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Area 7 San Juan Islands Fishing Reports
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By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 5/26/2022
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I was happy to find the spot shrimp were still where I left them last year, me and my buddy limited in three drops. Dropped the first pot at 2 and were done by 3:30 throwing back all the small ones. ...
By: BentRod
Posted: 5/14/2019
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This is a three-day trip report for halibut (didn't really get to try), Lings, and shrimp:
Drove to Whidbey Wednesday with the intention of launching my buddy’s boat that evening and mooring it a...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/2/2018
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The ling opener has come and gone, for us a great day on the water but finding a legal ling was not in the cards. Launching at Cornet Bay we were underway by 6:30-7:00. After cruising under the bridge...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/5/2018
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Holy smokes we’re on a roll, 3 trips in less than a week! As a last-minute thought; Friday afternoon, we decided that Saturday morning we were going to splash the boat at the Squalicum Harbor ramp in ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/1/2021
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to area 7 for the lingcod opener. Unfortunately the tides were not in our favor for opening day. We went anyway and had a great time. We fished around Blakley island and a couple other spots....
By: rseas
Posted: 5/16/2021
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, I know that it has been ages since I posted a report. September 28th, 2020 to be exact. Unfortunately, it’s not because I’m holding out on sharing fishing information. Basically, I haven’t been fi...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/11/2020
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Back on the water, Mother’s Day 2020. While we usually do an event, this year we planned a Mother’s Day ling cod trip followed by a feed on the beach and beach combing. Knowing our mothers enjoy their...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/9/2020
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a little late but I went up to area 7 to fish for a slot limit lingcod the day before the shrimp opener. I launched in the morning with plans of heading toward new areas for me (Orcas I...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 6/22/2020
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Since the fog bank scrapped the morning halibut fishing we decided to go and drop some shrimp pots until fog lifted. Great decision as we were able to find an area away from the ripping current on th...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 6/22/2020
Species: Halibut
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The best laid plans were derailed by the fog bank hanging around the south side of San Juan, so we did not hit the fishing grounds until the afternoon tide. It was quiet, only one other boat in the ...
By: haverman83
Posted: 8/29/2017
Species: Atlantic Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well decided to try out the Atlantic salmon fishery since people been getting tons of fish well tons over the weekend but I also heard they started netting on Sunday but figured why not try but boy we...
By: psykh
Posted: 8/26/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to help reduce the Atlantic numbers. Great day out fishing, these things are hogs. Saw tons of boats out, but our boat had more action than most. Great day overall.
By: truckman1966
Posted: 1/22/2014
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Well we waited patiently to let the WDFW let us keep the pinks we saw rolling and jumping about a week earlier, so the first weekend after MA7E/Bellingham Bay was open, I took a couple buddies and my ...
By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 5/10/2015
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We launched from Washington Park and started fishing in a hundred feet of water at first light. We had two in the boat by 10:30am using herring and octopus and two bags of chum. We were anchored next ...
By: urbanangler
Posted: 7/5/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
On a boat cruising trip with others, brought my big sea troller pole as bonus entertainment. No others in my party we fishing. While anchored in a bay, I still fished a whole herring off the bottom a ...
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/21/2011
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome crabbing! Made the approx 35 mile boat ride from Anacortes to somewhere near the north end of San Juan Island, thurs Jul 14. Set up camp on shore, and scoped out where we would be dropping p...
By: VA TrOuTsLaYeR
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water around 10 am. Lost 2 fish. One being around 25 to 30 pounds. Caught this 21 pound hatchery king around 2 pm. My first king and had a great day on the water.
By: F'Sean
Posted: 7/20/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped my knew pot next to freeman island and let it sit for a couple hours. Pulled up two redrocks one of which was good sized. 6 3/4in. The other was normal, 5 3/4in. Not the best day of crabbing I...
By: rseas
Posted: 7/15/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to do the crab opener in marine area 7 East. We arrived at the ramp in Larrabee State Park around 2:30 pm and found the ramp high and dry. We ended waiting a couple hours for the tide to ge...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
aug,12=5 aug,14=5 aug, 18=3 aug,19=5 aug,21=5 aug,26=3 aug,27=5 aug,28=5 sep,02=5 sep,03=5 sep,04=5 sep,05=3 total dungeness crabs catch=54
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
on sept, 02=5 on sept,04=5 total dungeness crabs catch=10
By: wintersteelhead
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Dispite the huge tide, Dad and I went for a day of Halibut. A little lumpy when we got to Middle Bank but we had a great downhill drift. I set dad up with a spreader bar,24oz weight, and a bubble gum ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/2/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to area7 south for the crab opener. spent two days out, and man, i could write a book about the whole trip, but I'll get to the goodies. 7/2...3 keeper dungies, 2 keeper red rock, 3 small C...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/27/2004
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Both days were socked in by heavy fog so I didn't wander out to far in my 12' aluminum boat. We fished from 6:30am until 10am both days. The first day we got 6 shakers and the second just one al...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2004
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Ling Fishing has been nothing short of Phenomenal. From 8 feet deep to 180 feet they are there in abundance with many fish over 40 inches. The key to our success has been finding some greenling ...
