San Juan Island - 2nd report

Man, what a difference a day makes. Launched from the same place but took a hard left and fished the back side... landed 1/2 dozen lings, with one going about 7 pounds), a fat 5# cabezon, a bunch of rockfish, and even a giant starfish by accident. Kept the cabezon for the dinner table and released the rest. Super fun... beautiful day. You guys have a sweet backyard!

Right on Trout.  You know, I'm going to have to make it up there to kayak fish one of these days.  I always seem to end up going up there for a couples weekend that doesn't involve fishing.   

Ummm ... do you realize that you are required to keep the first legal rockfish caught?  Don't want you getting in any trouble now.   

Any greenling?  If it slows down a bit, size your offering down some and fish right in the kelp bed.  That'll entertain you for a little bit.

Pictures?  We want pictures!!!   

-Allen

Good news is that we did get a few photos. Bad news is that they are on another camera. As soon as I get them I will forward to you for posting.

Considering that I had no clue as to where I was and still caught this many fish (with some very nice ones in the mix), then yeah... you need to give it a go. I am still itching at the salmon boils I watched from the shore at South Beach the other day. They were casting distance from shore.

To answer your question, yes. Unfortunately I figured out the routine too late. As reeled up from my last drop (had to get back to the fam), I boat drifted by and a guy pulled up a beautiful greenling. It looked to be about 2# and had a beautiful color. He was using cut bait with smaller hooks on a dropper loop. I should have down-sized for some of those. However, I probably caught the big fish with the big bait. I caught some on a motor-oil single-tail grub with a small strip of squid and the others were on a blue and chrome iron with a squid strip on the hook.

Thanks again for all the input... not sure if I'll be able to fish again, but I sure had fun.