Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 07:48:15 AM
Any tips and advice much appreciated.
Post by: runamuk on April 11, 2012, 08:01:49 AM
Post by: NRA4LIFE on April 11, 2012, 08:37:49 AM
Post by: Alchase on April 11, 2012, 08:43:21 AM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 08:48:03 AM
Since the whole goal is to simply get out and fish I'm not to worried about slaying them. A few filet and fry up will work well. Besides, we catch to many and it will take away from our time at the range in the afteroon!
Post by: NWBREW on April 11, 2012, 09:16:13 AM
Good tips....thanks....keep 'em coming.
Since the whole goal is to simply get out and fish I'm not to worried about slaying them. A few filet and fry up will work well. Besides, we catch to many and it will take away from our time at the range in the afteroon!
Fishing and gun range.. :tup: Good Man day with the son. :tup: :tup:
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 09:36:07 AM
We are hitting the salt in the morning...not to early, not to late. Fish a bit. Maybe drink some root beer.
Get home, quick wash on the boat. Grab our bows and his Rossi .22 and off to the range at 1:30. Sling a few arrows, pop off some .22's, then off to Razzles for a beer for me and a shirley temple for him.
Home by dinner for some fried fish dinner with momma and baby sister.
Early to bed for daddy.
Post by: NW-GSP on April 11, 2012, 10:09:09 AM
Post by: Echomules on April 11, 2012, 10:28:32 AM
Have fun!
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2012, 10:34:54 AM
Post by: rasbo on April 11, 2012, 10:38:48 AM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 10:42:20 AM
Post by: pjb3 on April 11, 2012, 12:17:53 PM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 12:22:22 PM
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2012, 12:24:03 PM
Thanks Rob.....I'll keep that in mind. Hope it's not as chewy as those pesky wolfies!!!
I hear the wolfies are pretty tasty actually. Too bad only the tribes can harvest. I also hear that PS king crab taste like lobster.
I have seen lots of starry flounder when diving in the flats off the possesion point bar. Makes for a nice drift dive. drop to 100 feet, and drift with a surface buoy so your boat can track you. interesting rolling sand dunes out there. The couple times I have done that I recall seeing lots of starry flounder.
We did it once on the west side of the bar, and once up close to the horseshoe.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on April 11, 2012, 12:26:26 PM
Post by: pjb3 on April 11, 2012, 12:32:09 PM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 12:38:08 PM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 12:43:14 PM
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2012, 02:42:17 PM
I have had them take herring out of my mouth before!
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2012, 02:48:56 PM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 02:55:21 PM
I do enjoy a nice sunrise beach dive. Had one of my best octo experiences there. Nice midsized one out in the open...just chilling and hanging out. Haven't been down there in a few years though.
Post by: fishinmike on April 11, 2012, 03:22:10 PM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 03:32:35 PM
Post by: pjb3 on April 11, 2012, 05:29:49 PM
Also....from browsing the regs I believe kelp greenling are fair game as well. I believe they are considered "other" gamefish and fall under the qty 2 retention slot.U R right, they are open year round
I have some good spots for them :tup:
Post by: gotshot on April 11, 2012, 05:33:14 PM
Post by: pjb3 on April 11, 2012, 05:40:24 PM
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2012, 06:33:42 PM
Also....from browsing the regs I believe kelp greenling are fair game as well. I believe they are considered "other" gamefish and fall under the qty 2 retention slot.
Nice thing about the greenlings is, they weigh more per inch due to all the worms in the flesh!
Post by: rasbo on April 11, 2012, 06:38:04 PM
Surprised no one mentioned squid, just me? :dunno:squid...there :chuckle:
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2012, 07:11:43 PM
Post by: lokidog on April 11, 2012, 09:07:50 PM
Wish there was some place here in the SJs to catch flounder, but have never really heard of much.
Post by: Rob on April 11, 2012, 09:15:39 PM
Honestly, the last greenling I shot had more worms than flesh! I stopped shooting them after that! Poor thing looked like Swiss cheese after I cut all the worms out of the fillets!
I thought it would be better out at Neah Bay, but the little guy was loaded with them. Even the bigger lings can have worms in the meat but they were never as bad as those greelings!
I just look the otherway and eat dungies from Mukilteo north though. They are probably basically cancer pills, but they are so dang tasty!
Too bad you can't shoot rock fish anymore. The ones I shot were pretty much worm and tumor free! I'll say this though, the limits they are putting on rock fish are really allowing the blue and black rockfish to come back in the PS. They grow fast enough that you see them first. Places you never use to see them before, there are now large schools of them. Yellow tail rockfish too. It's nice to see schools of fish on a dive in the Sound.
Post by: pjb3 on April 11, 2012, 09:34:08 PM
Heh
Honestly, the last greenling I shot had more worms than flesh! I stopped shooting them after that! Poor thing looked like Swiss cheese after I cut all the worms out of the fillets!
I thought it would be better out at Neah Bay, but the little guy was loaded with them. Even the bigger lings can have worms in the meat but they were never as bad as those greelings!
I just look the otherway and eat dungies from Mukilteo north though. They are probably basically cancer pills, but they are so dang tasty!
Too bad you can't shoot rock fish anymore. The ones I shot were pretty much worm and tumor free! I'll say this though, the limits they are putting on rock fish are really allowing the blue and black rockfish to come back in the PS. They grow fast enough that you see them first. Places you never use to see them before, there are now large schools of them. Yellow tail rockfish too. It's nice to see schools of fish on a dive in the Sound.
What do you mean you "shot" them?
Where do you see the schools of rockfish?
Post by: lokidog on April 11, 2012, 11:19:12 PM
The only thing I see is more seals in the rockfish areas.... :bash:
I once discovered, accidentally, how to get worms out of fish.... I had caught some coastal rainbows down in OR. After scaling, heading and gutting them, I put them in a bowl in the fridge. The next night I pulled them out to cook for dinner and there in the bottom of the bowl was a writhing mass of roundworms up to an inch or so long. :puke: Looking back, i should have eaten them instead of tossing as the worms were probably mostly out by that time. I pretty much only filet all fish I catch now so I can do the see through test to look for them first. I know they die when cooked or frozen, but it still grosses me out.
Post by: Rob on April 12, 2012, 08:24:01 AM
I have seen lots of schools of blue and black rockfish coming back at nearly every rocky place I dive.
The "look through" test works well.
Worms are not unique to the fish of the sound. Some species seem to collect them more than others. Seems like bottom fish are more susceptible.
The Red Grouper I shot in the FL Middlegrounds were loaded with worms. Many of the grouper were actually. I wonder if they use your waterbowl technique to get worms out of the commercial meat? It would not be good for someone to pull out a worm from their 25 dollar grouper fillet at Anthony's Home Port!
Post by: Rob on April 12, 2012, 08:25:31 AM
Post by: h20hunter on April 12, 2012, 08:36:51 AM
Regarding the worms....with a little beer batter and hot oil I'll never know the difference!
Post by: Rob on April 12, 2012, 08:55:05 AM
you bring down three spears, none are attached to the gun with a line. (hence "free shaft"). You line up a shot on one black RF and load one band. Pull the trigger and shoot him (shoot him with a backstop or the spear will pas through). While you move towards that one, you load a second shaft, and pop another one. Then sting up fish #1 and load up and shoot another one... continue till you get a limit.
I have only lost one spear doing that and that was because it passed clean through and went into a slit in the rocks further than I could reach.
Man I miss doing that... Gotta get out and shoot some fish again soon.
But this is off topic from teh original post now!
When I use to fish off Gedney, I'd go to Pike Place Mkt and buy an octopus. make great bait for bottom fish and they really stay on the hook.
Post by: h20hunter on April 12, 2012, 08:58:10 AM
Post by: Rob on April 12, 2012, 09:09:51 AM
My son and I were talking about our day to come. I'm not roped into ice cream as well. I told him I think we can handle that.
I have no idea what that sentence means! It's only 9 am, drinking and typing already???
Post by: h20hunter on April 12, 2012, 09:22:17 AM
Post by: Rob on April 12, 2012, 09:38:10 AM
Sounds like a quality day!
Post by: Rob on April 17, 2012, 06:03:01 AM
Post by: h20hunter on April 17, 2012, 07:19:30 AM
The rest of the afternoon went well. Lunch at Razzles......shooting his bow.....plinking with the rifle. All good times.
The little guy was so worn out he was asleep at 4:30 on the ride home from the range. `10 minutes later we were home and he was ready to keep on going. Not me....plopped down in a lawn chair, popped a beer, and grilled up steaks for dinner.
Post by: lokidog on April 17, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Post by: Rob on April 17, 2012, 09:02:35 AM
Sounds like time well spent!
Post by: h20hunter on April 17, 2012, 09:46:51 AM
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Post by: h20hunter on April 17, 2012, 07:12:13 PM