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SD2OR with a trophy fall walleye

Topic: Sassy Feeder Springer  (Read 5237 times)

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MurseStrong

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She wins the Sassiest Springer fight of the year award, stripping 90ft of line and forcing me to chase her. Herring, 26ft line out. The herring was barely touched, hooked in the corner of the mouth & trailer hook in the gullet. Whole calamari in her belly & covered in sea lice; wife says she was the best tasting salmon.
« Last Edit: July 05, 2018, 06:28:47 AM by MurseStrong »
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Dang, that’s a hogess for sure! Beginning to wonder if the Columbia is the only water producing>5 lb fish. Nice job.


MurseStrong

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Dang, that’s a hogess for sure! Beginning to wonder if the Columbia is the only water producing>5 lb fish. Nice job.

Trident this was actually at Pacific City. I thought I’d start the stoke for Ocean Salmon & wish all you guys the best of luck at the coast this week. They are out there anywhere from 35-135 fow feeding, putting on weight waiting for the rains. I’m looking forward to more pink fish porn as things are just heating up! It’s been June Hawg heaven from the Willamette to the coast. With tight regulations in the rivers this year, the salt may be a much more productive option. .
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Wow! I might need to rethink my travels this weekend, I've yet to make it to PC but maybe it's time for another trip south. She isn't a football, she looks like she ATE one though.
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Launched with a great crew at one of the most beautiful sunrises I’ve experienced at PC. It’s heating up. 50f at the beach, I trolled to 145-175 fow, 54f, and went 2/3 in coho including an angry chinook that I just couldn’t tame. Fish on my friends & Happy 4th!!
Hugh
« Last Edit: July 04, 2018, 09:56:14 PM by MurseStrong »
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It was an Epic day for everyone. Left my house at 2:30am to meet Matt & Onefish at PC & launch by 5am. A few minutes into the troll my new Lamiglas XCC 1064 starts tapping & I wait and watch in amazement as every inch of that rod loaded up before burying into the salt. With a 20+lb nook in my ice bag, it didn’t stop there. Double digit acrobatic coho fights to find a hatchery. Most of the coho are coming in FAT at 10-13 lbs.
Water temp was 50 at the beach & never changed more than a degree or so. We found a crazy coho bite from 140-170 FOW. We found success with herring, spinners, & hoochie spinners. It’s one of those days; grateful you didn’t hit that snooze button. Trust your gut instead of chasing perfect reports or forecasts. Don’t take the wife’s “NO” for an answer but push for a compromise to make it happen. Today is a day we can all remember & only hope to repeat. Carpe Diem.
« Last Edit: July 19, 2018, 11:53:15 AM by MurseStrong »
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Those smiles on your faces will last a long time. You guys were pretty stoked when you came in!

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Fred it was a pleasure to finally meet you.
Finding bait & rips proved effective with anywhere from 24-30 ft line out. The Chinook had 3 full calamari in its mouth when she took her last breath. With that said, this little pink home made hoochie spinner was the hot lure & accounted for 7 of the 12 fish I hooked, including a Jack chinook. She went 32”x22”

If you’re not getting bit, try this start reeling up or letting line out while still trolling with the rod in the holder;)
« Last Edit: July 20, 2018, 12:42:17 PM by MurseStrong »
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Nice report and tips
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Today I blasted past the PC surf on a mission to get out & back to Portland by noon with a limit. I only had to hit the 120 FOW line to get into a pod of BIG coho! I bit my lip as I quickly headed in past lingcod territory without even dropping a line. Nonetheless a quick limit, amazing acrobatic fights and freight train bites. A single 12 lb coho will feed over 15 people! Get after them there are s lot of salmon feeding in the ocean right now.

I like to scale my coho before I filet them, especially with these ocean coho full of silver scales. You end up with a better product that can’t be beat in a cedar plank of just grilled skin side down. If you do grill on a cedar plank make sure you grill the plank before you place the fish on it to cook. Fish on!
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Awesome Hugh!  Damn, I'm kicking myself for not going out today.  Conditions down south were nicer than the forecast.

10-12 pound coho in July?  Awww yeah!  :o
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Fred it was a pleasure to finally meet you.
Finding bait & rips proved effective with anywhere from 24-30 ft line out. The Chinook had 3 full calamari in its mouth when she took her last breath. With that said, this little pink home made hoochie spinner was the hot lure & accounted for 7 of the 12 fish I hooked, including a Jack chinook. She went 32”x22”

If you’re not getting bit, try this start reeling up or letting line out while still trolling with the rod in the holder;)


Hey Hugh,

Thanks for the great tips.  I like that homemade Hoochie spinner.  what type of hook(s) do you run behind it?

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Outstanding fishing, Murse! And great reports, too. Thanks!
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Great Job, Hugh!!  Those are some chunky coho.  Glad you were rewarded with salmon and a safe trip - the Lings are glad you didn't stop!


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Hey Hugh,

Thanks for the great tips.  I like that homemade Hoochie spinner.  what type of hook(s) do you run behind it?

This hoochie spinner setup can be ran above a herring/anchovy mooching rig or alone as is using from  size 1 to size 3/0 hooks. This is just a basic setup that’s adaptable to many setups. In the rivers I’m running it behind a Leo’s 360 flasher with a size 3 or 4 Gamagatsu treble hook. Those size hooks may seem small but I like a light weight small spinner with a lot of action. Small spinnners catch big salmon;) its the action in how ya troll it that sometimes makes all the difference.
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