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July 30th Report Posted 30 Jul 2008 IN: General BY QCL
 Big tides this week have dictated much of the fishing success with fairly slow action during the moving water but some great bites around the slack. While Coho, Lingcod and Halibut have been keeping anglers occupied between the tides, the big Chinook that are lurking along the kelp beds are what keeps them out there all day long! Cohos are being picked up everywhere while the Springs are being found tight to the kelp or down around 40-60 feet. Cut plug herring is the bait of choice right now for these big Chinook. A high proportion of the current Chinook catch are big fish over 30 pounds and the Tyee pin presentation is a big event each night in the dining room. Jason Harry released a big Spring measuring 41 pounds on Tuesday while Jeffrey Brukardt, Rance Smith and Randy Meinhold kept 44, 47 and 54 pounders respectively. On Wednesday the Chinook fishing heated up through the late afternoon and by the end of the day another long list of new Tyee Club members was drafted. Notable were a 40 pounder released by Jeffrey Brukardt, a 46 released by Gary Eatinger and a 47 released by Derrick Amerson. The newest member of the 50 Pounder Club is Robert Peel who boated a 50 at Klashwun Pt. in the afternoon. That's great fishing guys! Thanks especially for choosing to release those fish over 40 pounds - big fish breed big fish! The forecast for the weekend is looking very promising with light Northwesterlies, temperatures around 16 degrees (warm for us this summer!) and some sunshine! (also a novelty!) The tides are peaking however with 16 foot swings daily through the weekend, like fishing in a huge river! Those slack times will no doubt be critical. We're looking forward to it! |
