July 31st, 2009 – Big Weather

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Today I fished with Adam Sproule and his dad. Adam is a friend of mine who I have known as a steelheader for several years. This was the first time I had fished with him on the ocean. And what a day! There weren’t many boats out due to the 2-3 meter seas that a building Northwest wind was serving up. We bucked our way up to Wiah point and then turned and trolled back toward Masset with the wind. We landed one nice Chinook in the 20 lb range right off the bat and then proceeded to get into the Coho.

We landed lots more Coho, but the Chinook were hard to hook and harder to land in the big waves. After the tide changed midday, we were driven further and further back toward town with each attempt to run north. We were the last boat out there at the end of the day. Yet another day I’m glad I have the Grady White boat I have. It just proves itself in big water time and time again.