Resurrection Pre-game – Jeff Head Blackmouth

[Saharit]

Had an opportunity to target blackmouth this morning. We wanted to get some time on the water in preparation for the upcoming Resurrection Derby.

We first mooched the flood from Yeomalt Pt. to Wing Pt. Marked a lot of fish but no takers on red label whole herring. After a number of passes and an increasing northerly pushing us too fast, pulled out the downriggers and shot up to Jeff Head.

Jeff Head Map

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Good amount of shakers but we managed to land 2 keepers.

Blackmouth in Livewell

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Mark with Blackmouth

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Flashers, Spoon & Coho Killer

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Unfortunately lost 2 more to seals that seemed to have AIS tracking on my boat.

Interestingly the larger blackmouth had very pale, almost white meat.

Tasty Salmon

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Nelly, is that just a pigment issue associated with the fish’s diet or could it be a “white” or “ivory” blackmouth? Sure was tasty…of course wifey claimed that it was her cooking.

-Troy

[DuckDog]

Nice blackmouth Troy. Thanks for helping me decide where to go tomorrow. We'll definitely be hitting Jeff Head in hopes of a couple of nice blackmouth. Before the Apple Cup of course

[Nelly]

Nelly, is that just a pigment issue associated with the fish’s diet or could it be a “white” or “ivory” blackmouth? Sure was tasty…of course wifey claimed that it was her cooking.
-Troy

Hey Troy, here's a link to a thread discussing why Chinook have differing flesh pigmentation:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=583

[Saharit]

Good stuff. Thank you for the link and explanation!