FBD

Fish were there Friday night. Everyone else headed out, we headed in. Went 3/7 scraping the piers or fishing closer to shore than the piers stuck out. Was not easy fishing with traffic and junk in the water. When that big blue trawler "Neptune" motored up we took about 20 gallons over the bow. But we also waved off a ski boat from running over a fish and they then circled around and watched us land it and cheered. All males and all smaller fish. Makes sense as the plants were in 2018. Males usually shoot the river first to stake out the good gravel abd make the redds.

Ok, finally time catch up. Started last night with a mix of riggers, divers, and planer boards. After marking nothing in the clear water and fishing out to 30' and seeing the other boats doing nothing, I recalled how we used to fish ports where it's shallow out front. Trolled north, swapped the riggers out to spoons so we could stretch them back enough to be a head ache then put out four planer boards way out. First pass in close board gets smoked. While that's coming in rigger bounces a couple times. Still not convinced that was a fish. Land the first king, start dialing it in but hard to work the spot as I need to cut big arcs with boards out. Have a good pull back that doesn't hook up, then another, then get a nice buck. Lose a screamer that was out over 400' when it buried the board in some weeds then ran back towards us and we could not keep it tight. Picked up one more at dark. All smaller fish, like 12-15# and all hatchery. Gonna share this thread with the d n r so they know we are seeing returns.

Pulled the riggers and put two flatlines out instead. Ever see a king hit a plug 25' from the boat? Ever see a king hit a plug 25' out when you just choked in four planer boards to make a pass up the channel? We got him but he effectively ended our night. I think we didn't get the last rod untangled until Coral Gables.

2/6 rip that didn't stick on a rapala.

2/5 now. 13# buck on a rapala and lost a hell of a screamer when the board got buried on a clump of weeds and he doubled back on the boat. I always troll fast no worries there.

Boat stinks. Just doubled lost the rigger hit but took a 15# egg wagon off a deep thunderstick 20' off a yellow bird.

In my effort to beat 2MD to the first post about harbor fish, we worked Holland last night. First skunk of the year. Broke a rod and didn't bring rain gear either so it was a trying night. And plenty of salad to boot. Back at it tonight. Any idea how big that last one is? Serious tank of a king.

Need an intern?

Tournament fishing lakers it's pretty much a full time gig at the stern on a calm day where you can maintain a constant depth. Throw in four foot waves, or a troll in / out where the depth changes...

You're going to need a bigger cooler.

Thanks for the report. Loved the details.

Sweet. Other than all those breakoffs. You know every one of those was a 30#

I'm 4/6 on meetings this morning with a 10 am double on Ford Escape rear knuckle PPAP and GM C8 Corvette dimensional review. Missed the Daimler 8:20 and 9:30 You win.