limits on halibut trips
Halibut fishing is a repeat of the last 3 years. LIMITS on all of our trips so far this season, and boats in early. The halibut have been a little smaller so far this year with a 20lb average. The largest fish I filleted was 36lbs. We have 3 more days of all depth Halibut [...]
Spring Halibut and Salmon
Things are getting exciting around here as the anticipation of the Halibut and Salmon season are quickly catching up with us. The deckhands are in the back room putting new line on the polls and making sure everything is in good working order, the Coast Guard has completed all their inspections and signed off on [...]
Oregon Salmon Fishing Season 2010
Fishing Season Alert: The Oregon Chinook Salmon season opens May 29th with a two fish bag limit per fisherman. The season will run through September 6th 2010. Additionally, the 2010 Coho Salmon season will run from June 26th through September 6th 2010, or until the quota of 26,000 fish are caught. Professional staff at Captain’s [...]
Spring break fishing
Well we started out the Spring break with a bang. yesterday we limited on the Rockfish with a few Cabazon, and 3 Sanddabs [flounder] and all but 3 of a limit of Lingcod. The ocean was flat, no wind, and around 66 degrees. What a perfect first day of spring. We are out again today [...]
Limits all around on rockfish
Well I am at the end of a long day at the Idaho Sportsman show. We had a good Saturday. I feel like I have talked to everyone in Idaho, at least my voice thinks so. About 11 AM I got a call from the skipper of the Enterprise, one of our charter boats. They [...]
Lots of Lingcod – Great Fishing Over Last Weekend
Well, after canceling our trips for the first two weeks of of February due to a very rough ocean, we finally had a few beautiful days last week end. The ocean was flat with very little wind and the fish were biting. Quite a few limits on Lings, [2 per person,] and some limits on [...]
Good catch of fish
Tuesday the 9th was a good day for catching fish. The morning started out cold and clear and the ocean was flat. It took about an hour from the dock to start fishing. The Ling cod were on the bite. Everyone caught their limit with a lot of releases. The rock fish were biting a [...]
5 hour rock fishing trip
Sunday’s fishing was real good. It was the catching that was difficult. A few small Lingcod had to be thrown back with three legal ones [ 22 in. or bigger] put in the basket along with a few rock fish. I think they averaged 2.6 fish per rod. I have been fishing all of my [...]
ocean looking better
Well, the storms have subsided a little and as I look out our window I see a few commercial crabbers heading out. It looks like we have a 2 day window of 15 to 20 kt [around 20 to 25 mph.] winds and 12 to 13 foot seas instead of the 18 to 20 foot [...]
Ocean has been rough, “fishing delayed”
Do to the rough oceans we have not been able to get out and fish. Everyone including the commercial crab boats are at the docks. We have had back to back storms for the last two weeks, with wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour. The weather should be calming down soon. Captains Reel.
