Some call it a "pick", some call it a "grind", some call it "decent" and it all means the same thing. Times like this is when it pays off to know the grounds well and know what areas fish best on what tides. Oh, and a little luck doesn't hurt either! We've bounced all over…
Timing is everything, if it weren't for bad luck. The phrases that keep going through my head all start with something along these lines. I thought I would take a trip down to Florida and go after some of the variety of fish that are in these gulf waters. Last week the forecast was looking…
When we're not mooching for ocean fresh salmon here in Craig, Alaska we're banging the ocean floor for halibut, ling cod, yelloweye, and whatever else happens to climb on. Jigging is by far my favorite technique for catching halibut and bottomfish because it creates a commotion down below that fish can't resist. One of the…
At high noon on July 9th 2009 and for the first time in 16 years the Skagit river chinook return to their position of prominence in the regional salmon fishing scene. Having virtually grown up on this fishery, it feels like the return of a long, lost friend! Here's a shot of my father, Dr…
After having to listen -year after year- of my friends stories of the tremendous chinook fishing in the San Juans during the first days of the chinook season… I finally said “enough! I’m in! Jay Field of the Anacortes Salmon Derby and now “Dash One” Charters invited my son and I to raft up…
Last weeks salmon bite was absolutely wide open with great action on both silvers and king salmon. In three days of fishing we landed around 25 kings, 40 plus silvers, and god only knows how many chicken halibut. King salmon were biting at 120 feet, 60 feet, 25 feet, and as the guys were lifting…
It started Saturday June 27 with the Neah bay and LaPush lid lifters in Marine Areas 3 & 4. We talked to John Keizer on air, on the opener and he had no less than three strikes in the nine minutes we spoke with him! Early word is that the coho are thick, almost bothersome…
I have always been the type of person to set goals and to have lists of things that I wanted to accomplish. Whenever I have thrown myself in to something I have gone all in. Fishing for me has been no different. Anyone that has seen the inside of my garage would agree with me. …
King salmon fishing continues to be decent here in Craig and the silver numbers continue to build here. The begginning of last week we were seeing 6 to 10 cohos a day and now the numbers are double that and we've had two full boat limits hit our dock the last two days. The two…
If there is a food that is more uniquely “Northwest” than smoked salmon I don’t know what it is… But, I would like to find out! I love salmon, I grew up eating it, it’s good for you and If you give me the choice of a USDA Prime Rib Eye steak or an alder…