9/16 Genny-Russell Rep

[LongLine]

Launched 5:30 at the River. 1st one in today. Took it slow on the way out. Made a loop around the mouth 20-25 FOW. Didn’t see much but looked back & saw 8 boats behind me. Worked out a little deeper till the sun came up then headed West towards Russell. Wasn’t going to get caught up in this: (At 1 count there were 47 boats) Calm with patchy fog till about 8:30.

Anyways, saw some screen activity in 37-42FOW & stayed with it going west. Surface 63F, 25 ft down 61F. Found some cooler water ½ way to Russell – 58.5F down 25. Came across this guy on the rigger, Watermelon NK 80 back, 2 1/2 at the ball heading Southwest. (19Lb King, clean). Lots of energy in this beast he made 3 good runs & broke water twice.

Pretty good scum line formed from about 25FOW off Mud Pond to about 45 FOW just East of Russell. Found a new J-plug floating in it. Strange, but it was a couple degrees warmer on the North side of the line.

Got this guy at 25 over 40 FOW off Russell. Bloody Blk/Silver R&R. Again 2 ½ at the ball, same heading. (26 Lb King, clean)

(box is 27" long)

Some wood in the river. A lot of wood on west side of piers. Couple of really big logs. One had to be 15 ft long & 1 ½ ft diameter. The Stephen B. Roman came in earlier. He may have made a path, although most of the mud seemed to be towards the west. Some guys having a good day, some not. Couple boats went way out & sounded like they were doing well. Ragboats out in full force. Off at noon.

Luck to all,

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[GLF]

Nice report Tom. Must be nice getting those big Kings all the time.

[LongLine]

GLF - Big-O fishery strong this year. Fall LOC derby 20th place was 32 Lbs. (winner 38 Lbs) Water temps strange this year with cold water piling up on West end. Strong Easterlies in last couple weeks finally pushed it to the South shore. Every once in a while we do run into these: (from a month ago or so)

:o