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07/24/2021
71° - 75°
Downriggers
Chinook Salmon
Herring Strips
Sunny
Flasher/Lure
Morning
51° - 55°
07/24/2021
4
4097

It was a VERY weird day to say the least! I had to take at least the one star off the day just because of all the mishaps.

We launched at 4:10am to a full moon and gusty winds from the north. About 10 minutes after we lauched,, the engine alarm went off and we lost power. It looks like the impeller motor for the main engine fried so we were left with only our kicker. Because we knew the tides and time were going to be outrageous, we decided to limp over to our waypoint off Possession Point with the tide and ride the tide back after 11:30 (slack tide). Unbelievably, from 4:30 to almost 11am, we caught nothing, but kept at it. We broke a downrigger pole-holder and the pole went over the side with it but fortunately, the clip was still attached to the downrigger cable, so we were able to recover it! We also broke a pole!

We had the first one to the boat just after 11am, then it was Fish-On for the next three hours. We had a total of EIGHTEEN fish to the boat, in the net! Two small kings we tossed back, 4 decent sized kings, but all natives, 1 king that had a clipped fin but was only 21 inches long, so we tossed that one back, 11 silvers but only one very small one with a clipped fin! So all that work and loss for a small silver! On the way back one of the bigger kings we caught (the one in the photo) right off the East side of Possession Point, we knocked the cover to our downrigger into the water and lost that as well.
We limped back in with only 1 small fish in the cooler but it was a very active day overall.

GAHH!!! sometimes The God's just aren't on your side!

BTW, that's me on the bow of the boat and my buddy Tim holding the fish


Comments

rmrauscher
7/25/2021 11:21:50 AM
Sounds like our day Thurs. No motor problems but left a small fortune in gear on the bottom, and nothing but wild fish!!!!
FishingTenor
7/26/2021 11:29:13 AM
Sounds like great practice with the net, but bummer about the equipment issues. I hope that all gets fixed for a minimum cost.
Seattle Pat
7/30/2021 10:33:02 PM
It turned out the impeller motor wasn't fried. We must have just sucked up a bunch of seaweed and plugged it. It wouldn't work at the moment because it was too hot. Tim said after he got home and flushed it out manually it was working fine. We used it on Monday and it didn't have any problems!
Finsider
7/26/2021 3:33:30 PM
We've ALL had days like that SP!! I launched one day & the big motor wouldn't work, then the kicker bagged it, & on the way home we blew up a tire on the trailer!! Those kind of days just make the good ones that much sweeter!
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