Holland 9/18 Afternoon - 3 for 5

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Looking at my fishing log, its been almost a month to the day since the last fishing trip.  Blessed with a great fall this year, Janet and I pushed off at 2:30pm to see if we could boat a coho or steelhead in the deeper water.  Set down in 155 FOW, pointed the bow north and put a 4 rigger, 2 dipsey spread in the water.  Riggers were a mix of 2 SD/flies & 2 Stinger slim spoons down 80-95'.  Dipseys were tipped with Stinger slim spoons down 63-66' via Smart Troll.  Within 45 min we were 2 for 3 with 2 small kings on a UV Blue Dolphin Stinger slim spoon.  I am fond of fishing 175 FOW when the waters are warm so we push out NW to get into that range.  Got a nice jumping SH to bite a SD/hypnotist fly rig and the acrobatics paid off for Mr. SH setting him free for another day.  20 minutes of not action or marks so we turned around to head back south.  Just as the turn was completed an 8lb SH bit the Blue Dolphin Stinger and this time, Fin Warrior won the battle and will be table fair tonight.  We had agreed to pull lines at 5:30pm and at 5:25pm, the SB dipsey decided to be the first line up with a nice hit and run.  However, the fight was not epic nor long as what was likely a king won the battle.  Continued to pull lines and headed in.  Water and weather was ideal and we didn't run into any black flies.  Nice day on the water.

The Winning Team

Data

#	Time	Fish	Weight	FOW	Troll	Wind Dir.	Speed @ Ball	Rod	Bait Depth	Bait
1	3:15pm	King	4	158	N	SW	2.1	DR 20#	85'@ball	UV Blue Dolphin Stinger slim
2	3:40pm	King	4	166	NW	SW	2.4	DR 20#	90'@ball	UV Blue Dolphin Stinger slim
3	3:50pm	Miss	0	174	NW	SW	2.4	DR 20#	71'	Silver/blue/gold SD / No-See-Um Fly
4	4:30pm	Steelhead	8	178	S	SW	2.4	DR 20#	90'@ball	UV Blue Dolphin Stinger slim
5	5:25pm	Miss	0	171	SE	SW	2.7	Dipsey - Mono	66'	UV Green Frog Stinger slim

 

Happy Fisherman

 

 

 

 

[SeaFoam]

Great work in the afternoon!  Fall fishing at it’s greatest.