Sunday, September 19, 2010

Following the "Yellow-brick-road"


The Kings are knocking at my back door every morning here in the harbor. The fish have arrived at the harbors in search of the river they were promised by mother nature only to be disappointed. They are waiting for the rains to swell the river so they can make their final journey upstream to spawn. The fact there is no river will become reality eventually, right before they die. Nice Kings and Cohos as well as Steelhead are being taken during the early mornings and at sunset on a variety of baits from spoons to body baits to spawn, even minnows are working because the bait is tiny (small perch)

Friday, September 3, 2010

Awesome Action!


The Salmon and Trout ( Not Lakers) are working the shallow bait pods, which are moving into skinnier water every day. These off-shore winds (40 M.P.H.) today are changing the water temperature drastically. An upwelling is taking place resulting in the shore temps being in the high fifties by tonight, or even colder. The salmon are gathering around the harbor mouths looking for the "river" to run up after the rains bring the water level up. The larger "spawners are coming into very predictable areas (outside all the harbor mouths), which makes for great fun.