satsop or jetty....

hello everybody I'm stumped don't know were to fish either west port jetty or upper satsop? what could i catch off the jetty right now and any tips on how to fish for them would be greatly appreciated thanks. i now how to fish rivers but am a newbie on ocean fishing caught surf perch but i think you fish the jetty's different right? thanks.

I think the only thing you can target in the Satsop right now is really late hatchery coho, or 'trout' over 14", which is really screwed up because that means you could get away with fishing for native steelhead.   Above the bridge at the state park is closed.

As for Westport, you could target surf perch and rockfish. 

there's hatchery steelhead in the satsop right now to at-least that's what i heard... how do you fish for the rock fish at the jetty? whens the best time to go?

Bounce curly tailed plastic jigs off the bottom. I really like 6" Berkley Saltwater Gulp in all white or sardine colors. You'll want to launch at either slack tide or the last of the out going tide, and fish the incoming tide. Be mindful of the surf size/frequency too. ConeHeadMuddler is our resident Westport jetty expert. He has the "when" all figured out. Shoot him a PM if he doesn't chime in here, and I'm sure he would be more than happy to fill you in.

i have to bank fish   k i have a bunch of 4 inch curly tails  what about Carolina rigged 6 inch worms?

I don't think rock fish are really that finicky. Pretty sure that if your presentation looks like an easy meal they don't have to work for it'll get eaten.

Okay thanks for the tips will be righting a report on how it goes tomorrow thanks again.

i have to bank fish   k i have a bunch of 4 inch curly tails  what about Carolina rigged 6 inch worms?

You might want to put the weight on a length of leader between the mainline and the bait leader.  Putting the weight on the mainline can be a problem when the weight gets snagged up.

well arrived at 12 in the afternoon about 2 hours past  the tide switch it was going out now not the best time but o well caught one 12 inch greenling  first time going out there.  at-least didn't get skunked.

Nice anything beats getting skunked.

I was surfing on my 8' longboard yesterday. Small waves inside the harbor entrance. This surfing is stealing time from my yak fishing.... from all my fishing!

Nothing wrong with that my friend.  Glad to hear you're back a board! 

-Spot-

hey CHM is the board you were using happen to be yellow? might have seen you when i was on my way out the jetty possibly