Depoe Bay 9/2 to 9/4?

TradeWinds out of DB reports hot salmon action today (first day of 10 day open season). I'm going to start fishing somewhere N. of the whistle tomorrow as early as i can make it out there. Bait is in the brine, hit me up on ch. 69!

I fished PC today (limit of rockfish,  released a couple 22-24ish lings but no decent keepers )  and got the same report from the fish checker.  Most all boats with limits of coho at about the 200ft line.  I'll be heading out in the morning (conditions permitting).  I'll have 69 on too.. 

All ocean salmon are legal to retain wild or otherwise (check regs for length restrictions) Sept 1-10

Good luck guys  I may try to make it out there on Monday. 

Let me know if your headed my way and I'll share any current intel.

Anybody wanna organize a group outing? I'll be at the CB house from Sunday to who knows when.  PC(or somewhere else) isnt too bad of a drive from CB to meet up with guys who are interested. 

Report:

Was down at the ramp right around daybreak. They had blinking lights for under 16'. So I sat on my fart locker for about an hour while the CG went on their ham and egg cruise. When they got back they shut off the lights.

Out I go solo. Chatter says 3 to 6 miles was where it was going down yesterday. As the wisdom on the board goes, "beware of small windows." Thursday was pretty sloppy, Saturday was looking that way too.

I made it out deuce and a quarter, maybe deuce and a half. No love for herring or Brad's. Lots of limits yesterday, maybe 8 or 10 fresh carcasses in the stink bin today.

So about noon, the wind starts picking up. Listening to "the little voice" I start heading in. I was going to stop and bounce the bottom, but it really fell apart. Somehow I missed the SCA announcement posted at 11 AM. Short story long, it's now screaming, my boonie cover is try to choke me out, and I goddamn near had my first wind huli 500 yards from the break water. When I finally got under the bridge I could feel my heart pounding on the outside of my PFD. My arms are noodles. I wanted to get video, but I wasn't dropping my paddle for nothing or nobody.

There was a PB launching when I hit the ramp, he says "I guess you know you're in for some sh!t when you can't get your truck door closed.

I'm thinking I'll try the Siletz tomorrow. Had enough salt for a few days. Hope to see some homies out there.

LB

Sounds familiar to my day   Launched early and headed out to about the 180 ft depth put my brad's, stuffed with fresh tuna belly, down and trolled west. After about 20 min hooked up and promptly lost a coho then 1/2 hour later I caught a wild one (man it was weird bonking a high fin hoho). Tried to take a deck pic but accidentilly popped the battery door open on my brand new waterproof camera (now hopefully drying out in the sun).  After about another  hour or so I lost a nicer one at the boat when the wind blew the yak into the fish  when I was about to net it and my line got tangled in the mirage drive.  At this point big sheep are escaping the barn and I decide to nose into it and troll north into the slop.  No more action and it was getting really fluffy out there. Steep wind waves made for an uncomfortable ride.  I head in and promptly huli, in front of what seems like all of Beaverton, on the beach break that has formed this summer on the  North end of  the PC Surf zone.  I gather what's left of my pride and my gear, load the trailer and think that this less then perfect day was over only to have a  Tillamook County Sheriff write me a FAT ticket for rolling trough the stop sign while leaving the Pelican parking lot.   

I would go tomorrow IF the forecast had less wind.   Forecast with less wind will equal a yak blood bath.  Hope it happens before the Quota gets filled..

Great reports guys!

Wish I'd been there.   

-Spot-

Sunday....Paddler....Banger???

looks to be a significant improvement over conditions today, that offshore flow is nice at PC ahhhh sweet salty cow dung

Depending on how the forecast shakes out I'm totally down for PC on Sunday

Depending on how the forecast shakes out I'm totally down for PC on Sunday

In less something drastic changes with the forcast, looks like I'll be seeing you boys Sunday morning in PC.

Report: PC 9/4
Fisherman: Pelagic, Jammer, Ling Banger

Morning fishing was slow, intercepted radio intel said fish were to be had out and deep. We worked 160-180 fow and got no action, then Jammer and I continued out to 220 fow. He picked up a nice silver. I hooked a beast down around 125ft had it to the boat twice but it eluded the net and got off. Jammer then lost one too. Beautiful conditions, except for pretty heavy fog rolled in around noon.

Ron called it a day and radioed said we all had parking citations, but the sheriff was going to take them back. He left mine. Found a sheriff, but not the one who issued the ticket.

I'm getting closer to ending the drought.

Awesome guys.  How far offshore to get to those depths? Were you using down riggers, or just a lot of weight?

Nice silver.