The Boy

El Niño is coming.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/return-el-nino-could-bring-rain-heat-misery-n46291

Could make for some good tuna fishing offshore. Maybe even mackerel off the OP!

About time!

Could make for some good tuna fishing offshore. Maybe even mackerel off the OP!

I ran into a huge school of mackerel around Cape Alva last July.

Could make for some good tuna fishing offshore. Maybe even mackerel off the OP!

I ran into a huge school of mackerel around Cape Alva last July.

TUNA and MACKEREL Year-round No min. size. No daily limit except NORTHERN BLUEFIN, SKIPJACK, and YELLOWFIN
TUNA daily limit of 2 each.

Time to fill the freezer!!

I'll be hunting for yellowtail off PC! 

I'll be keeping all the mackeral I pick up while salmon fishing this year!  Turns out they're YUMMY!

Yak, Tuna, Flyrod, OHYEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Tuna!!

Fairly new to the PNW so I'm not sure if this is good or bad...obviously the Tuna part sounds awesome, but how did the last El Nino period affect the PNW weather?

Fairly new to the PNW so I'm not sure if this is good or bad...obviously the Tuna part sounds awesome, but how did the last El Nino period affect the PNW weather?

IIRC it generally makes winters warmer and drier.  Can't recall the usual effect on summer weather.

Could make for some good tuna fishing offshore. Maybe even mackerel off the OP!

LOL on the image... good memories.

I'd love to catch some mackeral here... that's awesome. Where do you run into them?

Could make for some good tuna fishing offshore. Maybe even mackerel off the OP!

LOL on the image... good memories.

I'd love to catch some mackeral here... that's awesome. Where do you run into them?

You can find them in bait balls along the coast using your sonar.  They like sabiki rigs or pretty much any small piece of bait on a small hook.  They'll even attack a decent sized spoon on a fast troll. 

I bet they are fun on light trout gear

Could make for some good tuna fishing offshore. Maybe even mackerel off the OP!

LOL on the image... good memories.

I'd love to catch some mackeral here... that's awesome. Where do you run into them?

I hear up in BC a lot guys like to pitch spinners at them on light tackle or if there are surface feeding to catch them on 4 or 5 weight flyrod. Sounds like fun to me and mackeral is one of my all time favorite sushi fish. Maybe we should plan a mackeral/salmon trip. I'd love to do Coho out of Neah Bay this year sounds like a hoot!