Just got a notification from the PCDA and figured I would share it because it applies to everyone.

"There have been multiple recent complaints reported to the county about fish waste in the river. This has been going on as far back as my memory goes and you can make the argument that it does no harm but it is illegal by state and county rules to dump ocean waste into the river (carcasses, crab shells, etc.). It is enforceable so before anyone gets cited let’s find a different solution."

Great to see the plastic navy at Cape Kiwanda yesterday! After missing the last 4 or 5 windows this was my first chance to get out on the open ocean this year and, man, it did not disappoint! I fished around 7am-3pm and it was beautiful the entire time. And, as a bonus, the beach wasn't all torn up yet like it will be in a few weeks.

I was fishing with bwon, BogFrogDog, and my niece. It was my niece's 2nd time on the salt and she did awesome, including 2 nice lings. I don't know how much bwon is on here anymore so I'll brag for him - he got his personal best lingcod at 33".

For some reason I could not seem to keep rockfish on the hook, but I got a few decent ones. It wasn't the best rockfish bite I've seen but it was certainly doable and there were schools to be found and worked. We released countless lingcod and I took home a fat 34 incher. I also got a nice deep-water kelp greenling for AOTY points and a 10-days-too-early halibut.

It seemed like quillback rockfish were super active and everyone in the group caught at least one, which was fun. We covered a pretty good spectrum of nearshore rockfish species including black, blue, copper, canary, china, and quillbacks, but no vermillion or yelloweye this time.

Glad to see so many people did great! Hoping there is many more opportunities this year that line up with my days off.

Yakondasea, if you like going for Ling I suggest you get a game hook. From personal experience you will lose large lings on that fish stringer, even after bleeding They will bend that clip open!