Reply With QuoteBirdsnest, what is 9 4 11? where did you go?
Nice work sir!! Seems like the guys that just go and dont wait for everything to be perfectly aligned kill tuna and others sit in the harbour waiting for the stars to align!! Good luck to the crew going out on tuesday!
Birdsnest, what is 9 4 11? where did you go?
Right on!!!! You said you wanted to go see for yourself. Looks like it paid off. That's cool because the chloro's looked iffy. Couldn't of asked for much flatter seas. Did you get your package I left at Method? Thanks for the splash boats.Originally Posted by Birdsnest
Last edited by Sculpin; 08-20-2012 at 08:19 AM.
Originally Posted by Fishtofino
"If you're trying to go for tuna on the cheap you are just asking for trouble. The ocean is a mean bitch that wants to kill you. My 2 cents worth."
9 of 11 fish landed.
ahhhh! got it
what chloro web site do you guys all check?
Thanks
I was fishing out of Neah Bay on Sat. evening. We arrived at Neah bay mid morning on Sat and we were off the dock at 11AM. We motored out to the south end of the "prairie" (the large 400' deep area just N of the Juan de fuca canyon) and pissed away several hours fishing for salmon. Caught tons of wild coho a few hatchery coho and a couple of small kings (released the kings). Around 3-4PM, we quit salmon fishing and motored west. It was overcast and we never got to really blue water but the water clarity got better once we were out around the 3000' contour about 1/2 way between Nitnat Canyon and Juan de Fuca Canyon (maybe a little closer to Juan de Fuca). It took awhile but we got our lines in the water around 6:30PM. After that we pointed south.
After about 7:30, the bite came on and it was wide open until dark. We finished up around 9/9:30 PM with a quadruple and landed all 4 (with just 3 guys on board). Being "amateurs" at this tuna game (my 3rd trip for tuna), we wound up only able to stow 13 fish on board at which time we decided to call it quits. We had space for maybe two or three more but it was dark and we wanted to eat dinner. We didn't bring out enough ice and coolers to take on more fish. Next time I bring more coolers. After dinner, we decided to motor at 6kts back towards tatoosh. That would get us to "Blue Dot" by about 4AM and we could finish out out salmon limit there. We took shifts at the wheel while the other two guys slept.
The ocean was very calm (2' swells at 16s, 4MPH wind) and being out all night was very special. We turned off the running lights a few times just to look around in complete darkness. The phosphorescence in the wake of the engines was awesome. At times it was so bright, you'd swear we had led lighting under the engine bracket. We saw jellyfish and squid flashing around us. The milkway and night sky was beautiful and one of us saw a super bright meteor while the others were sleeping. We never did try to squid fish, but we had a great time just being out on the ocean in the dark. On the way in, we passed about 6-10 boats from the commercial fleet of salmon fishers. They were drifting and asleep on the "prairie" waiting for the morning light to get going again.
I took a 10:30PM-2AM shift at the wheel and caught a couple hours of sleep between 2 and 4AM (when we arrived at blue dot). We drifted for and hour or so and started fishing around 5/5:30 when the dim light of a 6:19 sunrise started to appear. We started a troll with two flasher/hootchie combos down deep (200' or so) and one diver/flasher/hootchie or bait rig up higher (50-60' deep). I picked up a nice 17lb king on a green/glow hootchie on a green/glow flasher and we found some nice hatchery coho's and a smaller (8lb) king. We arrived back in port around 11AM with a nice, icy load of 13 albies, 4 coho and 2 kings.
Here's a few images of the adventure:
My buddy Brad working on cleaning up after the night time carnage.
The haul at the dock
A closer shot of the fish on the table
My buddy Nick - this was his first tuna trip so we needed the obligatory "glory shot"
12 4 17. Again no blue water but the water was clearer today thus the 3 tripple-headers, 3 double-headers and 2 singles. yesterday was all singles for me. Got the xraps to work today! Fished for 5 hours.
Last edited by Birdsnest; 08-20-2012 at 04:40 PM.
Sorry for taking so long to post. Was out Sunday with Jerry from mills the ozee Alex, Bob and Lyle from Bamfield. Went to nitnat at 35 mile 58 water green, saw some dolphins so tried for 30 min nothing. Carried on to blue at 45 mile. first line blk/purple jet fish on, got lines out another single in 20 min on same. trolled nitnat from 8 till noon that was it. 2 fish first 45 min nothing. moved to barkley canyon 59 to 60 bue water no bites all aft. came in no temp break 58 degree water all the way to 12 mile.
Cool stuff with the xraps. Did you try fishing the cedar plugs?
Originally Posted by Fishtofino
"If you're trying to go for tuna on the cheap you are just asking for trouble. The ocean is a mean bitch that wants to kill you. My 2 cents worth."
Awesome report seadna! Sounds like quite the adventure and one I have been wanting to try for awhile now. Glad the seas were good for you.
Originally Posted by Fishtofino
"If you're trying to go for tuna on the cheap you are just asking for trouble. The ocean is a mean bitch that wants to kill you. My 2 cents worth."
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