Whitehall 8/16 AM

[Playin Hooky]

Whitehall 8/16 AM

Fished N out of the channel. Slow start to the morning. Surface temps mid to low 60s break was around 35 down in 60-100 fow 44-47 degrees. Fished 60-110 fow. Only 1 hit and miss on a rigger 35 down from 0600 to 0700. Then a 5.5# king on a stinger hammered silver/orange end set as a fixed slider 30 down in 100 fow N troll. Another shaker on same slider shortly thereafter. Then a long wait until around 0900 when a fish bombed the wire diver with blue/white spinnie & blue dolphin fly out 140 on 3--a 24# KING! (Largest fish I've personally boxed on board my boat.) 95 is fow E troll. 10 minutes later a screamer on a 6 color with std SS blue dolphin. Cleared a side and did 4 circles around that fish but couldn't get him to the boat. Eventually popped off and the hook had a scale on it--likely foul-hooked a nice king.

Next action at around noon when a 15+# king hammered a stingray mixed veggies on the rigger at 50 down 88 fow E troll. That big hen stayed low and swam under the boat going forward, wrapped a cable and dipsy line and we managed to unbraid that potential fiasco and land her! A couple hits and misses on the 5 color with std Stinger green dolphin, took a 4# king on 200 copper mag stingray Coyote, caught an 8# king missed a pair on the rigger sliders--all around 100 fow S troll.

Then the same wire diver went again in 90 fow E troll--21# king! A couple other "here and gones" on the 5 color and rigger sliders--very frustrating with the small fish slapping at lures and not hooking up. Finally a 18# king on the 200 copper/mag Coyote.

8/someteen-ish with 4 or five drive-bys. Landed all the big fish for a nice box in total after a slow start. Full moon may have slowed the twilight bite but big kings were hungry later in the morning. We stuck it out and were rewarded with 2 of the best fish in several years!

Thanks to all who've posted here-- the info is helpful to us "out-of-towners"! Good luck and hope to get over there again neaxt week.

Eric

[ALLEYES]

Congrats on your big fish !

[GLF]

Nice job Eric.

[Nailer]

Nice job on some big fish Eric.