Interesting evening fishing till past sunset at Otter. It was a beautiful flat calm night compared to all that daytime south east wind rip slop everyone is sick of pounding. So to start with we get the gear down off Otter including my best MR3 (the one that never creeps even at light drag and down deep) on a Loomis Rod, when bang the Scotty Rod Holder breaks and sends it all to the bottom. What the hell, its been that kind of year and its only money right. One last chance, so we haul up the rigger from 108 feet and the line is still attached to the release clip and we are able to hand line everything back in. I guess that is a good reason for always putting the release clip in the hard position and burying the line to the back of yellow. Close call and one has to wonder why the most recent Scotty rod holder I bought (the long stainless tube type was the one to break right through the center of the ratchet base instead of the older type some of which are decades old. They do fit the short handle Loomis well though. Did manage a nice mid teen red Chinook with a touch of gold a ways off 2nd Rock on Chovie, down 62 feet. Then almost hit a deer on the way back to town – just one of those nights.
