B-10 Friday the 10th

DixieFisher · 08-08-2007, 08:41 AM

I am finally headed to the bouy....I really wanted to shoot outside and get in on the ocean action...but, so far the predictions aren't perfect...so, whether the fish are there or not...I am in the river..,...anybody else going to be there by chance???

Paul

DixieFisher · 08-14-2007, 10:15 AM

just wanted to give an update to my trip on the 10th....once I got to the can around 6:00....the bar looked doable so I kept on trucking over....I stopped just south of the bar in about 240ft. It took me about 10 minutes to hook up and I had one 24" keeper in the boat....the rest of the day was lights out....I ended up hooking 14 waiting on that next keeper size...finally around 10 I netted a 27" keeper.....tagged it, buttoned up the gear for the bar run...and was sitting at the docks around 11:00. One of the best salmon days I have had and the ocean was small to boot!.

So, Sunday rolls around and a guy I know that has an Arima wanted to cross over the bar and fish. So, I agreed to go and show him the line out....It was a tougher day fishing...we hooked 20 or so, but it took forever to even get 3 keepers in the boat. The ocean was the flatest I have ever seen it...1 footers with no wind and the bar was a mill pond.

I would still like to meet some of you OFF folks....did anybody end up going??

Paul

Oregon4x4 · 08-14-2007, 11:09 AM

we didnt head out the 10th, but I'll be up there in my sled from tomorrow evening until monday.
I think the salmon derby that we're in is called "hawgs and dogs" or something like that. I dunno, a fishing buddy signed us up..
should be a fun time though.

sounds like you had a good trip, sorry to hear about all the undersize you guys got into. atleast you guys pulled in several keepers. a 27" should be 8-10# so you got a little meat between them

were your using hardware or herring?
We normally stick to (deep six, or sinking) divers, then optional flasher - to a #5 or larger spinner.
Hoochies rock if you head a ways past the bar too.. rigged similarly to the spinners W/ a flasher.

did most of the undersize's have adipose fins or were they amputee's?

DixieFisher · 08-14-2007, 01:58 PM

at first I was using salt cured anchovies....but they were getting beaten to death (they were soft, I think bait is going to be an issue this year, they didn't even have fresh herring at this point), then I switched to a #5 coyote spoon (blue/silver)...and caught the rest of my fish on this....this thing got tatooed....I was running a deep-six diver, with a fish flash, then 3-4 ft. leader to the spoon....about 25 pulls...but by Sunday I was running 40-50 pulls...trying to get deeper on the chinook....on Sunday we hit a 20 lb. nook on this rig...right at 45 pulls. Anyway, as far as the fish....it was more native fish than clipped....and I would say half and half silver to nooks.....the river should be loaded with chinook this year!!!!....good luck in that tourney let us know how you do!

08-08-2007, 08:41 AM	#1
DixieFisher Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 91	B-10 Friday the 10th I am finally headed to the bouy....I really wanted to shoot outside and get in on the ocean action...but, so far the predictions aren't perfect...so, whether the fish are there or not...I am in the river..,...anybody else going to be there by chance??? Paul

08-14-2007, 10:15 AM	#2
DixieFisher Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 91	just wanted to give an update to my trip on the 10th....once I got to the can around 6:00....the bar looked doable so I kept on trucking over....I stopped just south of the bar in about 240ft. It took me about 10 minutes to hook up and I had one 24" keeper in the boat....the rest of the day was lights out....I ended up hooking 14 waiting on that next keeper size...finally around 10 I netted a 27" keeper.....tagged it, buttoned up the gear for the bar run...and was sitting at the docks around 11:00. One of the best salmon days I have had and the ocean was small to boot!. So, Sunday rolls around and a guy I know that has an Arima wanted to cross over the bar and fish. So, I agreed to go and show him the line out....It was a tougher day fishing...we hooked 20 or so, but it took forever to even get 3 keepers in the boat. The ocean was the flatest I have ever seen it...1 footers with no wind and the bar was a mill pond. I would still like to meet some of you OFF folks....did anybody end up going?? Paul

08-14-2007, 11:09 AM	#3
Oregon4x4 Apprentice Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 53	we didnt head out the 10th, but I'll be up there in my sled from tomorrow evening until monday. I think the salmon derby that we're in is called "hawgs and dogs" or something like that. I dunno, a fishing buddy signed us up.. should be a fun time though. sounds like you had a good trip, sorry to hear about all the undersize you guys got into. atleast you guys pulled in several keepers. a 27" should be 8-10# so you got a little meat between them were your using hardware or herring? We normally stick to (deep six, or sinking) divers, then optional flasher - to a #5 or larger spinner. Hoochies rock if you head a ways past the bar too.. rigged similarly to the spinners W/ a flasher. did most of the undersize's have adipose fins or were they amputee's?

08-14-2007, 01:58 PM	#4
DixieFisher Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 91	at first I was using salt cured anchovies....but they were getting beaten to death (they were soft, I think bait is going to be an issue this year, they didn't even have fresh herring at this point), then I switched to a #5 coyote spoon (blue/silver)...and caught the rest of my fish on this....this thing got tatooed....I was running a deep-six diver, with a fish flash, then 3-4 ft. leader to the spoon....about 25 pulls...but by Sunday I was running 40-50 pulls...trying to get deeper on the chinook....on Sunday we hit a 20 lb. nook on this rig...right at 45 pulls. Anyway, as far as the fish....it was more native fish than clipped....and I would say half and half silver to nooks.....the river should be loaded with chinook this year!!!!....good luck in that tourney let us know how you do!

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