Depoe Bay 3/9 or 3/10

It was nice to get out on the salt for the first time in 2020! Conditions were about what I expected: 4-5 foot swell with a little wind chop early, but it laid down as the morning went on. Black rockfish bit great...almost too great. They kept eating all my big lingcod baits  . Took me a while to find the better lings. Turns out they were up shallow: 20-30 FOW. I came away with a limit of blacks and two lings clocking in at 29 and 28 inches apiece. Dampainter had his limit well before me.

excellent.  full marks.

just got home awhile and cleaned up, today same report as my last, but the conditions was much better today.  till next time! tight lines all.

I didn't hit the water until around 1100 today. Kept 1 decent ling and a couple nice rockfish. I released about a dozen similar and smaller lings trying to find a good one. I broke one off. Dammit. I did however gain 3 new sponsors for the AOTY today.