Minter Creek Oct 11

Got up at o-dark hundred Saturday, determined to get off the dime and try Minter Creek.  Took the 0800 Ferry from Vashon to Pt Defiance, there were a few boats mooching in the fog.  Drove across the Narrows bridge, the fog was not too bad, maybe 1/4 mile visibility. Got to Purdy Spit, the fog was so dense traffic was moving about 20-25 mph, about 50ft visibility.  I stopped at the Waua launch, there were a couple natives putting in a big skiff,  they had a gillnet in the truck bed.  Fog very dense, and it was COLD!  Like 40 degrees.  I had my Farmer John wesuit and just a sweater, and my Kokatat drytop.  Not enough, I wanted some kind of neoprene up top, too.
    Waited an hour or so, if anything the fog was even denser.  The Lowrance X85 has no GPS....very shallow along shore.  So I loaded up and headed to Kopachuck, got there and still foggy around 10AM, and a looong downhill to the beach.  There were a few kayaker and canoeists paddling around the shallows, nothing jumping or swirling as far as I could see.  Nothing caught, O needed to get a ferry back before 2PM so I could pick up my computer at the shop, so I headed home, tail between my legs.

Sounds like you made a reasonable effort -- it just wasn't in the cards.  Next time...

Rob.   

NExt time was this AM in Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon.  Despite small craft advisory (because of it?  ;-))  went out about 8:00, about a 1-2 foot chop, and the small silvers were thick, kept about a 16incher for the grill, but most of them were around 12 inches.   Marked a ton of fish at 40 and 90 feet, dropped a herring down to the 90 foot level and got an 18in blackmouth. Then the wind picked up to about 15-20 mph, the rollers started brekaing and I headed for home.
  Yesterday was beautiful, wish I had not wasted time watching the SeaTrollops get hammered by Green Bay---my pal down the road went out in his PB and got an 8# blackmouth, said there were a lot of fish caught at the Claybanks yesterday by the trollers.