NorthWest Kayak Anglers
Regional Discussions => Washington Kayak Fishing => Topic started by: codeman on August 31, 2023, 02:14:03 PM
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A few of us Oregon guys are heading up Tuesday morning for a day of flat-fishing. Weather looks great, tides don't matter much there. We're planning on meeting in the parking lot at the launch under the the ferry dock at 7am. However, we fish a few hundred yards to the east out in front of Sunnyside park, easy to find us, so no need to arrive when we do. Would love to have any join us, and meet some new yak friends. I would anticipate fishing to be excellent. An avg 8 hr fishing day there should produce 60 - 100 fish. A dozen species or so possible. If you've never done flatfishing before, it's super easy, fish are willing, and they fight great on light gear. Most species are delicious as well!
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How'd it go ?
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Haven't gone yet. We're heading up there on Tuesday. I'll make a post with results on Wednesday.
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I'm in.
Coming from Corvallis.
Same bait & tackle as Nisqually?
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Hi low rig with night crawlers worked best when I was there.
Super fun light tackle action. Didn't catch anything big, except sharks (a super fun fight on 10# test), but SO many tasty fish, and quite a few species. Super mellow launch, with fishing grounds just a few mins away. Wish I could go!
Have fun guys!
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Ya, hi low rig with crawlers is usually killer. Had great success last time on smaller gulp curly tails, so may go that route this time (though I will have crawlers with me). I like to tie a large snap swivel on the terminal end so I can change wts quickly and easily. Like cameron said, large fish are rare, but on light tackle they fight great. Weather looks great. It'll be like saltwater lake fishing. Hopefully we end up with a big turnout.
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Fishing was great! Weather was stellar. Company outstanding! Only 3 of us made the trek today, but it was well worth it. I used predominantly artificials, and the fishies were hungry. Fished from 815am or so till 315pm, with a 20 or 30 min lunch break. Here's my totals:
Rock Sole - 14
Pacific sanddab - 28
Starry flounder - 1
Staghorn sculpin - 24
Buffalo sculpin - 1
Spiney dogfish - 3
Shiner perch - 2
Brown rf - 3
Total 76
The three sharks were all nice, one pushing 10#. All three broke me off at the yak, before I could carefully(! ) Secure my pliers on the jighead. Most of the sanddabs were quite large. A few of the rock soles were good. Monkeyfist went home with a limit.
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We persevered through difficult conditions.
I didn't keep track of species but I know I took a limit of tasty flatties.
Does tailing a dogfish count as caught?
Thanks to codeman for the invite.