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wild at heart

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  1. If I was running just 2 coppers it would be 300' of 45# howie, and 300' of 30#. those 2 have taken a lot of fish over the years. I run 100 and 200 in 45# also. You have to get used to copper a little but when you do it does usually outfish everything else. CAUTION- you need to keep a thumb on the spool at all times when you start to let your copper out to keep it from overspooling. If it does, push the line back on the reel a little and grab it on the back side of the reel and pull up on it to get it free. Hard to explain but you'll figure it out because no matter how hard you try it happens(overspool). I hear the new nickel plated is much better for this but costs more. Copper can be spliced easy by just overlapping about 3" and wrapping in both directions like a haywire twist. Copper is well worth the occasional headache. The newer the copper the more it wants to overspool also.

  2. been waiting 5 years to take my grandson out and certianly worth it. We were 7 for 9. We dropped the ploes into the flush mount chute rod holder and he kneeled on the dog house and brough in all 5 of the big ones. Biggest was 16#. 130 to 150 mostly rigger bites, moonshine and paddles. He loved it even though it was pretty rough.

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  3. Mike, don't know about the overall picture, but the fish we are cacthing are considerably bigger. It started in NB and SJ with the coho being mostly around 3# instead of #2. Best spring king for us in the past has been 16#. We beat that 5 times already. These fish look different too. They look short and fat, not long and skinny. DNR biologist told me 2 years ago that short fat is much healthier. They have some real shouldeers on them this year. When you cut off a filet it is noticable thicker than last year. The fish look very healthy too, except the 2 biggest had some red spots that looked like bleeding under the skin, hope its not VHS. I think we have bigger fish this year, and looking at reports it seems like its all up and down the coast.

  4. I wish fishing was always this good, this spring has rocked. Fished this morning with Westwind and went 17 for 23 in 80 t0 100 straight out and south. Not as many big ones but 3 over 10 and 1 15#. Released 5 lakers 1 was 10#. Any spoon worked as long as it was a glow/magnum. ST45*, fished 45 down to bottom. No pitures today I left the camera on my boat,

  5. Sorry this report is a little late but had to work 2 12 hour shifts wed and thur, thought it might help some though. Fished with 2 boats south in 65 to 90fow. 19 for 27 with 6 or 7 kings over 10# including a 17 and a 19.25. Released 4 lakers on purpose and 3 steelhead not on purpose. Mag spoons on rigger down 50 and 70 were hot with blue and green dolphin.

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