Friday August 7th, 2009 - Fishing Report
WOW – What can I say – it was a day unlike any other – salmon (not even pinks) were NOT biting. My boat managed to troll for over 4 hours with virtually no bites – did manage a couple really small shakers and 1 nice large silver that came unbuttoned right by the boat, but that was it…and the other two boats out with guests didn’t really fare much better. It was a super slow salmon fishing day.
Weather change in store – which could have been the problem. Rainy clouds and some wind today as a front starts to move through and weather may turn to normal, as opposed to the hot sunny weather we have been having.
Batman Scores Big with “Office Girl”!!
One crew boat out today and they hit a homerun! Sharon one of the girls who works in the office at the Lodge desperately wanted to catch a Red Snapper (Yellow Eye) so she could retrieve the ear bones for some ear rings! So out she went with Batman on a mission – First she landed a nice silver salmon ( only one of the day ) then off to a secret yellow eye hole and on her second drop to over 400 feet within 10 seconds she had one on. She reeled and reeled and up it came and to her amazement it was her beloved yellow eye! See pictures! Then they went halibut fishing and she managed a small one which she released! Back to the dock before noon. Save the yellow eye until the Professor could dissect the head and retrieve her beloved ear bones!!
Anyway – my boat gave up on salmon about midday and concentrated on some rockfish, but not before hooking a porpoise while trolling for salmon, no harm done to the porpoise and we retrieved all of our line which was nearly spooled. So bottom fishing we managed some real nice yellow eyes, some quill backs and a very nice Ling Cod! We also managed to bring up a sponge and a rock! But that story is for another day, the fast moving sponge was quite a battle!!
Enjoy the pictures of another fine day of fishing at Yes Bay Lodge in SE Alaska!!
Capt Jim
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