Genny 9/18. First trip ever

[PhlyanPan]

Got to the launch just before 5 and found the place looking abandoned. Dropped in and headed out in the pitch dark again seeing nobody in site and wondering what they knew that we didn't.

By the time we got some gear in the water and got a pass in we started seeing a couple of other boats and were a little more comfortable.

We stayed mostly deeper then the pack by a bit just because we were new and wanted to have room to maneuver especially with the wind blowing us all over. Fished mostly between 30 and 40, came in to 25 once. Marks were random, occasionally marking groups of fish only to have them gone when we swung back around.

Ended up having 3 releases. 2 on the diver that broke off (1 bad knot and 1 trying to pop the diver that I think was already popped... We're learning.) And one that we netted that was 20 down over 32 feet of water. Went off on the rigger. Fuzzy bear dirty Harry with a mother's milk spoon on a slider above it.

Shots on the diver were on a green spoon doctor with a white fly and pink dirty goose spoon.

King that we boated ended up at 11.2 lbs which seemed very small to me for a staging mature king?

Edited September 20, 2015 by PhlyanPan

[moog5050]

We were out there in the afternoon of 9/18 with only 1 release and nothing home.  I did see three boats take fish and it was hectic with the boats there all trying to cross the mouth of the river.  Hanging it up for the year.  It was fun.

[LongLine]

Welcome to combat fishing PP.  You did well to stay outside of the pack.  Sometimes 2 yr olds will also stage.

 

Tom B.

(LongLine)