Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner

Air Temp: 56° - 60°
Method: Downriggers
Species: Pink Salmon
Bait: None
Color: Pink
Conditions: Cloudy
Tackle: Flasher/Lure
Time: Morning
Rating: 4
Views: 2300

Judy and I hit it again today and the reason I gave a 4 instead of 5 is that it was damn cold out there and to top that off, I sat on a wet towel and had a frozen butt all morning. Catching was slow compared to Friday and Monday. Instead of having our limits in a little over and hour, it took almost 3 hours. At least I had time to clean the Pinks between catching one. Depth again on the riggers was at 70 feet. We saw a lot of marks 30-50' but could not get a bite there. On the 4th fish I had just started to fight when Judy said there was a fish on the line she was bringing in. I told her just to hold off while a brought my fish in; however her fish decided to go to my side of the boat while mine decided to go to her side; luckily they did not tangle. But "Murphy's Law" then came on. My fish got caught around the shaft of the kicker, so I had to lift it up and then get the line off it so I could net the fish. Then the fish Judy had on got tangled up on the transducer so I had to strip down so I could untangle it----then it got caught around the prop of the main motor. I then lifted the main and somehow the line got twisted and I could not get it to release. So I pulled the fish in by hand, netted it and cut my line. At least we were able to beat Murphy.


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