Howesoundhound
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Great video. Thanks for sharing it, Morty!
Great video. Thanks for sharing it, Morty!
Unfortunately, it's becoming new normal. More winds and rain in the fall/winter and drought in summer. Thanks to climate change.Historically is it usually this windy at this time of year? I have had to cancel more trips than I can remember based on past memory.
At least some life on the screen! Enough to keep a guy interested. Looks like pair of fish hanging above it in the 80-100’ zone there.Fished Gower Point to Tunstall along the outside. One part had so much bait in the water that my Sounder went full yellow. And there were a few porpoises bobbing around. A bunch of young seals followed me around. Tunstall had what I think was a ton of bait in the 200’ range. couldn’t get a bite for my life. But it was so nice out that it didn’t matter. What a great day.
Looks delishCrazy warm and zero wind day yesterday, hitting fish with hoochies but just couldn’t stick..so switched over to spoons with better results, made a wicked spot prawn red miso paste Ramen, late night snack after fishing with some fresh sweet prawns..those winter colours unreal
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Sorry-- but they HAVE been devastatingly impacted. We will see the results for several yearsThanks for sharing this, I was praying that the spawning areas were not impacted by this latest threat to the fish stocks.
I am happy to hear they have not been greatly impacted.
Why didn't the hoochies stick? What colour of hoochies? Where did you fish? Did you find bait? Etc. Etc.Crazy warm and zero wind day yesterday, hitting fish with hoochies but just couldn’t stick..so switched over to spoons with better results, made a wicked spot prawn red miso paste Ramen, late night snack after fishing with some fresh sweet prawns..those winter colours unreal
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Why didn't the hoochies stick? What colour of hoochies? Where did you fish? Did you find bait? Etc. Etc.
They were light bites. Even on the tandem treble dinner getter that I threw out in a panic to copy Reeltime, the fish was easily released because it was barely caught in the lip on the stinger. I wouldn't normally run that setup this time of year.Never mind the hoochie you should have seen the bbq toasted Italian deli sandwich with provolone and Sicilian olives, was better then a fish strike...
Sorry Hoochie... Green glow splatter back is pretty much the only one i'll fish in the winter it works all the time, my thinking is if it's missed hits
or fish comes off means the hook is barely on the lip, maybe the hoochie is dancing to much for them to get a good set... hook is set back more on spoons and sits in one spot so better chance of the hook going deeper, but theres days that the hooch is unreal, South Bowen, then 3 beers ... Bait.. i find you can boat 5-10 min anywhere and hit bait. i look for seals
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In tight from Roger Curtis to Cowen. The big structure you're referring to is called The Hump. Although there are many many places called The Hump around the coast.Is south of Bowen all along the southside or is it that big structure couple kilometres out?
Nice! Glad to get some intel out further. I think there's a ton of fish out there. Most guys don't start hitting the hump until April so this is great. I call it the nap tack.Cool
Thanks RC
Fished from edge of Tunstall bay entrance about 1/3 towards Cowan. 1 nice undersized in about 300’ at 200’ on rigger. Then backtracked out and fished “the hump” - 3 more nice undersized and one baby. All at about 200-240’ on rigger in deep water. Then into Tunstall. I went into the bay and fished the 140’ section. 1 beautiful keeper about 66 cm.
my net got caught up on something on the swim grid so I opened the transom door and “ushered” in my guest.
all on green spoons.
Not here though.Please share the information that you have with the rest of us.
Please share the information that you have with the rest of us.