Sunday. Sunday! SUNday?

Wondering if there are any souls going out of PC this Sunday? I know it's Labor Day Weekend, but I'd leave The Gorge at an ungodly early hour. I was thinking of making a run on the crab and wasn't sure if anyone was looking at taking advantage of the forecast? I was looking at casting a fly or two around the rock too.

Fred "True" Trujillo

Hello Fred,

I'm looking at making the run there on Sunday as well, but keeping an eye on the forecast.  Conditions should be good for an early in and early out before the crowds show up.

Yeah, I'd like to be off the water by noon myself. Looking to launch around 6 or 7. Get my limit on crab and get out. I have an extra trap.

Fred "True" Trujillo

Hey folks. I don't post here much but I am planning to go out either Saturday or Sunday. I'm shooting to launch around 6. If you see a green Subaru with a red WS Tarpon on top that's me. I'm curious if anyone is planning to fish for salmon. Saturday is the opening day for the coho non-selective fishery, so basically you can bonk any salmon you catch, coho or chinook, wild or hatchery. This will be my first time seriously fishing for salmon. I'll be using a diver, dodger/flasher, and herring or squiddy swim bait. I'll probably watch the Dory boats and other kayak fishermen to see where to go, but if anyone here is willing to share their PC salmon fishing wisdom I'd much appreciate it. I plan on paddling out beyond the rock, but don't really know how far out to go, or how deep I should fish. I'm super psyched at the possibility of landing my first kayak salmon. I've been crabbing and rock fishing at PC for 5 or 6 years now and have got that really dialed (Bonine is my friend ). Thanks, and best of luck to ya'll this weekend.

Wish I can makE it. I will be in bend. Good luck. Hoping to make it out there the following weekend.

I may have to do the salmon route myself while waiting for my crab traps... I hear around south of the rock might produce?

Fred "True" Trujillo

Raindog, thanks for the intel.  I didn't know salmon was opening up on Sunday.  I will surely bring a salmon rig and some herring and do that at first light.

Two weeks ago, little Cos hooked a fin clipped coho at the boat on a swimbait.  It was a huge surprise. We were right behind the rock, in between the rock and the big buoy.  My plan is to get out behind the rock and start trolling.  If I don't get anything, then I will be working on rockfish.

Question, I don't remember the regs on barbed versus barbless when fishing for salmon and rockfish.  Is it barbless for salmon always, or barbless if you are fishing before or after having rockfish or salmon on board.  I know the rhyme goes something like that.

Raindog, thanks for the intel.  I didn't know salmon was opening up on Sunday.  I will surely bring a salmon rig and some herring and do that at first light.

Two weeks ago, little Cos hooked a fin clipped coho at the boat on a swimbait.  It was a huge surprise. We were right behind the rock, in between the rock and the big buoy.  My plan is to get out behind the rock and start trolling.  If I don't get anything, then I will be working on rockfish.

Question, I don't remember the regs on barbed versus barbless when fishing for salmon and rockfish.  Is it barbless for salmon always, or barbless if you are fishing before or after having rockfish or salmon on board.  I know the rhyme goes something like that.

Upon some investigation, it looks like salmon fishing is barbless only, limited to two single hooks.  However, what I can't find is the regulation with regards to the rules if you are targeting both salmon and rockfish on the same trip.

Anyone know the rules on whether or not the rockfish gear needs to be barbless if I have a salmon on board?

Thanks.

I released a real nice native coho just ESE of the rock last time I was at PC.

In case I'm not the only one who doesn't know this already.  I called OFDW's Marine Division about the barbed/barbless question.  They said Salmon fishing is barbless only.  And, if you have any salmon on board, everything going forward needs to be barbless.  So if you want to fish barbs for rockfish, best to get them first, and then go barbless for salmon, otherwise you need to pinch down your rockfish gear, if you have any salmon on board.

I would be very interested in tagging along on Sunday to give the salmon a shot if you guys don't mind sharing a few on the water pointers. I have enough crab in the freezer but could bring a trap for someone to borrow if needed.

I plan on going as well. Will be there around 6:30-ish.
Blue Subaru Outback.
I suddenly had my refrigerator fail this week. By the time I noticed it, it was too late to save the frozen food. Where the kids were mainly worried about loosing their corn dogs,  i
was saddened for having to toss a lot of trout and rockfish . In hindsight i should have let these fish swim.
Anyway, tons of space for salmon now, so i will be trolling for silvers and hope to take one home. I probably drop a crab pot as well.

Thanks for the info on the barbless hooks in this topic. Shame on me but i was unaware of this (and thought this was a Columbia River-only thing)

I hope to see many folks on the water. If the forecast holds there should hardly be any wind in the morning.

I don't know how many corndogs we'll run into out there to replace what the kids lost, but we can give it the old college try. Glad there will be more NWKA-ers out there. It's been a while since I've been on the deep blue. I might even take my training wheels out there hoping I pull a trap full o' fat crab!

Any suggestions for targeting salmon out there? I actually haven't targeted salmon in the ocean as I've usually gone for rockfish and crab...

Fred 'True" Trujillo

Be safe and post photos of those beasts!

Fred "True" Trujillo

This was the latest I found on the ODFW website:

"Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain:
Chinook Season (all salmon except coho):
Season: Open March 15 through Oct. 31 (Oct. 1-31 only open shoreward of 40 fathom regulatory line)
Bag Limit: Two salmon per day, closed to retention of coho except as listed
below for the “selective coho” and the “non-selective coho” seasons
Selective Coho (fin-clipped) Season:
Season: Open June 24 through earlier of July 31 or 18,000 marked coho quota
Bag Limit: All salmon. Two salmon per day, all coho must have a healed adipose fin clip
Non-selective Coho Season:
Season: Open Sept. 2 through the earlier of Sept. 30 or 7,900 (updated) coho quota Bag Limit: All salmon. Two salmon per day"

I think we're good to go for wild coho OR chinook unless I'm reading it wrong?

Fred "True" Trujillo