NorthWest Kayak Anglers

Regional Discussions => The Mighty Columbia => Topic started by: Helium Head on November 17, 2019, 07:15:30 PM

Title: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: Helium Head on November 17, 2019, 07:15:30 PM

Pmmpete and I are meeting at 9:00 am at Swan Island boat launch on Wednesday to go after sturgeon.

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday
Post by: Beer_Run on November 20, 2019, 04:47:47 PM

I work at Vigor and was at our Swan Island facility today (all the dry docks and ships in Jurassic Park). Took a walk looking for the Kayaks and didn’t see y’all. How did you do?

I did figure out if I dont want to deal with the Kayak, I can fish off the dry dock if I am wearing hard hat and glasses 🤓

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday
Post by: Helium Head on November 20, 2019, 08:08:07 PM

There were 5 of us out there today, from about 9:00 - 3:00. We spent most of our time around the corner from the dry dock next to the Navy trimaran. It was a beautiful day and we all caught fish!

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: Helium Head on November 21, 2019, 05:02:33 PM

A couple more pictures. I like the one with minnomagnet landing one in the background!  Several times we had three on at once.

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: Steelwillie39 on November 21, 2019, 06:28:39 PM

Wow, Looks like you all had a GREAT Day 👍

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: pmmpete on November 21, 2019, 10:16:32 PM

Here's some more sturgeon fishing pictures from Wednesday, November 19.

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: hdpwipmonkey on November 22, 2019, 10:57:30 AM

Awesome pics everyone.  Cant wait to get out there Friday with my little fishing buddy.

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: Steelwillie39 on November 22, 2019, 01:40:02 PM

Great Pics!  Curious ast what kind of Drysuits you all are wearing and what ones are preferred for winter fishing?

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: pmmpete on November 22, 2019, 04:58:12 PM

Quote from: Steelwillie39 on November 22, 2019, 01:40:02 PM

Great Pics!  Curious ast what kind of Drysuits you all are wearing and what ones are preferred for winter fishing?

I'm a fan of Kokatat drysuits. They're well designed and constructed, and Kokatat stands behind its products.  Because I do a lot of fishing and whitewater kayaking in below-freezing temperatures, I buy a drysuit big enough so I can wear many layers of clothing under it.  And I buy footgear which is two or three sizes larger than my street shoe size, so I can wear two or three pairs of thick socks under the drysuit's dry socks.

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: Steelwillie39 on November 22, 2019, 07:32:12 PM

Are there any stores in Washington that you could go in and try some on?
Haven’t found any east of the mountains.

Title: Re: Open invite, sturgeon, Wednesday, pics added
Post by: Helium Head on November 22, 2019, 08:25:53 PM

I second pmmpete, I'm too am a fan of Kokatat drysuits. They are expensive but if you have decided to kayak fish you are going to be using it for years and the cost per year makes it reasonable (bearable).