2017 Pender Bluffs
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Slammin' Salmon
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Put the lines down at 11 in front of Thieves Bay. Landed a #15 unclipped spring at 11:30. 140', white hootchie and white glow flasher. No other hits and left at 2pm.
swimmingwiththefishes
Member
What did you get em on?
Mayne Fisher
New Member
Hit them on a purple and a green flasher, both had UV glow teaser heads and anchovies. Got them down around 140 ft
Penguins31
New Member
Fished 2-6
1 wild coho 145 green durabait green flasher
1 undersized spring 100' red flash red hoochie
2 hits on a purple haze flasher green spoon 140'
No keepers today
1 wild coho 145 green durabait green flasher
1 undersized spring 100' red flash red hoochie
2 hits on a purple haze flasher green spoon 140'
No keepers today
floored
Active Member
Anybody out having any luck?
I went out Tuesday about 11-ish, but just missed the bite after a rookie tied the ramp up forever. As I arrived I got to watch some Americans land a nice one, and a few others play with little stuff, but then nothing. Finallly around 3:30 I started marking lots of fish moving through in the deep at 200'-250', and I hooked into a 60cm. After I put him back, I tried going a little deeper, and......lost my heavy ball! Apparently the line wasn't tied to the spool. D'oh!
My son & I tried again yesterday between 3-7:30pm (after getting, and rigging new gear), but no love. We found the deep schools again, but could not entice them to hit anything. We also tried hugging tight and shallow, but in the end only 1 undersized.
I went out Tuesday about 11-ish, but just missed the bite after a rookie tied the ramp up forever. As I arrived I got to watch some Americans land a nice one, and a few others play with little stuff, but then nothing. Finallly around 3:30 I started marking lots of fish moving through in the deep at 200'-250', and I hooked into a 60cm. After I put him back, I tried going a little deeper, and......lost my heavy ball! Apparently the line wasn't tied to the spool. D'oh!
My son & I tried again yesterday between 3-7:30pm (after getting, and rigging new gear), but no love. We found the deep schools again, but could not entice them to hit anything. We also tried hugging tight and shallow, but in the end only 1 undersized.
Dropped lines at 3pm and immediately had something big on, a couple of runs later I had a broken leader. No idea what it was but I am going with a large dogfish hooked on it back or s seal grabbed a fish. Other than that a couple of undersized springs. Never saw a net out and pod came in around 6pm
140-160
MarkM
New Member
After weeks of nothing but shakers, finally got reward yesterday at about 8am... 18lb 3oz @ 150ft on downrigger, 275ft water, coyote spoon (green - sorry can't remember the name) and Super Betsy. Two more pin poppers within the hour, but no joy - I'm still learning to keep them hooked!
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swimmingwiththefishes
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Blackmax. Reports?
SpringVelocity
Crew Member
I saw the picture it was on social media. Guide posted it.
ziggy
Well-Known Member
I see Island outfitters has posted a 34.5 from the bluffs on their site. Wonder if that's the same one or if a 40 plus a 34.5 were caught?
SpringVelocity
Crew Member
That's the one I saw. That must be the 40lb plus.
fshnfnatic
Well-Known Member
Just got in from the maiden voyage since I redid the floor and stringers in my boat.The bluffs were really slow today.Had the lines in by 8:00 AM and fished till 4:00PM.Let 1 wild coho about 10 lbs go and took a 7 lb. hatchery home and that was it for bites all day.Talked to several people and most had nothing.Lots of bait on the sounder but very few fish caught and no springs that I saw anyways.Going to give it another try on the weekend and see if we can yard a nice white spring out of there for the smoker.
Sure nice to be back on the water again though!
Sure nice to be back on the water again though!
floored
Active Member
I got to the Bluffs in time to see the whales cleaning it out. (7-ish) Stubbornly, I tried everything I had an in the hopes that the whales had been seal eaters,.....they weren't.
Once the morning flood was done, I trolled down south, pulled, and went for a break at Poets.
After re-energizing with some food and drink, I went back out with the hopes that the afternoon flood would replenish the stocks. And at about 3:30-4, at 100' with Bon Chovy and Bloody Nose I scored a 15 lb white. After that rod went off a couple more times (undersized) I switched the deep rod (150') to the the same setup, and a few minutes later (5pm-ish) it went off with a 12.5 lb marbled. Thankfully, even though it had wrapped around my other downrigger, I managed to save it. Yaaah!
Once the morning flood was done, I trolled down south, pulled, and went for a break at Poets.
After re-energizing with some food and drink, I went back out with the hopes that the afternoon flood would replenish the stocks. And at about 3:30-4, at 100' with Bon Chovy and Bloody Nose I scored a 15 lb white. After that rod went off a couple more times (undersized) I switched the deep rod (150') to the the same setup, and a few minutes later (5pm-ish) it went off with a 12.5 lb marbled. Thankfully, even though it had wrapped around my other downrigger, I managed to save it. Yaaah!
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