By Gosh. I for one appreciate the honesty because thats how I feel when I watch the daily fishers put on a show for us weekend warriors. So it happens to you too? Good on you.I watched a buddy nail them today...he had 5 or 6 when I left and was hitting them almost every pass. Wasn't much fun for me watching it happen. Only 1 of 3 for me.
Hi I am taking my new to me "old Arima " to Sooke for the first time tomorrow and have great expectations of having good fish stories to post!Reports for the island have SUCKED this week, from wind to fish. Let's hope things change for the morning. Good luck all.
lol, ya, a typo - we always have the volunteers at Camosun doing the weigh in and they may rush through too fast and slip on the pulldowns. I also see we didnt' have photos going this year and that was probably because we were focusing on having more professional photos done with sponsor banners (turned out to be a nightmare experiment with the friggin wind!) We will get those uploaded though to the website 2017 photo location.I was looking through the results from the Consultants derby and I'd really like to see the 18.5lb & 13.4lb "Pinks" caught by Westshore Cabinets!! 3rd overall with the 18.5 lb'r
ya... probably a typo
Good luck tomorrow Baron! I'll be out at first light tomorrow AM at the head/trap, I find lately the best action i get is just before sunrise... I'll give you shout if things go well!Finally made it out to Sooke today. First time Sooke fisher, and in fact first time in a very long time fisher. Fished the mouth of Sooke harbour, nothing. Heard a bit of chatter over channel 68 and headed to possession and secretary. Managed a couple pinks early on at around 0700-0800. Eventually hooked into a decent sized king that took us for a bit of a run. Fish won this round after a short 5min battle. Lost our bearings though and drifted past secretary during tide change, found ourselves right in front of trap shack. Decided ah what the heck, let's try out luck out here. Hooked into another probable king, and one more pink. Heard a couple boats catching kings but didn't see any in person.
Used two rods, one with an anchovie and one with a green spoon. Lots more luck with the green spoon and green flasher.
We'll try our luck tomorrow again, may try out Otter point, I hear the seas can be rough there though and not sure how our little put put boat will fair.
All in all had a great time, fog was in and out untill 0930 when it lifted and made for a warm day on the seas.
Win or loose, drink some booze. That's what I always say. If anyone is out, hail me on channel 68, love to hear from some forum members. Pretty pumped to be out here right now!
Tight lines. SalmonBaron out.