Northwest Fishing Reports

You should have a better chance of good weather in September. Temps have typically dropped into the 70-80 range, so much more reasonable than the 90-100 in August and rain should be scarce. Probably wont be able to have campfires yet, but that also means no rain! I think you made a wise move, especi...

Late reply here, but mine is 44" at the back, outside edge.

Say it ain't so, hopefully some good storms can come through and disrupt this warm surface water. Seems like the salmon were just starting to recover! https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/new-marine-heat-wave-resembles-killer-blob-that-devastated-sea-life-on-west-coast-noaa-says/ #-o

Here is the quick excerpt from the regulations, note the section of closed waters. Different rules for North fork and for main stem, so check rules for your exact location. STILLAGUAMISH RIVER, SOUTH FORK - Snohomish Co. from mouth to 400' below Granite Falls fishway outlet (874) ALL SPECIES Sept. 1...

Prop shop in Mukilteo hooked us up, great people and very knowledgeable. Went with the 4 blade, and they thought that would help performance with my boat. Now just have to get some time for a water (fishing) test. Also they were cheaper than Amazon!

Heading to the Prop shop in Mukilteo, also found a thread on Glasply.org (nice recommendation 18ftTrophy) where a guy with the same boat was asking same thing so got some good tips on a 4 blade replacement. Might see if they can just repair this one to keep as a spare, depending on how I like the 4 ...

Sideburns, Thanks for chiming in with some sound advice. Guess I should stick with as similar as I can for now until I can get some on water WOT testing. I did like one four blade prop that stated better turning (hole shot) and better stern lift, which would be good in my case since I am often pulli...

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Thanks for the tips, I am usually pulling a dingy along so I do not have much WOT running time to know. Novice boater too so no idea what the ideal rpm's would even be! Typically I can only go about 13-14 mph to keep the dingy from freaking out at about 2400 rpm's. At least we did not end up like th...

Quick question about correct propellers as I will be needing a new one after an unnamed (wasn't me) person ran into some rock in the San Juan's last weekend. Luckily it was just bent a little and did not derail the boat camping trip, and we turned just fast enough to avoid running aground, but not f...

See attached link, also look up the old thread "public fishing rights in every state". http://courts.mrsc.org/mc/courts/zwashr ... rt0662.htm

We had this discussion after a homeowner on the Samish threatened to pull a gun on me!

Yes in Kenmore, there used to be a sign telling you to not eat those fish though due to contamination. Not sure if that is still in effect but might want to C&R, or check for details.

Also the lab in is Warm Beach (old fire station) now not Shoreline.

If you need any failure analysis on your broken pieces I can do that (www.simonforensic.com). See if there were material defects or something else. Also I have a Tundra with a 2" ball, just sayin (if I can ever find any free time)!

No issues this time out with the only change being letting the main motor idle down for 3-5 minutes after running, restarted perfectly every time. Nice to finally have a trip with no mechanical issues.

The other method is a milk crate turned upside down. I used a 4lb downrigger ball as weight, connected with a hardness from a crab pot and a retrieve line tied on the bottom (which became the top upside down). There is a description of that on the WDFW website. It was convenient for my last trip sin...

New plugs last year, new cap and rotor this year. Good thought on the choke, another friend mentioned that might be an issue. I should probably check the plugs to see what they look like.

Yes just when you think you got it all dialed in something crops up, but it is 41 years old! Not too hot, just still warm, as it did not cool all the way off during the time we were just hanging out with motor off. Wondering about something in the carburetor that might be allowing gas to continue to...

I have been having occasional issue with my motor not wanting to restart after we cruise around. The issue seems to only crop up when I have been running pretty good (when we motored up to top of Camano) at about 2500-3000 rpm (20-22 mph) then I turn off the motor for 20-30 minutes. When I went to r...

Ling cod is open and halibut is on select days. Fast decent device is to return rock fish to the depth so they might live since you cannot keep those in Puget sound.