Fished the 22nd and 23rd. were going to fish the 24th but not worth the slow action.
8/22- started late because of tides. i was at 55 feet, my dad at 35, and mom out the back with a diver. after a half hour or 45 minutes i got a really good downrigger release hit and it somehow someway didn't stick. that was all the action all day from coho. then after trolling went to pillar point in the kelp and jigged with macks lure sonic baitfish and picked up a limit of sea bass but no coho. there was bait all over but no salmon following.
8/23- started out casting today by pillar again and kept 1 HUGE sea bass. then kept drifting and found a big opening into the kelp and since the water was so clear we could see greenling going nuts over the sonic baitfish. we had 2 to 6 fish by our lure at once. after that we trolled for awhile with not a single hit. so went back to jigging and casting. and found another really good greenling hole. picked up 8 greenling total and 1 bass. 1 of the greenling was huge too. now we know where our bait source is next ling season.

scraig1962

8/25/2014 9:01:00 PM

Where are you buying the Sonic Baitfish jigs? Ive been wanting to get some after watching Pete Rosko's youtube videos but cant find them anywhere.

fishing magician

8/25/2014 9:29:00 PM

i know you can get them through macks lure website at this site. http://www.mackslure.com/sonic-baitfish-jigging-spoons.php or at http://anglerwesttv.com/sonicbaitfish.aspx. look at local tackle, hardware, general, etc stores. i watched one of Pete Rosko's videos too. good video. they work really well on bottomfish and salmon too. we just didnt get any salmon cause we were still a little early. the flutter and action was really good. we hooked into the head spot.

scraig1962

8/26/2014 6:59:00 AM

Cool, thanks. Ill probably have to order them online because I checked the local stores around my area. I have downriggers, but my 5 year old daughter hates trolling, so i'm looking for other ways besides using bait that she can catch fish when she gets bored.

BARCHASER10

8/26/2014 11:26:00 AM

Bummer! Wont be many Silvers inside Puget Sound until the action picks up at CQ. They have to go by there.

fishing magician

8/26/2014 11:44:00 AM

yeah scraig1962 my sister hates trolling too and she likes casting so i think i finally found something she might enjoy. your daughter should enjoy that. once you find a school of sea bass or greenling you will get bites every cast. just flip it into the small openings in the kelp. that is where we found the bass. the greenling were even more fun because they fight a little better and dont have spikes and are much prettier. we weren't right against the kelp for them. we found them about 5 to 15 feet off the kelp line in 15 to 30 feet of water. it wasnt rock but it didnt matter because the fish were there. i think it was more sandy but that is alright. its ok if you dont feel rock. 75% of the time when i dropped the lure to the bottom and that first jig up already had one on. it is tons of fun. they weren't small either.

fishing magician

8/26/2014 11:45:00 AM

i also tried other plastics and they only hit the sonic baitfish.

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