Took my two neighbors on their very first salmon fishing experience over to Brewster for some chinook and sockeye fishing. Our plan was to go over after work on Friday and fish Saturday morning until the afternoon. Well the raging fires in the area caused alot of concerns from our wives, but after alot of convincing, they succumbed to our rational pleading and let us all go. For the most part, the smoke wasn't too bad and was really forgotten about quickly as our attention was heavily distracted by the consistent salmon bite. My plan was to fish for kings from first light to about 10 am then switch over to sockeye fishing and try to get a limit by the early afternoon. Well good plans never seem to come together like you want, but it's always an adventure and a good time when you can fish for kings in the morning then go after sockeye in the afternoon. To make a long story short, plus the fact that I am writing this report on my smart phone, we went 3 for 6 on kings, allowing all three of us to each battle a king to the boat. The kings were about 10#, 12#, and 16#, and unfortunately, all were wild and did not get to come into the boat. When the king bite died down, we swiched over to sockeye and it was fast and furious once we got the depth, trolling speed and bait situation figured out. My two neighbors had some trouble getting the rod out of the rod holder, popping the line out of the release and fighting these feisty fish, but overall they did exceptional considering they never fished for salmon and used downriggers before. We called it a day at 2 pm because one of the guys needed to get home and we left with 11 sockeye, just 7 short of our limit. The bite was still good when we left. We had a blast and I can't wait to get down there again, especially with the record run of sockeye this year.

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