Went up to Whidbey with my wife on Sunday/Monday to get in a two more days of fishing before the beaches closed. We started around 10:00 AM both days and fished till around 4:00 P.M. The first day was pretty quiet, threw a combination of rotators with hoochies and floated some herring. Had a few takes on the herring and lost them both close to shore but the fight was fun (and I generally release them all anyways.) Most of the fish in the area seem to be on the smaller side, had quite a few just nibble at the bait but never take it.

On Monday we went out and it was pretty dead for most of the day. I threw out everything I had in the tackle box with no luck, even tossed a fly out there. Around 2 P.M. a local named Joe who we had met the day earlier came by and chatted for a bit... he had been fairly successful both days while most around us weren't catching much. He recommended a white and pink buzz bomb with a pink bead, and was nice enough to give us one of his. Sure enough that did the trick! My wife had it on and not 5 minutes into fishing with the new lure she catches a small pink. Over the course of the next hour we caught 9 or 10 fish of all varieties (Trout, small pinks, flounder (I think), and a small ling cod). All in all it was a fun afternoon, the only thing that eluded us was a large salmon. Included some pics of the fish my wife caught, all released.

Special thanks to Joe (wherever you are!) for the advice and buzz bomb.

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