Blake if you ever want to camp and do Bouy 10 I recommend Vista park in Skamokawa to camp and launch at. We were the camphosts there the year before we left WA. Good people there
Thanks David! I thought the days of them opening in October were over. First time I can remember it being open in 10 years or so. Fingers crossed they open it again next season! Angler pressure was actually kind of low.
That's awesome you were able to catch salmon without a flasher. I've done it with a flasher and a hoochie (no downrigger setup). Curious if you know how deep you're getting without the flasher?
Fantastic, Blake. I sadly didn't even think to check about DFW possibly opening up the miniseason for wild fish. They sure look healthy, beautiful catches. Did you end up eating the mackeral?
Hey Blake, where did you launch at? Only fished out of Sekiu once a long time ago out of Van Ripers. Looks like you had fun, I've got a 15ft BW Dauntless that I obtained over the spring and outfitted for Salmon trolling. Live in Des Moines.
Hey Steven! I launched out of Mason's Resort. I think they're all good to launch from. All charge $15 so far as I know. I usually go Mason's because there are several launches.
These are Frazer river hatcher fish. When I fish which was last 2 weeks in Sept. I had caught several that had implants in there head. I was there when the Olson's had the marina. There is no such thing as a wild salmon since the indians took over the hatchers.
Hi Patricia! Over the last 10 years, that's what I usually take. Depends on the conditions. Most of the time fine. Often what happens in a 14 footer is you get blown off the water around noon. Which if you were fishing first light, ain't so bad.
@@patriciaward3207 I had 15 and 25s. 15 totally fine, of course 25 got me around faster. They rent big thick 16 foot boats out of Van Ripper's Resort and they run on 15s.
Yeah, it can be a little frustrating. I don't usually get into the rules on my channel. But I feel like I catch so many wilds, it'd be better for the fish if we could just retain them. It at least on wild. I think the mortality calculation is .25 for each released fish. I could be wrong on that tho. But I feel like I'll release 4-6 wilds easy in September.
