PC monday or tues!

i know a lot of you are looking to head out on better days, but anyone wanna join me on monday? 3' swell and 2' wind... not too shabby...

maybe monday too?

Let's see, right now Sunday and Monday look like best bets. Sunday is Mother's day which means that's out for me.

I'll check with the wife about Monday and keep an eye on the forecast.

I am seriously considering going down Sunday night to fish Monday.  Might even head down Saturday night and fish Sunday and Monday.  It will depend on how salmon fishing shakes out tomorrow.  Fishing has been really good lately but after a sunny Saturday on the Willy in OC I might need a couple days break from the crowds (its been bad enough during the week lately ).

If you make it for Sunday I'll be there. I made a snap decision yesterday and booked a room in Lincoln City.  So right now I'm on my way to PC.  Sunday I'm up for PC again or any other launch from Tillamook to Waldport or so.  Anybody wants to hook up PM me and we'll see what we can come up with.


Note:

I meant to post for a Saturday hookup also but I left the house in such a hurry I completely forgot.   Hopefully I bump into and get to meet someone from here (which is why I chose PC for this morning)[/u]

I'll try to be out there on monday.

Maybe I'll see you there. I'm planning on a Sunday AM launch.

Jay

Maybe I'll see you there. I'm planning on a Sunday AM launch.

Jay

It was good today

Nice work EO, A four specie day is awesome!!

Was slow here today, thinking tomorrow will open up...

EO showed us all how it's supposed to be done! Spectacular day at PC!!!

I gotta get back up there one of these years!

I might be able to swing it tomorrow.

Cool, i'm still planning on being out there in the AM. Not sure how early, exactly, but thinking between 7-8am.  My physical therapist says no fishing.  I'll not say what I had to say to him...

Madoc says the bite wasn't all that hot, but I had plenty of fun in the few hours I was out today.  Just worked one area and picked up 4 lings (3 under), 3 Cabs (2 under), 4 greenies, and 2 black rocks. 

Had one cab break me off, only to hit me again on the next pass so I could get my jig back!

I almost made it out this morning, I even had my truck packed ready to go.   However, I didn't get much sleep last night thanks to a baby daughter who was up almost every hour on the hour.    I got up, got dressed to go and while I was doing a quick check of my packing list on the way out the door I yawned.  Suddenly the thought of driving 2 hrs, fishing for 4 hrs and then driving back 2 hrs sounded like it might end with me falling to sleep at the wheel so I started unpacking my truck.

Yes, I wimped out.

Anyone up for some Willamette Salmon sometime soon? 

Brian

Yeah, nothing fast or furious this morning, although the conditions going out were just about perfect - almost no wind, ankle slapper waves and the tide was coming in - the breakers (if you can call a 2 foot wave a breaker) were about 30 yards out, in about thigh deep water.  Nice, easy launch.  Got a little windy later in the morning, and then alot windy right around noon.  there was a pretty fast southbound current outside of the rock and bouy line, and it made it hard to get bottom with a 3 oz.  Managed to only catch the bottom once, and kept my rig for the entire outing.

First drop, a little west and north of the rock, biggish keeper Cabezon (about 22").  Plus a small gray whale.
Second keeper was another Cabezon (about 18"), north of the buoy - and a bunch of underlings.  Tried heading out to some deeper water, but the current was making for such a fast drift that staying on target was basically impossible, and while I did manage a couple of times to pedal at the right tempo to stay approximately still, it was pretty much a waste of my time.  I kept hooking into underlings, and then had a big take down that let go right away.  I was out in about 90 FOW, and had the company of a pod of porpoises for a little while.  I always thought that porpoises would be bigger.
Anyway, another nice takedown, and then my rod went bendo, and the tip went into the water.  I started cranking, and got a kick out of seeing line getting stripped off.  Nice.  Got it to the surface, and was pleasantly surprised by a triple - two beefy Black rockfish, and a just sublegal ling (who somehow had gotten snagged through the tail).  The blacks went on my stringer, and the ling went back in to get bigger.

Bumped around a bit, but was getting frustrated by the drift.  Managed to find the little reef on the west side of the rock, and hooked up with another mediumish black rockfish on the drift past it.

I then started back in, and explored the south lee of the rock.  With the wind and current predominately coming from the North, it was a nice sheltered area.  hooked up with a small black rockfish that I released, and then bumped around close to the rock, where I landed a legal ling.  Talked with The Nothing for a bit, and right after he started heading in I hooked up with a ling that I didn't bother measuring - it looked large enough to be legal, but I figure why be greedy?  Plus it was a dark, dark brown color, all over.  viva la difference.

Packed it in, and again got to try my hand at a brace a couple of times on the way in.

All in all, a really nice day.

Isaac, I believe I may have caught you on the webcam. That looks like your car in the parking lot. I think that little blip on the ramp is you walking to your kayak. Check the timestamp and see if that's about the time you launched.