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Been out on Barkley canyon (west off Beale) Monday & Tuesday, floated overnite Monday nite,the bite is wide open when you find them!look for jumpers, boils or grease spots, if lucky pick up one on the troll, than stop throw out live bait and drop backs. don't bleed Albees over the side as you will be surrounded by blue sharks and the schooled Albees disappear. Water temp 59.6 deep blue colour --We got 19 on monday morning -- filled in the rest of afternoon cleaning Albees and catch & releasing blue sharks --- drift fished for swordfish during nite -- no runs no hits no errors but a beautiful nite. 23 Albees on Tuesday morning than headed back to the barn. It's a morning bite! All albacore 19 to 24 lbs, best troll bait 5.5 inch tuna clone green black also purple black cedar plug. Live bait herring (jigged up)and squid - Albacore full of squid and lessor amounts of bait fish I assume as anchovies -- unsure due to digested condition. Up Side Outstanding fishing 42 fish between 4 on board, downside 115 gals of fuel ----- divided 4 ways not that painful --- saw & spoke to 2 US boats visiting banfield and saw a 26 gradey white with vancouver id # who didn't answer radio calls.
If weather holds this weekend will be out again --- possible last weekend of season -- our call sign is "offshore" and will relay fish location # that is if interested in pursuing 40 mile per hour fish instead of 12 mile per hour salmon. The more boats out there -- the sharing of information leads to less searching and more catchin.
Been out on Barkley canyon (west off Beale) Monday & Tuesday, floated overnite Monday nite,the bite is wide open when you find them!look for jumpers, boils or grease spots, if lucky pick up one on the troll, than stop throw out live bait and drop backs. don't bleed Albees over the side as you will be surrounded by blue sharks and the schooled Albees disappear. Water temp 59.6 deep blue colour --We got 19 on monday morning -- filled in the rest of afternoon cleaning Albees and catch & releasing blue sharks --- drift fished for swordfish during nite -- no runs no hits no errors but a beautiful nite. 23 Albees on Tuesday morning than headed back to the barn. It's a morning bite! All albacore 19 to 24 lbs, best troll bait 5.5 inch tuna clone green black also purple black cedar plug. Live bait herring (jigged up)and squid - Albacore full of squid and lessor amounts of bait fish I assume as anchovies -- unsure due to digested condition. Up Side Outstanding fishing 42 fish between 4 on board, downside 115 gals of fuel ----- divided 4 ways not that painful --- saw & spoke to 2 US boats visiting banfield and saw a 26 gradey white with vancouver id # who didn't answer radio calls.
If weather holds this weekend will be out again --- possible last weekend of season -- our call sign is "offshore" and will relay fish location # that is if interested in pursuing 40 mile per hour fish instead of 12 mile per hour salmon. The more boats out there -- the sharing of information leads to less searching and more catchin.
