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Another day out on the Skagit. Took the boy and a friend out. Got there around 830am on the MV sandbar. We passed by all the shrimpers on the way to the money hole and saw no fish on the bank. I started out with a pink n white dicknite for about 15 casts until I surrendered that to the river gods (log). 2 casts later lost my brand new nickle n chartreuse dick nite.

Thats it, moving down to a different spot. We ventured down about 50yds or so below another guy and 2nd cast got nailed on a Nickle n Green tipped medium dick nite. got a nice buck, clonked and carded him. Next cast hooked n lost 1 almost immediately. Next cast hooked n landed a nice hen, pretty darn chrome.

Needless to say this action went on for another 45mins. Fish on every other cast. I bonked n carded 5 for the smoker, lost about 5 or so and released countless others. Got the boy to get on the reel a few times, he sure was really loving this action, although mostly I think he just liked Bonking them on the head once we got them on shore. Made sure to give him the life lesson talk as to why we bonk them to make it so they dont suffer etc. Dont want him going around bonking everything in the head with sticks!!

Anyways again the Dick nite prevailed. Got the ever so satisfying glares during my walk back past the shrimpers who had been there for hours with my full stringer straining to stay off the ground til we got to the truck.


Best of luck to all,

-Casey

john maher

8/25/2015 9:51:00 PM

Nice job! I tried Young's bar for sockeye, but no luck couple of times. I may head up there for pinks for a change of pace from the Snohomish. Ok, how are you fishing the dick nites? standard drift fishing setup? Thanks!

AJFishdude

8/25/2015 10:53:00 PM

Nice report! Gotta love it when you outfish the people around you.

MotoBoat

8/26/2015 11:36:00 AM

Not knowing, I will ask. Since the little guy is to young for a required 16 yrs and older fishing license, does a child need a catch record card? Or, are all fish recorded on the adults card? I don't have children, and it never occured to me how this works.

Mr. Magler

8/26/2015 1:03:00 PM

MotoBoat - Youth under 15 (or 16? I can't recall...) still need their own catch record card for salmon even though they don't need a license. Says so in the WDFW fishing regs. Just found that out myself this year when I took my son out for pinks.

Jerome716

8/26/2015 1:19:00 PM

John Maher- I'm just standard drifting it, 6-8" drop weight (1/2oz-3/4oz) with about a 7ft leader to my dicknite. I've found the longer the leader the better for cohos on the skagit and it seems to carry over just fine for humpies as well. I'm telling you that this setup has just absolutely been a death sentence for humpies. I've gone out and caught n released 50-60 a day before my arm gives out. I use a 9'6" lamiglass ultra light rod with 8lb test line so its always a good fight no matter if its a 4lb humpy or a 15lb coho.

john maher

8/26/2015 3:48:00 PM

Thanks!

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