Cascadia Big Fishing Year Hits 82 Species and Still Going!

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Cascadia Big Fishing Year Hits 82 Species and Still Going!

Post by uplandsandpiper » Mon Nov 10, 2014 8:12 pm

Its been a long while since I update you on my progress. This year I set out to catch/harvest 50 species of fish/shellfish in Oregon and Washington. I am excited to say that I smashed that mark back in July. July, August, and September proved to be very fruitful for the big fishing year and I quickly climbed into the 70 species range. Things have slowed but I continue to add species here and there while still enjoying this year's epic salmon run on the Columbia. Here are some photo and video highlights.

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Spot Shrimp was my 50th species for the year. I soaked a pot in Sequim Bay after digging gapers all day. I pulled the pot by hand from 150' and nearly died. The pot had exactly 1 shrimp! LOL!


This was my first geoduck (Species #53). It was work and I was really glad I had my best fishing partner there to help me out.

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Caught a nice walleye (Species #56) from the kayak in the Multnomah Channel.

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This monster Red-tailed Surfperch (Species #57) was a catch of a lifetime.

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If I could choose what I'm doing on my last day on this planet it would be fishing for albacore tuna (Species #58). I love these fish!

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My first but ever! (Species #67)

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A couple of China Rockfish (Species #72) made for a nice day spent kayak fishing with Gray Whales at Pacific City, OR.

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A long overdue Channel Catfish (Species #78) taken from the John Day River, OR.

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Getting chummy for the first. Chum Salmon (Species #79).

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Striped Surfperch was species #80 for the year!

Still hoping to pick up a few more species for the year. You can access information on all the species I've caught by following the links at the bottom of the page. I've also done a couple interviews with newspapers and online fishing media pages. You can read those here.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/ ... ng-salmon/
http://hitchnfish.com/2014/11/04/a-look ... hing-year/
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