Katrina Seath Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) Called in sick this morning because I heard the weather for the weekend was not going to be good and decided to go fishing instead. We set the lines just past the pierheads at 60 fow and trolled south. No fish marked and started to head east and as soon as we hit 35 fow, we landed a fat 9# laker on a rigger 12 ft down, 35 back with a ss kevorkian. Headed south at that depth and landed a 17# king on a double orange crush 3 color. At first, we thought it was a steelhead because it jumped out of the water and started ripping out line...but nope, it was just a king. We released both fish. We kept trolling at that depth and no hits. We noticed a lot of boats deeper, so we thought they must be catching something because they were out there all morning. We pulled lines and went deeper to 85 fow. We trolled a few hours, marked a few fish, but no hits. We then decided to call it a day. Should have stayed shallow. Edited April 23, 2010 by Katrina Seath added pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumkrazy Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 nice job on the fishin :thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTRAMP Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Nice job Katrina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 nice job i should of followed you in shallow deep didnt work for me either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulywood Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTY DOG Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelsanders Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 your killin it ,great job! nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Fantastic. What do you mean just a King, and a 17# one to boot. Keep hammering them. Playing hooky and going fishing is way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLF Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Nice job Katrina and Mark. Cough...cough.....I hope you get feeling better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Hook'n Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 You both are doing awesome. Putting many of us to shame. Don't always follow the boats. Just because we think we know what will work, it may not. I've had many days where I was 50-75 different (inside or out) of the "pack' and done very well. Other days. . . well . . . it doesn't work all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier_Steelheader Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Sweet... way to get after them!Ditto on what Mark said. We often find ourselves breaking from the herd and catching fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailer Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Nice job out there Katrina and Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyyost Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I can't believe you threw them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina Seath Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 I can't believe you threw them back.I can't either. But we like eating the smaller ones, and we do keep some bigger ones. We thought we would let the 17# king spawn this year. After we released the king, we kept asking ourselves "why did we do that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailer Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Are you using the plastic rod holders for your divers? I have seen the plastic ones break when an angry king hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina Seath Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 Are you using the plastic rod holders for your divers?I have seen the plastic ones break when an angry king hits.yes, what you are looking at is our redneck salmon fishing setup. Our plastic rod holders and down riggers with no cranks. The plastic rod holders worked all last year but made Mark nervous using divers on them because they pulled so hard. So, you think that's a bad idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Bomb Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Great post and pics....Nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailer Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 yes, what you are looking at is our redneck salmon fishing setup. Our plastic rod holders and down riggers with no cranks. The plastic rod holders worked all last year but made Mark nervous using divers on them because they pulled so hard. So, you think that's a bad idea? loosing a $150 rod, reel, line, diver, flasher, fly combo, on a plastic holder is not a good thing. A few years back I was fishing on a friends boat, who had plastic diver holders. We where using my diver rods, and yes a King hit and SNAP!. luckily I was standing next to it and made a quick grab. you can get Big Jon holders for around $50 each. I got mine at MC Sports here in GR. for that. Big Jon IMO makes the best of the lesser expensive holders. Easy to use and strong enough for the average weekend warrior. I started with Tight Locks, but had them strip out when big Kings hit. This is the one I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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