Port Bay 5-29-10 Report

[Finders Keepers]

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name: Finders Keepers

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s): 5-29

Time on Water: 7-10

Weather/Temp: partly sunny 70's

Wind Speed/Direction: light SW

Waves: calm

Surface Temp: 57

Location: West of Port Bay

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 1

Total Boated: 1

Species Breakdown: Steelhead

Hot Lure: Watermelon R&R

Trolling Speed: 3.0

Down Speed:

Boat Depth: 250

Lure Depth: 52' Rigger free slider

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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Got a late start today (still getting used to the new ride) and set-up around 7am over 180 fow. Continued to head out and picked up a small 4lb steelhead on a watermelon R&R on a free slider on the 52 ft rigger. That was it and we had to call it a day at 10am. Made it out to 360 fow with very little on the screen, other than an occational suspended fish around 40 ft (probably steelhead) and marks on the bottom. Tried a variety of spoons, flasher flies, metal dodgers, etc. A few other boats were out in our area, but we didn't see them hook up either. Hopefully the kings will show up in numbers soon! Probably won't get out again until next weekend...

FYI - The south launch at Port Bay doesn't allow for anything over 16' without having some troubles with the low water conditions (your trailer will go off the end of the ramp). Use the north end launch. Also, when we got back to the launch one of the other trucks parked there had the windshield smashed. My dad had his windows smashed there a couple years ago, same spot. Fishermen beware. We think it's teenagers with nothing better to do.

[woody 184]

Tim that is a very grim report all the way around... I have not been out in a while due to being pretty sick and I lost my voice... Was the new ride nice.. Also lets see some pics of the new ride and how its setup..... Dale

[Finders Keepers]

Hey Dale,

Yeah, the fishing's not so hot right now (unless they're deeper), but the new ride is pretty sweet!! It FLIES on calm seas and will get us to the fishing grounds FAST (top speed 50 mph)! And it rides super smooth! We'll have to see how it handles rough conditions... Lots of room in this boat as compared to our old rig, and right now it is set up the same with the board. Eventually we'll be adding my brother's 2 riggers and converting them over to electrics. It currently has a Hummingbird 161 dual FF/GPS which worked great today, but the screen's pretty small and it doesn't have the details like I could get with my units. So we may be adding my FF & GPS units to the arsenal. We'll also have to add a planerboard mast at some point. I'll get some pics next time we go out. The other nice thing is that it is all set to be trailered anywhere and it's light enough so my SUV can pull it.

I hope you're feeling better soon! Give me a shout if you have a day off and want to get out - your boat or ours.