Chamber's Bay invite

A raft would be very hazardous.

yehp sure would be. we got him talked down today. really the guy is great peeps, just sometimes over enthusiastic and occaisionally misguided.

all good tho. i think if i can talk him into just one yak trip for fish he'll fall into it. 

I picked up the Vapor demo from Jim. Awesome deal! I'll be taking it there tomorrow. I just hope I can get my FF and rod holder situated in time. I also wanna pick up some Herring tomorrow to try mooching.   

we'll be them again soon enough. I'm no stranger to the green can either.

Bad timing for me. See ya next time.

i had planned to join you all at 4:30 today after i got off work but realized last night at 10pm, that i have forgotten to get my new fishing license this year.  D'OH!  off to Sportco instead.  next time for sure.  let us know how it goes!

Bobby

hey, was an interesting after noon... nice to have met islandson, 2FlY,<2ndFloor Yakker> ravdakot, and sorry i forget the names of the other two guys.

we met up, 6 of us paddled out under the bridge together  as the flood started, hung a right going north , chatted a little and next thing i know i hear..."fish on!!"

i'll leave the details to the rest of the group.

Unfortunately that "Fish on" was one of the usual suspects, and not a salmon. We all caught a handfull of sole, and a bucket full of sculpin. 2ndflooryak boated a nice Starry, and I have a big dogfish brining in the fridge. I read a little about eating them, and I'll try almost anything once. We eat a fair amount of shark back in FL, so I fig this can't be too far off right I'll post on how it turns out. Mybe we have been missing out on a good thing by not retaining our dogfish I was really hopeful going out there today (who's not optimistic on the paddle out) but I have to admit defeat. Just too early still. I think I'll hit the lakes or hopefully the coast if all my stars align, and give salmon a couple more weeks.

It was fun day, thanks again for the invite. There's quite a bit of bait fish out there. I even snagged a Herring. I will definitely break out the sabiki rig next time. I think mooching is going to be more productive.

It was great to finally meet some of you guys.

Let's do it again soon.

Sounds like a fun time.  I could not make it as my 4 year old son insisted we go to the Kite festival in Magnussen Park .  Can't wait until he is old enough to come out yak fishing.  As for dogfish much of the fish and chips in England is made out of treated Dogfish.  I recall that there is a commercial fishery in the northwest to supply the Brits.  The urea in the meat can be soaked out but I would not put anything acid in your brine as it reduces the solubility of urea.  Let us know how your brining works.

Thomas

  The urea in the meat can be soaked out but I would not put anything acid in your brine as it reduces the solubility of urea.

Wish I wold have read this Sat night. I put about a tbs of lime juice in my brine. Maybe I'll give it one more go, but after an 18 hour soak in distilled water, kosher salt, and lime, the urea was still there. I couldn't smell it, but could taste it for sure. I even blackened the fillets, and it still was noticeable. The texture was not great either; kind of soft/mushy. Nothing like the shark I have eaten before. I couldn't finish it, and my wife wouldn't touch it. If I decide to give this another go, maybe I'll try fried to change the texture. Besides, everything is good once beer battered Right???