:36 PM: 150 miles out? What kind of boat do you have?!?!?
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Post by: Crunchy on July 18, 2017, 01:15:30 PM: 150 foot of water out
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 18, 2017, 02:17:34 PM: 150 feet of water about one mile outside of the GH bouy sorry should have gave better directions charters said there were kings down 100 feet but we did,nt try that but nice silvers.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 19, 2017, 12:14:27 PM: Three nice kings and three silvers same place 150 feet straight out only a two foot swell.
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Post by: Forks on July 19, 2017, 05:06:06 PM: When is your first tuna trip?
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Post by: bighorn1 on July 19, 2017, 05:23:29 PM: Tuna around now lot of boats went yesterday and today they found some fish out 40 miles most fish biting jigs now I like to go when they start on bait around first of August.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 20, 2017, 11:22:34 AM: Great day fishing went through four dozen bait for three of us. Could,nt keep the kings off released six all about twelve pounds and nice silvers same place 150 feet off GH bouy just diver and flasher down twenty five pulls.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Schmalzfam on July 20, 2017, 10:55:56 PM: Getting ready to book a trip.
Any advice for the way this season is going, as far as when to book it for silver's? Going to do a bottom/salmon combo.
Last time we went they opened it up the next week for natives and we went with deep sea charters.
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Post by: brew on July 21, 2017, 06:27:08 AM: We have a charter booked for a combo trip tomorrow...just found out that starting tomorrow (Sat july 22) you can keep 2 kings or 2 silvers or 1 each :tup:
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Post by: bighorn1 on July 22, 2017, 06:13:48 PM: We limited with five kings and three silvers and the same today almost straight out 155 feet. Deep sea are good either the Slammer or the Ultimate both great skippers they were right beside us today. Silvers are getting bigger and kings running 12 to 15 pounds.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Westside88 on July 22, 2017, 07:57:43 PM: Fished a combo trip today. Rockfish were hard to find for
Some reason, but once we got on them we limited quickly. 23 keeper Salmon for 19 fishermen. (Mostly kings) with 15+ released due to size or wild coho status
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: brew on July 22, 2017, 08:17:20 PM: we chartered a trip today with Chuck on the Freedom...couldn't buy a sea bass for the first 3 hours...19 of us fishing..nobody was catching any bottom fish then we hit the jackpot...in the span of just over 1/2 hour the boat limited on bottom fish (160+ fish in just over 30 minutes). we then turned towards Salmon...it was crazy as some of the people on the boat just stopped fishing but the 6 of us in our group landed 2 each salmon to round out the day...crazy as just the 6 of us probably caught and released 10 wild coho along with our limit of kings and a couple clipped silvers...weather and water conditions couldn't be better
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 23, 2017, 09:45:49 AM: It's been good for bottom fish all year and the salmon really got good this last week lots of silvers and some kings. Watch the Washington marine forcast it's good for seven days try to pick a day when it's five feet or less and you will have a good trip I like deep sea charters. Bi DG
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 23, 2017, 10:04:41 AM: Fished off Bouy 1 this week outa Ilwaco private boat - good for coho, no kings. Was back at the dock by 10:00.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 23, 2017, 03:14:48 PM: Windy today but the charters did great again same place some nice kings.
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Post by: James E on July 23, 2017, 03:28:59 PM: Thanks Big Horn. We fished 350' on Monday and did ok. Tuesday / Sat we fished in the same area u were in. Limited every day, with Kings and Silvers. I will be down next weekend.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Westside88 on July 23, 2017, 04:25:17 PM: Quote from: Westside88 on July 22, 2017, 07:57:43 PM
Fished a combo trip today. Rockfish were hard to find for
Some reason, but once we got on them we limited quickly. 23 keeper Salmon for 19 fishermen. (Mostly kings) with 15+ released due to size or wild coho status

I was right next to you guys. I never got one I could keep, but my daughter did. You guys killed em!
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 23, 2017, 06:06:39 PM: Looks like the weather settles down Wednesday it was windy today so did,nt go. The charters that went did good at the same place. A few kings caught below bouy four so hope the fish are moving in closer.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 23, 2017, 06:52:32 PM: what cha using on there - diver and anchovie at 9 pulls or just a 6 oz lead and anchovie ?
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Post by: bighorn1 on July 24, 2017, 07:35:32 AM: We have been using a diver and green label herring and we have been using twenty five pulls the fish seem to be biting deeper instead of the usual ten or twelve pulls. Hi
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 27, 2017, 03:04:53 PM: Another great day three of us limited on nice kings and realised a bunch of silvers should be great fishing the next two days same place straight out 160 to 180 feet.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bosshogg112 on July 27, 2017, 03:08:07 PM: have you seen or heard of any success fishing off the jetty there or the on in Ocean Shores?
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Post by: Curly on July 27, 2017, 03:09:52 PM: My nephew and his 2 sons came up from Albuquerque and fished on The TommyCod yesterday. They had a blast and limitted on Kings and Silvers.

I BBQ'd one salmon for them on the Traeger last night and it was awesome. :tup:
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on July 27, 2017, 06:18:03 PM: I have seen people fishing the south jetty but do not know how they are doing.
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Post by: Whitenuckles on July 29, 2017, 09:17:38 AM: 150' out, 50-20' down. It was an amazing morning!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 29, 2017, 09:57:03 AM: Dandy haul
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on July 29, 2017, 11:53:53 AM: Talk about Sackin em up!!!! :tup:
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 29, 2017, 03:30:34 PM: Quote from: Whitenuckles on July 29, 2017, 09:17:38 AM
150' out, 50-20' down. It was an amazing morning!
You were 75 pulls out with diver ??
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Whitenuckles on July 30, 2017, 09:24:53 AM: Quote from: Magnum_Willys on July 29, 2017, 03:30:34 PM
Quote from: Whitenuckles on July 29, 2017, 09:17:38 AM
150' out, 50-20' down. It was an amazing morning!
You were 75 pulls out with diver ??
30 pulls
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on August 03, 2017, 11:31:13 AM: Limited again on nice kings on the Northside in thirty five feet off the condos.
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Post by: Crunchy on August 03, 2017, 11:47:54 AM: Are they getting any bigger? I haven't seen many caught over 20lbs.
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Post by: James E on August 04, 2017, 06:37:39 PM: Hi Big Horn. Quick question for you. We fished 2 weeks ago off GH 150 - 170'. We did well limited every day. Thinking starting off North off the casino, then heading South West. Have you heard anything?
Thanks,
James
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on August 04, 2017, 08:02:31 PM: Limited in sixty five feet two miles south but fought jelly fish. Charters straight out 130. feet. Fish in fifty feet about a mile up the north side looks like the fish are moving in.
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Post by: James E on August 05, 2017, 04:52:46 PM: Thanks Bighorn. We fished off GH in a 170'. Limited, but had to work for them. Thinking of going North tomorrow.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on August 07, 2017, 05:43:06 PM: I went out west in 150 and we got into jelly fish so came back to bouy 3 and limited. They are saying fishing is going to close the 15th because of the quota. Looks like great weather through the week end so fish if you can.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: twolabs on August 08, 2017, 10:58:24 AM: Quote from: bighorn1 on August 07, 2017, 05:43:06 PM
I went out west in 150 and we got into jelly fish so came back to bouy 3 and limited. They are saying fishing is going to close the 15th because of the quota. Looks like great weather through the week end so fish if you can.

Who is they that are saying it is going to close on the 15th. Lots of quota left on the Chinook quota
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on August 08, 2017, 11:57:25 AM: It's the story going around Westport.
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Post by: b23 on August 08, 2017, 01:39:51 PM: I don't recall where but I seem to remember reading it was closing Aug. 15th for Chinook Salmon in all of Washington waters.
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Post by: WSU on August 08, 2017, 01:44:33 PM: Quote from: b23 on August 08, 2017, 01:39:51 PM
I don't recall where but I seem to remember reading it was closing Aug. 15th for Chinook Salmon in all of Washington waters.

That is not the case.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: Buzz2401 on August 08, 2017, 02:14:56 PM: Not much Coho quota left and with the number of Coho being caught to each king I would bet it closes early.
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Post by: Antlershed on August 08, 2017, 09:37:52 PM: Quote from: Buzz2401 on August 08, 2017, 02:14:56 PM
Not much Coho quota left and with the number of Coho being caught to each king I would bet it closes early.
They could always just make people release Coho.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: bighorn1 on August 09, 2017, 06:33:36 AM: I hope it's just a rumour.
Title: Re: Westport Salmon
Post by: elkfins on August 09, 2017, 09:03:51 AM: Quote from: Antlershed on August 08, 2017, 09:37:52 PM
Quote from: Buzz2401 on August 08, 2017, 02:14:56 PM
Not much Coho quota left and with the number of Coho being caught to each king I would bet it closes early.
They could always just make people release Coho.

It'll close early for sure because the Coho quota is about gone. WDFW won't allow catch and release as they consider a percentage of the encounters mortality and that counts against the quota too.