Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

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Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

Postby Nelly » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:35 am

There was quite a bit of life just outside the Everett Harbor Sunday morning!
We marked a bunch of bait, released two small wild chinook and were treated to a gray whale sighting.
In fact, the Victoria Clipper was even running a whale watching trip as it joined the nine or ten other boats working the south Hat Island area.
I talked to other boats who reported a few keepers and larger, wild chinook released as well.
The last week and a half of April could get interesting around here!
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Re: Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

Postby Jerm » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:14 pm

Thanks for the report.



Sucks the season is almost over. I only got out 7 times for bm with all the bad weather.



Hope u get a nice springer before it ends. Good luck.
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Re: Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

Postby Nelly » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:02 am

Me too!
I'm going to hit it Thursday & Friday. I'll let you know what I find!
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Re: Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

Postby Nelly » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:04 pm

Tough day south of Hat for us today. We let a shaker go and had a nice pop off of a release but that was it! We made one drag across the "race track" or underwater ridge between Hat and Camano Islands but no takers, no shakers,..The grey whales put on a nice show though.
I'm hitting the San Juans tomorrow. I'll report back! 8-)
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Re: Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

Postby Spud » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:32 am

The FISHTALE 2 has been focusing on the steep slope at the East Side of Hat and will be out there again this weekend. 130-150 on the rigger in 300 feet of water where it drops deep. I agree with Nelly that everyday from now until the closure it will keep getting better. Lots of shrimp so match the hatch...

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Re: Area 8-2 Sunday 4/17

Postby Nelly » Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:00 pm

Thanks Spud!
Reading between the lines on that post a bit.. The whales are not there for fun... They are feeding, no gorging themselves on small shrimp and krill.
Good thing that they are letting the salmon grind on the leftovers!
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