Westport Bro-Down

Welcome to the cure Yakchick.

CHMuddler: Glad to see you're getting serious about the waves again!  I had a nice 3hr session this afternoon.  We're going to need to hook up for some Lings and a surf this year!

Count me in. NWKA surf session @ Westport?

Z

Welcome to the cure Yakchick.

CHMuddler: Glad to see you're getting serious about the waves again!  I had a nice 3hr session this afternoon.  We're going to need to hook up for some Lings and a surf this year!

Count me in. NWKA surf session @ Westport?

Z

Set a date! 
There's a good campground nearby or a couple of relatively cheap motels if the weather's not perfect.
When do you get your board Muddler?

-Spot-

I haven't surfed in... 12 years.  Will my old 6'2" hold 205# ?

 

Welcome to the cure Yakchick.

CHMuddler: Glad to see you're getting serious about the waves again!  I had a nice 3hr session this afternoon.  We're going to need to hook up for some Lings and a surf this year!

Count me in. NWKA surf session @ Westport?

Z

Let's do it!

I went out at Seaside Monday for a yak surf session and got smashed into the rock wall! Put a monster gouge in the hull of my new carbon boat It was frickin huge (15ft) A plastic boat is needed for that spot. We crabbed at Nehalem Bay, but too much fresh water and no crabs

When do i get my board? good question!  The guy making it is out working on a crab boat much of the time, and sliding in stealth ding repairs (runs a ding-repair shop), but I am now bugging him.
I still have my old home-crafted 7'2" hybrid:  15" blunt-nose x 21" x 14" swallowtail mini-noserider, but I added a little too much rocker (gonzo wee-small-hours shaping going wild with the power planer)!  Other than that its a decent little hybrid shape. Good for "rail-grab cheater-fives" into the closeout gravel grind.
 I know I can paddle out & get small/med waves on that thing. As soon as my left ankle is better. Its on ice right now as I type this. Back on my feet tomorrow, though. The swelling has gone down to zilch.
Wind and tide might be shaping up for jetty fishing from the yak here next Monday, as long as it doesn't rain too much. Sunday afternoon, the wind might go from E to SSE and the jetty might be fishable by yak then, too.

CHM-

What jetty? I was thinking of hitting the Tillamook jetty for lings either Sun/Mon/Tues. It would be nice to hook up.

Cheap motels? Gotta be some around. This place is Dead now. State park campgrounds here are great, and nearly empty now. For the really destitute, there may even be space in my yard or driveway, for a night or two.
Good surf complex here, good kayak jetty fishing when the wind is right, good surf fishing for redtail surfperch, and good estuary, lower river, and tidal creek paddling (cutthroat and salmon fishing seasonal), Excellent trout lake only 38 miles from my driveway.
There's enuff potential around here to usually have a good choice.
Any time the conditions are decent is the right time!

CHM-

What jetty? I was thinking of hitting the Tillamook jetty for lings either Sun/Mon/Tues. It would be nice to hook up.

South Jetty at the entrance to Grays Harbor.  Access at Westhaven State Park, Westport, WA
I'm game for here, as long as the wind forecast doesn't change for the worse.
Ling season doesn't open here on the WA coast until March 13th.
I need to test my transducer bracket positioning. I whipped up a bracket so that I can use my portable sonar unit on my Tarpon.
I'll get back to ya. Gotta run. Ahem... I mean "gotta carefully hobble, stiff legged, to my rig and drive to the store for more anti-inflammatories."

forgot you were up north. Gas mileage wont allow that trip for me right now

Jack Johnson, Game Cubes, and Natty Ice will not be allowed at this event.   

I haven't surfed in... 12 years.  Will my old 6'2" hold 205# ?

 

Unless it's a potato chip, I'm sure the board can hold you, the question is, can you still catch waves and control the board... 

Sounds nice. Surf early morning until the wind blows it out. Then jump in the yaks and pound the jetty for lings and rockies. Pass out at the campground for a few hours and then let the fish fry begin!

Westport lings open up March 14th but as far as I can remember the weather is still a bit dicey that time of year. CHM can you recommend a time when we have the best chance of the weather calming a little?

Z

Zee, with this El Nino Winter, and it feeling like late April already,  I refuse to make any predictions about the weather.

I have noticed that the split jetstream, directing itself at Cali, is currently drawing the low pressure centers to the South of here, with the high pressure over us helping to create NE winds. I like S winds or light W winds for fishing the Jetty, but "light and variable" are good, too. I'm hoping Monday will provide a window of S winds and drier skies before the next rain hits here Monday evening.

Right now I'm hoping to fish the Jetty from my Tarpon this Monday.

I'm all up for a "Westport Bro-Down" sometime after Ling season opens here Saturday Mar 13th. Still too early, but this weekend should offer some good surfing and maybe some surfperch casting from the beach. Winds looking right for the Jetty fishing on Monday.

I'll be "more ready" then.  I have "too many balls in the air" right now, and I'm no juggler! A freakin customer called me up the other day, and wants a mow job! Imagine that! Work raisin' its ugly head a month early is threatening to monkey wrench my fishing plans! Gotta go. Back this evening!

EDIT: I just simplified things. I'm not leaving the beach until at least Tuesday. No lake fishing. Surf Perch trough/hole is only 1.5 miles from where I'm sitting! and I'm only 6.5 miles from the Jetty parking!!!! Dang!  No need to travel! I'm here!

I'm good with some time after March 13th.  It'll have to be a weekend 'cause I'm a M-F corporate drone.

As I recall, early mornings are calm there when the winds are predominantly from the North.

As I recall, early mornings are calm there when the winds are predominantly from the North.

Correctemundo! We should be having offshores during many of the mornings thru April, with a wind-shift mid or late morning, when High pressure is dominating. Then it switches to blowing from the N or NW for the rest of the day.

Yesterday the wind howled 15-20+ offshore, but my buddies surfed a nice 3 to 5 foot beachbreak peak they found a few miles south of the jetty, avoiding the "coastal gap" syndrome. I got skunked casting for surf perch in a trough just up the beach from them, using razor clam pieces for bait. At least I had some entertainment to watch. Those guys were ripping it up!
I'm going to go punch out some sandshrimp this morning. Might as well have the right bait for the job. Razor clam siphons are lousy bait for surf perch, no matter what anybody else tries to tell you. The sandshrimp outfish the clam parts by a factor of 50 to 1, easily.
Might have to mow some grass, too! Nice day, gotta go!