Saturday, July, 04, 2009

With the northwest wind of the past week the waters off the point are VERY chilly. The surface temp cooled down from 71 on the surface to 46 degrees.The fish left with the warm water. The fish are scattered right now. We are catching salmon at the pierheads and from the project north to the brine well. We are starting out in 60' of water and trolling out or running out to the 3800#s There are a lot of temp breaks from the 3300#s out to the 3800#s. We are trolling the breaks and taking Steelhead, Kings and Lake Trout. On our trip today we caught a 14# Steelhead on a Yeck Fireball on a half-core. We are catching the salmon and Steelies mostly on spoons on the riggers, divers, cores and coppers. Red Dolphins,Pro King Green Gloes, Mixed Veggies, Fireballs and Dancing Anchovy are all producing right now. Good Fishin........Capt Ed

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