Holland 6/7 PM Trip

[Long Lines]

Perfect evening to be on the water, but we weren't terribly sure where to start so we motored NW of Holland (around tunnel park) at about 5:30 pm. Started in 80 fow on 330 troll. Played with trolling direction from 360 to 270, not marking much despite the nice scum lines we kept crossing. Picked up one small king in 120ish w/o marking much so we kept going to 210 fow.

After listening to a little of the talk on the radio, decided to try to salvage the night and pulled rods at 8:00 pm; motored SE to the sliders and worked 128-140 fow on 135 to 220 troll....still slow. Lots of bait and salmon on the sonar though compared to the desert that we had left.

Slowed down to a 2.3-2.4 sog and turned east half way through the magic sunset period...on the turn we picked up a small laker on 300 copper w/ MD SD and yellow fly; as we were about to net that fish we took a solid hit on the wire dipsy back 110 w/ UV SD and fly...landed the 5 lb laker and about a 12-14 lb king. Immediately after netting that king a rigger went with UV paddle and fly...6 lb king. Reset and turned west back through the 110-120 fow area picking up another nice 10-12 lb king on the same rigger.

5 for 5....not bad for such a shaky start! Some other boats picking up some dandy 17-20 lb kings in the same area.

Will be working on the house this weekend so good luck to all who get out.

[mriversinco]

Nice job and thanks for the report!

[Oakley]

Glad to hear you were able to salvage the trip. Thanks for the report.