Buoy10 Report

Obviously that ramp by the park must be a zoo this time of year

The Hammond Launch can be nuts. Saturday there were probably 700-1000 boats between 5-7:00am. It was a busy Cathedral Park x 10. Very few fish though and Sunday there were maybe 100-200 boats. 

 

I am getting a ride with a pretty good guide Saturday, so looking forward to that. Also, looking at some soft tides 8/26 to launch at Hungry Harbor or SS Beach. Anyone else looking that far out?

Ocean looks sketchy through the weekend

I am getting a ride with a pretty good guide Saturday, so looking forward to that. Also, looking at some soft tides 8/26 to launch at Hungry Harbor or SS Beach. Anyone else looking that far out?

Ocean looks sketchy through the weekend

Tides look good, would like to make it out there at least once this year. As long as I'm not out of town that weekend I would be interested.

That is excellent. Sounds like launching at Austin Pt. I have an F150 and do PC a ton.
Is it one of these spots? I have never been there. Obviously that ramp by the park must be a zoo this time of year

The ramp by the park is always packed full of power boats. I launch at your circle in the 2nd picture.

I have launched at lot D off Jetty Road several times. There is an 8 ft sand cliff to drop your boat off, then a very short walk to the water. The slope of the sand is steep there so you won't have very far to go. If you have a very heavy boat you might consider launching elsewhere, or flag down one of very many tourists to help you get the boat back up to the lot when you're done. Lots of parking, no power boats.

I may bow out of this series of low tides.
The cluster known as Hood to the Coast is the same weekend.
Having dealt with that shit my last trip to Astoria, I'm in no mind to do it again.

Sunset Bay here I come.

Not Buoy 10, but more like Buoy 20, yesterday:

I have launched at lot D off Jetty Road several times. There is an 8 ft sand cliff to drop your boat off, then a very short walk to the water. The slope of the sand is steep there so you won't have very far to go. If you have a very heavy boat you might consider launching elsewhere, or flag down one of very many tourists to help you get the boat back up to the lot when you're done. Lots of parking, no power boats.

Tie a rope through a rear scupper and lower it over the drop off maybe

Report for Thursday 24 August: after a 3-day closure, this fishery reopened and the bite was hot. Launched at 0615 and first takedown came 10 minutes later on an anchovy at 27 ft. Over the next several hours on the shipwreck troll, brought 8 to the revo to retain 1 hatchery king and 1 hatchery coho. The ratio has been tough this year requiring careful handling and release of unclipped fish. Really didn’t matter what you were pulling, the fish, especially wild coho were on it. One of those mornings when everything aligned.

Fishing has been hot.

I fished from a buddys boat and my boat this week. 

We went 8 for15 Friday

12 for 19 Saturday- Lost the biggest fish of the trip to a sea lion

8 for 15 Sunday

Lots of wilds around.

Hoping to get the kayak out their soon.  I just like the boat their so i can move around to different sections.

Shipwreck has been good erly morning.  Tounge point was great at all tides

Yah, sea lions were a nuisance and wave chop from the armada of power boats was fairly constant after about 0900. That said, the power boaters were collegial and good to interact with out there. I had equal success running with or against the tide within two hours of slack. Water temps were around 68 degrees and most of action came on bait.