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My comments may not apply to you, and FYI I run a 19 ft aluminum side console, but here you go: I get sea sick easily. I hate cuddy style boats and much prefer open boat setups even in rain and cold. I bring the clothing to make things comfortable. Generally, I prefer side consoles, but not sure who makes them in the 20+ ft range. If it's wavy enough that I'm getting the bow to chop into the waves it's too wavy for me to be out there anyways. I also prefer outboards because they're easier to maintain and you can keep the boat ready to fish much earlier in the year, and fish much later into the year. I would also say I prefer rod trees to a rocket launcher holder setup because with long dipsey leads i have people walk to the front of the boat and make netting easier for the person at the back. Two downriggers. Rarely do I find I would want a third. Electronics? I've gotten used to my Humminbird 10-inch graph. Has a chirp, down imaging and side imaging. For salmon i pretty much exclusively use to simple sonar (either high frequency or low frequency depending. I also usually run with gain maxed out. Fish-Hawk is a must. For setups, I usually have 3 diver rods (2 wire, 1 braid). 3 downrigger rods. 2 w/ 20 lb test. 1 with 15 lb test. 3 leadcore setups - 2 color, 3 color 5 color. Copper setups - 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 coppers.

Late report but here it is: Fished from 5:30 to 8:30 pm setting lines in 170 fow. We worked west into 210 with nothing then worked back east. Went 4/5 in 185-170 fow with two nice steelhead and two 6 lb kings. Hits on 300 copper mag bloody nose, 200 copper yellow plug, downrigger at 125 with 11” white flasher fly, downrigger at 95 with mag blue dolphin, mag diver back 225 with kevorkian spin doctor. Cloud cover let us escape the heat and although the flies were bad, didn’t have too many biting flies. Great evening on the water.

On a solo mission. Launched at 4 and ran to 150 fow. Worked out to 280 and turned north and three steelhead hit the deck quickly. Super slim spoons down 60-70 on the downriggers. Worked back in with two lines on downriggers below 100 feet looking for a couple salmon. Just hit one in 145 fow on the big white paddle down 105 feet. 8 lb immature king. Will see if I can get my last fish. 2.6-3.2 speed at the ball for all fish.

3/6 now. King on a blue spoon 300 copper in 90. Ran out to 200 fow. 1/3 out here diver back 225 with a moonshine RV don’t know name. Also 300 copper went again.

Fishing by the piers in 40 fow now. 1-2. Kings. One on 5 color and RV Flounder pounder and the other on a yellow plug on a size 1 diver back 45. Not marking much. Anybody know if things were good in GH this morning?

Short story - 4/6. Longer story - Started setting lines at 7:10 pm. Had our spread in by about 7:20 pm. Had our first bite around 7:30. Next hour was quite eventful. Fished with a south troll 2.5 mph starting straight out of Holland in 105 fow. Stayed in 105 fow until we came back in. Ended up with three kings in the box, 1 small one, 1 medium, 1 large. Also picked up a nice catfish. 7:30 pm - 400 copper with bright colors superslim spoon - small king 7:35 pm - 250 copper with green glow plug - 10 lb catfish 7:40 pm - 200 copper with purple superslim - fights us a while and gets off 8:00 pm - downrigger at 95 with 11" white paddle - big king - 20 lbs (wraps up in line and makes us turn around to chase) 8:05 pm - 150 copper with dreamweaver ladderback plug - big king - eventually gets off 8:30 pm - downrigger at 95 with 11" white paddle - medium king No bites from 8:30 to 9:15 when we pulled lines.

Tried the harbor. Was loaded with fish but they weren't much interested in biting. Warm water.

It's been a great year for fishing solo. Going out in the morning again. Back to work tomorrow afternoon.

Limited out. 7/7. Downrigger down 55 with silver streak bloody nose was hot. 3 coho. 2 kings. 1 steelhead. 1 lake trout. Mostly in West Platte Bay crossing the shallow water - 65-75 fow.

Doubled up and got em in. 20 lb king, 8 lb steelhead. Downrigger down 55 with a bloody nose silver streak and a bright colored super slim on 150 copper.