DrTheopolis;n597468 said:
First, you need to make clear what you want to do with any guide.
Yep, my bad! Thus why I am not mentioning who I went with, don't want to bash him when we DID catch a lot of fish!
DrTheopolis;n597468 said:
Next, you can't "troll" in one spot (although maybe the guide used this misnomer)..
Actually, we did.... the incoming tide was pushing pretty hard if he shut the engine off we drifted pretty quick. We were trolling at the same speed as the incoming tide, so we were pretty much sitting stationary.
DrTheopolis;n597468 said:
Guides don't know whether the fish will be clipped or not until you reel it in.
Really? haha The issue was NOT catching a wild King, it was spending most of the day catching and releasing all the sturgeon! I would rather sit 5 hours and NOT catch anything while trying for freezer meat, than to only spend a couple hours of the day.
DrTheopolis;n597468 said:
And there are no "cod" anywhere near Oregon, although you can fish for lingcod/rockcod and whatnot, which is OFFshore.
That is what we were supposed to do, but the seas were too rough. "cod" without spelling out lingcod/rockcod.
I'm guessing that I'm either going to have to rent the entire boat or buy my own boat.
The point to the post is, voicing my frustration so you have an idea of what I am talking about and then trying to find a guide/someone that is more concerned with putting meat in the freezer before fishing for fun.