I fished Whatcom Creek for a few hours Sunday midday through afternoon. Fishing the chum off the seawall was a first for me and I ended up there because the Nooksack was a running high. I started with a green and silver metallic corky/purple yarn combo and after a number of gear adjustments ended up fishing flame red yarn. I felt very uncomfortable up in the shoulder to shoulder snag fest by the falls so I focused my efforts down at the corner. I hooked 13 fish 2 were foul hooked and the balance were hooked in the mouth or on the head. I fought about 6 of them and of those; the seals had their way with most of them. Two fish ended up in the collection tube.

I may give the area another try, maybe fishing a float/jig combo from the far side. Even for a combat fishery it is a pretty competitive fishery. There was lots of yelling at each other and elbow throwing. In fact one poor guy, an older gentleman hooked a fish at the same time as one of the teenagers fishing the area and the two fish got wrapped up with each other. The kid kept yelling at the guy to cut his line and the older guy was completely overwhelmed. The kid who had already snagged a number of fish ended up cutting the other persons line and the poor guy was devastated. Not fun to watch!