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10-20-06 |
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I would like to thank all of you that made our 2006 season a success. especially those of you that supported us through the slowest Salmon fishing on record. we have had the best Salmon fishing ever in Westport and the slowest on record, all in the last five years. The early signs for next years Salmon fishing look good so keep your fingers crossed! Every other fishery we have was fantastic! The Halibut fishing was the best with limits of large fish the whole short season and we went Bottomfishing afterwards every trip but one. (We are taking reservations now for next year as the Quota might be caught in 12 days or so.) Lingcod fishing was great with better than 1 per person and lots of BigUn's, and we had Limits of Rockfish every trip! We had another phenomenal Tuna Year and averaged 17 Albacore per person on our 8 person limited load trips! Our customers won two of the Grand prizes in the derby for the biggest Halibut and the biggest Tuna of the year and had 18 winners. (many more if everyone had bought a derby ticket.) Thanks again to all of you who have fished with us in the past, we look foreword to seeing you next year! ~Ken and the Crew of the Tequila Too |
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10-17-06 |
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Limits of Yellowtail Rockfish and 1-1 3/4 lings per person fishing on our last three trips. Our last trip of the year our friend Bob booked the whole boat and brought out a group of people that most of would not otherwise have had the opportunity to go fishing. We sincerely thank Bob for his generosity to the community. Check out the new BigUn Photos ~Ken |
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10-1-06 |
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Limits of Big Black and Yellowtail Rockfish and 16 lings 4-14 Lbs for 9 Fishing today. Great weather too! Saturdays have been tough the last two weeks, the Lings quit biting and we couldn't buy one yesterday. Were fixing to end that streak next Saturday. Lingcod is open thru October 14th, Hope you can join us before its over for the year. ~Ken |
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9-28-06 |
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We had limits of Rockfish today and 8 fisherman landed 20 legal Lingcod. We saw a 50 pounder following up a 14 lb Ling! Lingcod is open until October 14th, Hope you can join us before its over for the year. ~Ken |
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9-26-06 |
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We had fantastic weather Sunday and limits of Rockfish. With 4-5 people trying we caught 7 Lings and a Cabazon. The boat fishing next to us limited so I think they are starting to bite again. We had Limits of Rockfish and 1 Ling on Saturday. Check out the new BigUn Photos ~Ken |
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9-22-06 |
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We finished up the Salmon Season with 12 and 9 Salmon for 24 and 20 fishing and limits of Rockfish on our last two Combo Trips. Our last Bottomfishing trip we had Limits of nice sized Rockfish and six Lings for 18 fishing. I think the Ling fishing might pick up soon and we will be fishing for Rockfish and Lingcod until mid October. ~Ken |
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9-12-06 |
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144 Albacore Tuna yesterday with 7 fishing most of the time, that's 20 per person! We had limits of Rockfish and Lingcod too on our Bottomfishing trip Sunday and won the derby for the week with a 13 Lb Ling. 220 rockfish and 11 Salmon on our Combo trip last Saturday for 22, the silvers are getting huge, had a King that might have taken the derby for the week, no ticket.. ~Ken |
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9-8-06 |
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Salmon fishing is still slow with 1/4 - 1 fish per person. At least one person limited every trip of the last 3 though. Our last Salmon trip is the 14th and we have 11 Hr. Rockfish / Salmon combos the 15th and 17th if you want a limit of 10 Rockfish before Salmon fishing! Tuna fishing was hot yesterday with 15 1/2 Albacore per person fishing! Out of 127 fish we had 4 over 30 Lbs and Bob landed the season Derby Leader at 36 Lbs 13 Oz. ~Ken |
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9-1-06 |
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We just got back from a great Albacore Tuna trip! It was a little windy, we caught 103 Tuna ranging from 15-32 Lbs for 8 Fisherman and a great time was had by all! We had some cancellations on our trip leaving Wednesday night September 6 if you still want to go its not to late.. Salmon fishing is still slow. ~Ken |
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8-26-06 |
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Wednesday we had limits of nice Yellowtails and 12 Lings with a 17 lb Derby winner. salmon was slow Thursday and Friday with 1/4 fish per Rod, had the derby winning salmon Friday with no derby ticket. Today we had a great Combo Trip with limits of Yellowtail Rockfish and 12 Salmon for 15 at the rods. Never seen this before! A Double! A guy hooked a fish and someone else's leader was wrapped up around his mainline. we broke the leader off at the sinker and let it slide down his line. The next thing we knew a hatchery Silver was running up and down his mainline. We netted the Silver when it came close enough and the leader pulled right off his line, the other fish was still on, a 32 Lb dressed King that won the Derby today! ~Ken |
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8-22-06 |
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Salmon fishing was better for us today. We had 13 fish (4 Kings, biggest 19 lbs dressed) for 13 passengers. We hope it continues to pick up. ~Ken |
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8-20-06 |
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We have spots left on our September 6th and 13th Tuna Trips, and fishing has been hot 100+ fish per boat on 1 1/2 and 2 day trips. Check here for more info. Salmon fishing slowed down some, 1/4 to 3/4 fish a rod on the average. We has limits of rockfish and 6 salmon (2 Kings, one around 30 lbs) on our combo trip today. I think it will pick back up this week, there are some nice 30-40+ lb Kings around. The lingcod fishing slowed down also, not many caught Friday anywhere, Rhett found a spot with some Saturday. ~Ken |
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8-14-06 |
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Sill slow, lots of fish around, we had 12 Silvers and a King for 19 Customers today some natives and lost some too, I lost three on my rod, I should leave the fishing to you. We had more Kings on our Combo trip and lost some nice ones, overall the weekend was slow, I don't think any boat got a dozen fish on Sunday. Thank you to all of you that have been out Salmon fishing with us despite it being slow so far. We appreciate your support tremendously. ~Ken |
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8-10-06 |
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Salmon are still biting slow, with boats bringing in 1/2 to 1+ fish a rod. The weather change put them off the bite yesterday and moved them closer to the harbor. The fishing picked up this afternoon when we found them. We have had bad luck loosing a lot of fish this past week except for our Sunday combo when we landed 13. Yesterday we landed 10 (5 Kings 12-27 lbs) had 14 native silvers (bad nativeitis) and had 13 more hooked up fish that we lost for 15 fishing. Today we had Rockfish limits, 17 Lings for 8 lines fishing and the Derby winner at 23 Lbs. Check out the new BigUn Photos ~Ken |
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8-4-06 |
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Salmon will open seven days a week on August 11th and you can keep TWO Kings. We had 13 Salmon for 19 fishing yesterday, all silvers. the Kings were off the bite for the day, they should pick up again next week. Things were tough for us mid week with about 1/2 a fish per person average. Lots of natives, lots of drop offs. Still lots of salmon around. limits of big Black Rockfish today and 30 lings for 22 trying. ~Ken |
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7-31-06 |
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Salmon fishing has picked up the last two days with lots more action. We had 17 Salmon (7 Kings) for 24 fishing today. Our W.D.F.W observer counted 12 Drop offs, (fish on over 5 seconds before being lost), 11 wild silvers released and many other chances. A few boats had over 1 fish per rod. We had 250 big Black Rockfish and 12 Salmon on our Combo trip Sunday. Saturday we had 33 Lingcod for 22 Trying, 26 lbs was the BigUn. Friday we took the Derby with a 25 Lb Ling, Winning the derby 4 out of the last 5 Bottomfishing days! ~Ken |
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7-25-06 |
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A young man caught the Biggest Salmon of the Season in the Derby with us today. The King was 35 Lbs 7.5 Oz dressed weight. That would make it over 42 lbs in the round. Congratulations Jacob! Salmon are still biting slow, with boats bringing in 1/2 to 1+ fish a rod. depending on how your luck is. We had 11 Salmon (9 Kings) for 22 actively fishing today. ~Ken |
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7-21-06 |
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Limits of Yellowtail Rockfish and 21 Lings for 10 Fishing today! The BigUn won the derby at 32 lbs. Yesterday we had 9 Salmon for 18 fishing, 7 for 13 on Wednesday. We lost a lot of fish both days, not the folks fault, they are just falling off. We hope that streak will end this week. Some Boats had a little over one around. We had some nice Kings 14-30 Lbs Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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7-17-06 |
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We had 7 fish for 7 customers 4 were Kings, everyone took one home. We have been seeing some Kings 20-30 Lbs the last two days. Not all the boats did as well. We had 250 rockfish, 1 Ling and 7 salmon on our Combo trip Sunday, some salmon boats did not have as many. Nice fish, some natives for extra action too, still spotty. ~Ken |
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7-14-06 |
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Good Lingcod fishin today with 18 for 13 lines in the water. I think we won the derby with a 30 Lb 12 Oz Ling and we had a 26 Lb 11 Oz one too. The salmon week finished up spotty as I said below (see 7-11). We landed 5 Salmon for 7 Lines fishing Wednesday and 7 for 14 Passengers Thursday. There are still a lot of fish around and I think it will be great fishing when they go on the bite. More Silvers this week, they are bigger than usual for this time. 7-10 Lbs on the average. ~Ken |
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7-11-06 |
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The Salmon bite is still spotty with 1/2 to better than 1 fish a rod depending on how your day went. We have lost a lot of hooked up fish lately. We had limits of Rockfish, a couple Lings and 6 Salmon for 21 fishing on our combo trip Sunday. Yesterday the whole fleet went down to the Columbia to find out the fishing wasn't any better down there and less Kings too. I hope we don't go there again for another couple of years. Today we landed 6 Fish for 9 people, I caught a King about 28 Lbs so they are biting good enough that anyone can catch one. ~Ken |
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7-6-06 |
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Today we had 24 Salmon for 20 fishing, I think we should have had a lot more if we had more cranking going on. 15 were Kings 10- 24 1/2 Lbs (dressed weight) the largest took $400 as the daily derby winner. There are a lot more salmon around than last year at this time. If they go on the bite it will be hot fishing. We had slow fishing Tuesday and Wednesday, although we did win the Bottomfish derby yesterday with a Ling. Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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7-3-06 |
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8 kings 10-20 lbs and one Silver for 14 lines fishin today. We are going south tomorrow as one boat did better down there. 27 Lings and Limits of Rockfish for 23 on Sunday. ~Ken |
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7-1-06 |
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Limits of Lingcod for passengers and crew the last two days, nice sized fish. Limits of big Black rockfish and Yellowtails mixed too. The commercial Salmon Trollers did well on Kings yesterday, I will let you know Monday how we do. ~Ken |
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6-14-06 |
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Lingcod fishing was Hot for us this weekend. We Caught 49 lingcod in 4 drifts on Saturday and never had one small enough to measure. The biggest was 29 lbs. We went on a Deepwater Trophy Lingcod Trip on Sunday and most of our fish were in the 22-27 lb range. We had limits but the current made landing a real big one difficult. The colder water is moving in and we are seeing some Salmon everyday. Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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6-20-06 |
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We have been fishing Yellowtail Rockfish out deeper and they have been biting well! We caught 28 True Cod and a couple lings on Friday for 9 fishing. Things slowed down over the weekend with 15 True Cod Saturday and 9 Lings Sunday. We had a fantastic day today with 16 Lings and 10 True Cod for 7 fishing. We are starting to see some Salmon too! ~Ken |
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6-14-06 |
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We got into the True Cod today on a spot that we used to catch them back in the 80's. 22 True cod between 4 and 10 Lbs and 3 Lingcod gave 5 fisherman 10 Rockfish and 5 Cod limits each! Limits of Black Rockfish last three days, Monday we had limits of lings for 14 passengers and the crew, 14 for 9 fishing on Tuesday when the current came up. Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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6-11-06 |
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Limits of Black Rockfish the last three trips and good Lingcod fishing. Last Wednesday we had 15 Lings for 6 fishing and won the derby this week with a 30 lb 10 oz Ling that bit a big Black Rockfish! 20 Lings for 20 fishing Saturday and today 10 fishing landed 23 legal Lingcod. We have lots of room this week. ~Ken |
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6-4-06 |
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Limits of Black Rockfish last three days, Friday we had limits of lings for 6 passengers and the crew, 38 Lings for 21 actively fishing Saturday, and 21 Lings for 15 fishing today. Quite a few fish were in the 10-20lb range. Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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5-31-06 |
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Limits of Black Rockfish all three days, only a couple lings last Saturday, 13 on Sunday for 24. Today we had 23 lings for 13 fishing, the biggest was 21 Lbs. ~Ken |
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5-23-06 |
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Limits of Black Rockfish and 20 Lings for 20 fishing Saturday, Same and 25 Lings for 18 Fishing on Sunday. ~Ken |
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5-19-06 |
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Bottomfishing was great today with limits of Black Rockfish and 25 Lings for 16 fishing, the biggest was around 20 lbs. Limits of rockfish and 10 Lings yesterday, the wind did not help. ~Ken |
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5-17-06 |
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We finished the Halibut season today with the new Derby Season Leader of 99 Lbs 8oz, it was over 100 lbs before it was bled. The rest were 25-50 lbs the last couple of days. Sunday we had a 73, 71, 68, and 3 around 50 lbs on at the same time. We stopped on the way home for 113 Rockfish yesterday and 84 today and a ling or so. Make your reservations early for next year, we caught the quota of 54,000 Lbs in 13 days. Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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5-13-06 |
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The last day for Halibut will be Wednesday the 17th. The State will count and let us know on the 25th of May if we will open again for a day or so. We may also have some left for incidental catch while bottomfishing. Keep watching for updates. We had 19 Lings and limits of Black Rockfish today for 21 people with lines in. 15 lings yesterday for 10 fishing. The weather was great. Thursday we had Limits of Halibut, Big Black Rockfish and a few Lings for 14 fishing, Thursday the Halibut bit slow, still had limits with two over fifty Lbs. ~Ken |
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5-6-06 |
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We had limits of 30-60 lb Halibut Thursday for 13 people and stopped on the way home for 20 Lings and 92 Rockfish. 19 lines fishing caught 220 Rockfish today and 19 Lingcod. Limits of Rockfish and 7 lings for 7 on Friday. ~Ken |
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5-3-06 |
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Halibut fishing is still HOT. Our fish have been in the 25 to 60 lb range with most going between 30-50 lbs. One on every line is not uncommon. Our biggest today was 56 lbs, and 61lbs yesterday. One busted off that was around 90 lbs yesterday. We caught 10 Lings and a few Rockfish today on the way home. With the size of fish we are catching, the quota will go quicker if fishing doesn't slow down, I would come on or before the 18th of May to be on the safe side. Check back for updates. ~Ken |
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5-1-06 |
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Halibut fishing was HOT today on the opener. All the boats limited early, we had six fisherman catch limits for 15 people and crew. Most of the fish were 30-50 Lbs and a 62 lb fish is leading the derby. We stopped on the way home and caught a few Lings and Rockfish to top off the day. ~Ken |
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4-28-06 |
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11 fishing caught 24 nice lings and limits of Black Rockfish today. Limits of both also last Tuesday. Lots of room on the boat this weekend. Check out the new BigUn Photos. ~Ken |
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4-24-06 |
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Yesterday 21 fishing caught Limits of Black Rockfish and 25 Lingcod, the biggest was 30 lbs and quite a few were 15-21 lbs. Saturday we had Limits of Rockfish and 17 Lingcod for 23 fishing. We are expecting more good Ling fishin and a Good Halibut season in May. ~Ken |
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4-16-06 |
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The weather got us this weekend, Our biggest Ling for the week was 18 Lbs 8 oz. The trend seems to be if we have a high pressure system we get limits of Lingcod. Check out our 2006 Limited Load 1 1/2 day Tuna Schedule if your interested. ~Ken |
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4-11-06 |
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Limits of Rockfish and Lingcod Last Wednesday and Thursday, Saturday the weather got us good. Andy won the Derby for the week with a 26 lb 10 Oz BigUn. We had Limits of both for 12 fishing on Sunday and all the Rockfish and 22 Lings for 16 fishing today, 5 over 15 Lbs on yellowtail rockfish for bait, the biggest is leading this weeks derby! Lots of room Thursday and Friday this week. Check out the new Big un Pics. ~Ken |
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4-4-06 |
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Their biting good again! 13 fishing caught Limits of Rockfish and 32 legal Lingcod, the biggest was 26 lbs 10 oz and is the current weekly derby leader! (winner) ~Ken |
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4-1-06 |
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The weather change put the Lings off the bite a little today, we had 27 Lingcod and limits of Rockfish for 21 passengers. Six of the Lings were over 15 Lbs with the BigUn weighing in at 31 lbs! Most of the bigger fish were biting smaller Lingcod or Rockfish. Check out the new BigUn photos Also check out our new Video Page (best with broadband) for the Tequila Too's Combo Trip on Evening Magazine and some March Lingcod fishing from 2006! ~Ken |
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3-31-06 |
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Another great day on the ocean with limits of Rockfish and limits of Lingcod for 12 passengers and the crew too! ~Ken |
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3-27-06 |
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We have had Limits of Lingcod for the passengers and crew every day so far and today was no exception. Limits of rockfish too! ~Ken |
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3-25-06 |
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March is indeed proving itself as one of the best months for Lingcod fishing, 20 fisherman caught 44 Lings today and we threw some back at the end. The BigUn was 22 Lbs with a few close runners up. Of course we had 200 Black Rockfish to go with them. We have lots of room so hope to see you soon. We expect April Ling fishin to be hot too. ~Ken |
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3-21-06 |
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Our first trip went very well, today with limits of Black Rockfish and limits of Lingcod too for 13 fisherman! The biggest Ling was around 18 Lbs and we had three Cabazon also. There are some Gray whales around to watch as a bonus. ~Ken |
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3-22-06 |
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Take our new shorter survey and get a "Take a friend discount" coupon for Bottomfishing trips or weekday Halibut Trips. Our survey was not working for a while, it is now, sorry. It was great to see everyone at the Sportsman's shows, thanks to all who stopped by. Here is what we are looking forward to for 2006: Rockfish and Lingcod Fishing: Our Lingcod fishing has been getting better and better ever year and the stock is considered rebuilt by the PFMC. Our biggest Ling in 2005 was 38 Lbs, and we are seeing more large fish over 25 Lbs than we have in a long time. The Lingcod limit is still two. The Rockfish limit is still ten fish, and limits are still the norm. March thru April are the best months for Lingcod, however June, July, September and October have been good also the last few years. Halibut Fishing: Our Quota for 2006 is expected to be around 4000 lbs more than last year. Overall last year was some of the best fishing we have seen yet so I would book a trip before Memorial Day weekend as we may be closed by then. Our biggest fish for 2005 was 90 lbs missing the year end derby by ½ an Oz. We will continue to stop and fish for Rockfish and Lingcod on the way home (time Permitting) Trips will usually be limited to 14 Fishing so everyone can fish at once. Salmon Fishing: “The good news is that oceanographers now say that the ocean may have turned around once again as it did in 1999. Colder water seems to be heading north, which should improve returns, maybe for several years in a row.” (NW Fishletter #207) We had some good King fishing last year with a fair amount of fish over 25 Lbs. We are due for a good run of fish right out front, close to the Harbor. We should know about Salmon Season by mid April. Our best guess is that the Season will open July 3rd and last 6-8n weeks. People always ask when the best time to come fishing is. The standard answer is "when they are biting", followed with "it changes every year". You can look back through the Captn's Log fishing report archives to spot trends here. |