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Fishing with Dad at Dash Point Dock – Saturday, August 27, 2011

5:49A.M. - Oops!!!! I can’t believe I woke up “late” with regard to fishing at Dash Point. The general rule is that if you’re not in line by 5:15A.M., you will be hard pressed to find a place to park, and parking is very limited here.

6:20A.M. – We arrived at Dash Point and much to my surprise, there were quite a few empty parking spaces. Shortly after parking, I got our gear ready and taught my dad the ropes of combat fishing from a dock. He seemed to adapt fairly quickly after he made a few underhand casts. He chose to start off with a buzz bomb and I chose a homemade jig.

Fishing was pretty good from the start, as I saw school after school pass by. However, our initial luck was not too good. Despite having the benefit of polarized glasses to see approaching schools of pinks before others could, and strategically placing our lures, we just couldn’t make the final connection. The pinks were ignoring my dad’s buzz bomb and I kept blowing every opportunity from the strike to the hook up, and to fish on. It was not a fun place to be when folks on either side of you are hooking up and catching fish successfully. I was 0 for 5 before I knew it. Talk about pathetic!


8:30A.M. – The tide was still rolling out and we had hit the doldrums if you were fishing the side of the dock facing the wading anglers. Most of the action was now taking place at the front of the dock facing the deeper water.

11:00A.M. – I was ready to call it quits and bummed that I didn’t get him into fish. However, my dad didn’t feel like giving up just yet. It was shortly after this that I finally hooked and landed our first pink. This renewed his vigor and fueled determination to catch at least one because he didn’t want to go home skunked. I love that attitude and spirit! He continued fishing while I cleaned the fish I caught.

12:00P.M. – At the stroke of the bell at noon, he threw down in front of a school and got his first hook up. The salmon he had at the other end of the line was very feisty and was pulling out a lot of line. By the way it fought and surged, you would have thought it was a chum. The entire battle from fish on to fish landed had my dad’s heart beating quickly and pumping hard. Thankfully, my dad brought her in successfully.

We had to leave after that and were home soon afterward. All in all it was a great time spent together.

Toni

8/28/2011 5:20:00 PM

As always, an outstanding report!

knotabassturd

8/29/2011 3:01:00 PM

I must have just missed bumping into you guys or maybe just didn't notice you out there. The 1st pic is a little too small for me to see if I'm in the background or not. The fishing was ON DA HOOK for a little bit there LOL (had ot leave to work in the thick of it shortly after U). Great writeup and report (echoing Toni)! Love to see the young ones, 'first salmon' ones, and older ones landing fish

islandbass

8/30/2011 8:39:00 AM

Knota,
Were you wading?

Thanks, Toni!

knotabassturd

8/30/2011 10:12:00 AM

ib- nope I was on pier. In fact, I think I can see myself BARELY in the pic from my computer at home (bigger pic view). Look over the left shoulder of the guy with the white hat on backwards. You'll see another far-off guy (well, his head anyway) in the background with white hat on fishing the main length of the pier near the cleaning station 'corner'. That'd be me :-)

islandbass

8/30/2011 1:35:00 PM

Dang! I know we ought to fish together since we're in the same neck of the woods so to speak. How did you do that day?

knotabassturd

9/2/2011 7:34:00 PM

Not sure which day that was- I fished a couple of those days right before work for maybe 1/2 hour-40 minutes. I think it was Friday where the fish were all over my jig. But I lost a few to my jig hook (bending out). Think I may have only caught one the day of your photo. Was there about 40 minutes I think. Yes it would be fun to bump into each other (and realize it LOL). Hopefulyl when the fish are ON DA HOOK! Haven't said that much this year. Yet. Good luck!

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