The Oak. 6-10

[rolmops]

We got there around 7 due to a crew member whose pillow was extra soft, but once there we made it out fast and we started fishing in around 70 feet of water. It only took about 3 minutes for the first dipsy to fire and the fight was on. It took about 15 minutes and three runs when we got a first good look at this bruiser. Is was the biggest so far this season and well over twenty pounds by the looks of him. But that was all we got to see of him because he made a new run and this time around he straightened out the lock snap swivel and took off with the lure. That fish just opened and bent a 60 pound test snap swivel and he was not horsed! We talked and speculated about this one for quite a while. The rest of the day was less exiting. We fished over 115 to 160 with water temperature about 52 to 54 at 45 down. in the next 2 hours we did another six salmon in the 4 to 10 pound range, but no bruisers. Around 10 in the morning the wind and waves started to get annoying and the warm water was pushed away. We ended up fishing in 4 footers with a few 5 footers thrown in for good measure so we packed up and went back in. My 1985 19 foot islander did get thrown around , but that boat is like a tank and at no point did those waves worry me, it just sucks to fish in that sort of weather.

Edited June 10, 2018 by rolmops