The bite at Hog Island turned back on today, or at least it did for Mark van Loben Sels. He was using live jacksmelt and shiner perch but the halibut only wanted the smelt. I'm sure the perch were okay with that. Other boats joined him in the area between Hog and the yellow buoy and many of them caught a few as well.
Pictures or it didn't happen, right? Here's the dozen halibut high score from yesterday. These fish were all caught on the troll with a mix of green label herring and live bait. The Bartons and Mr. Fitzgerald gratefully accept your applause with a polite bow.
The salmon bite today was slower than yesterday (which wasn't very good) so we didn't see as many shiny fish. There were still a couple weighed in to 29.5 pounds and one skillful gentleman limited on salmon and halibut and returned before noon. Most returning fishermen didn't want to hear that story.
2 comments:
Hey Willy,
I am coming out this week camping, I 'll be there Thursday through Sunday. To bad a missed you the other week, I got skunked. Looks like I will have to target some jack smelt for bait, do you have some Sabiki rigs at the store? I will need to get some rigs, can you get smelt off the pier, or is it all perch, I seem to only be able to catch perch from the pier. I was going to try and make bait at the top of the tide on Thursday evening around 6:30 pm, but I'll see you before then, so maybe you'll have some other ideas.
-Scott from Auburn
We have sabiki rigs in the store and you can catch jacksmelt off of the pier if they're around. They tend to be near the surface a short cast from the pier. If not, a chum slick will attract them to you in your boat. Cheap cans of tuna or cat food with a few holes in them usually do well to attract baitfish of all kinds.
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