On board the J D Lady Sunday 7-22-13 AM we fished north of the Holland pier
in 100-170 FOW in rough and confused seas. Wind was ENE at 15-18 mph with a
strong north current. I had two ex-Navy veterans on board which was good because
anyone with poor seas legs in the AM would not have lasted long. The bite was
somewhat slow but steady and we ended up 7 fish for 9 bites. The kings were 3-4
year olds and nice sized. The big bonus was a 12 lb 4 oz brown that we took in
140 FOW on the rigger just before we wrapped it up. Meat rigs and regular sized
spoons worked the best.
The PM trip was just the opposite from the AM trip with flat calm seas and
very little wind or current. We set up almost in the same spot I left in the
morning and caught a small steelhead and small king in the first hour and then
it slowed down. We fished out to 190 FOW with a good number of fish on the
screen but not much action. The rain and clouds came about 6:00 PM and with it
the fishing improved greatly with doubles and a quad right before we beat the
storm back. The end tally showed 9 fish for 12 bites. If I put both boxes of
fish together, we managed to catch kings, cohos, steelhead, lake trout, and a
brown trout in one day. Now that's a mixed bag!
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