Proper tank well usage

[ketchikankayak]

Braving harsh conditions, we headed out early this am to rough seas and few signs of fish. But after some effort I was able to put the tank well to its intended use. Not for a milk crate, or place for excess gear, but for three fat (phat?) kings. There's another, the brightest one, underneath the two seen in the pic. Lost the fourth one half way through the fight.

Hoping to get a few more before they disappear in a couple of weeks.

[kallitype]

Sick!!

[wolverine]

 Now thats what you call whackin & stackin!

[DTS]

Nice fish!   

[coosbayyaker]

Wow, Nice work. It's a beautiful thing when you got three fish and you can't see one in the stack..

[Zee]

Color me jealous fellas! What kind of a crazy limit do you guys have up that way anyways?

Z

[Spot]

Nicely done! 

You da man! 

[ketchikankayak]

I believe the limit is 6 per day in that area right now. They change it every year at this time as so many come in they're just boiling on the surface all over the place. Two years ago it was twelve a day! Its still big, open salt water, but you can snag, jig, troll, freedive (a diver got one yesterday),or whatever you think will work. Its kinda like hunting and fishing combined right now. Its our combat fishing spot for sure, but the fish are definitely there.

I don't know if its better or worse to see so many surfacing all over the place. Its pure torture when 30 pounders are nearly hitting your kayak and you can't seem to hook into one.

[bsteves]

Nice Job.  We'll have to talk to Ocean Kayak about making you a larger tank well.

Its still big, open salt water, but you can snag, jig, troll, freedive (a diver got one yesterday),or whatever you think will work.

Its pure torture when 30 pounders are nearly hitting your kayak and you can't seem to hook into one.

Sounds like you need to start chucking a trident at these fish from your Trident.

[polepole]

To help with the visuals on this fishery ... guys, think Moutcha Bay, but with a lot more boats (and probably a lot more fish too), including commercial trollers that will make no bones about trolling over you.  Combat?  For sure!!!  Fun?  You bet!!!  Frustrating?  As Hell!!!

Freediving?  Very few places on the west coast allow freediving for salmon.  And there are probably only a few places that you could pull this off.  Hah!  I can just see this turning into a destination salmon spearfishing spot!!!

-Allen

[wolverine]

 I was reading a post by a Ketchikan guy named ibGrizz on another website. They caught 42 kings and released 30 of them. Fishing saltwater from shore using salmon eggs fished under a float! Pics showed that most were tar babies but thats what you tend to get in terminal fisheries.