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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: hhack on June 29, 2021, 09:06:28 PM

Title: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: hhack on June 29, 2021, 09:06:28 PM: Anyone else going out on Thursday. Can’t decide if I should hit hein or the west side San Juan getting pretty jacked.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: blackpowderhunter on June 30, 2021, 06:06:05 AM: ill be camping up on jones island july 5-7, running up from everett or seattle.
so ill be fishing area 7 :tup:
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: Stein on June 30, 2021, 08:24:15 AM: I want to try it this year, any tips on a few places to start other than finding the fleet?
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: CP on June 30, 2021, 08:48:55 AM: Quote from: blackpowderhunter on June 30, 2021, 06:06:05 AM
ill be camping up on jones island july 5-7, running up from everett or seattle.
so ill be fishing area 7 :tup:

Be prepared for hordes of aggressive, thieving raccoons.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: treeclimber2852 on June 30, 2021, 08:52:31 AM: I hear raccoons make good crab bait.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: jamesfromseattle on June 30, 2021, 11:02:16 AM: Quote from: Stein on June 30, 2021, 08:24:15 AM
I want to try it this year, any tips on a few places to start other than finding the fleet?

Conventional wisdom is that the east side of the archipelago is better early in the month. The west side of Cypress will get pounded by boats on whichever side of Tide Point the eddy forms on (north side on a flood and south side on an ebb), but there are some other pockets elsewhere around there that hold fish sometimes. I think tide point is popular because it is really pronounced and easy to find, but if it is too crowded I usually try to find another point where the water is doing the same thing and fish that instead. I.e., treat it like a river and look for the back eddy.

West side of San Juan is nice, though, because it can absorb a ton of boats and not feel too crowded.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: jamesfromseattle on June 30, 2021, 11:05:59 AM: I'm also going to qualify my previous post by saying I have slightly better than average success in the islands but not much better than average. The old idiom about 10% catching 90% really holds true up there. I fish up there a few times each year but I'm admittedly definitely not in the 10%, so I'll defer to any better advice out there.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: MADMAX on July 02, 2021, 10:27:09 PM: How’s fishing boys ?
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: hhack on July 06, 2021, 05:43:19 AM: Fishing on west side of San Juan has been unreal. Lots of big wilds around. Don’t think the 1400 fish quota is gonna last through the weekend.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: Stein on July 06, 2021, 07:02:50 AM: Many keepers or all they Canadian "wild" fish?
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: blackpowderhunter on July 07, 2021, 09:55:18 AM: Quote from: hhack on July 06, 2021, 05:43:19 AM
Fishing on west side of San Juan has been unreal. Lots of big wilds around. Don’t think the 1400 fish quota is gonna last through the weekend.
watching for an update on the quota....shooting to head back out sunday through monday or tuesday.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: blackpowderhunter on July 07, 2021, 09:55:47 AM: Quote from: CP on June 30, 2021, 08:48:55 AM
Quote from: blackpowderhunter on June 30, 2021, 06:06:05 AM
ill be camping up on jones island july 5-7, running up from everett or seattle.
so ill be fishing area 7 :tup:

Be prepared for hordes of aggressive, thieving raccoons.
only saw 1...my lab running around camp may have helped :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: Tball77 on July 07, 2021, 04:16:29 PM: It closes today in 7.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: hhack on July 07, 2021, 05:30:43 PM: This blows can’t believe it’s over already. Got a feeling area 9 is only gonna be open for a week.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: Stein on July 07, 2021, 05:52:46 PM: Depends, last year the fishing was lousy and it stayed open a long time. If it's anything decent then yeah it will be over in a few days.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: Limhangerslayer on July 07, 2021, 06:21:57 PM: We fished Hein in the opener, there were not that many boats in the morning, tons of bait and we had 4 take downs landed 3. 2 kings one halibut and lost another king in about an hour of fishing before some is the crew got sick! Tons of bait and fish, most I’ve seen in a while
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: hhack on July 07, 2021, 08:30:29 PM: I hope it’s another terrible year in 9 for your average joe. Last year was great to me in area 9. I’m gonna be pissed if it’s only a week.
Title: Re: Area 7 6 5 King opener
Post by: Jake Dogfish on July 07, 2021, 10:02:56 PM: Area 7 closing

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2693