tbromund Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Dad and I headed out Saturday morning and found a big pack of boats working the inside water so we motored out to 80 fow and set up. We worked the inside for a while and despite a reasonable temp profile (55 deg down 60) and a great picture on the graph with lots of bait and hooks, we couldn't get anything going other than a 3 lb brown out in 150 fow. Radio chatter seemed to suggest that most of the boats were experiencing the same, great screen but not a lot of action so after a couple hours, we pulled lines and ran offshore. Set up at the 28 line and trolled north. We worked the 28-31 lines and had a mix of mostly decent steelhead and a couple shaker kings, with one nice mature king of 23 lbs. By 11:30 the wind, which had shifted to the E-SE had started to build the offshore seas to 2+ out of the east and that started to make the N-S troll a little uncomfortable, so we pulled lines and called it a morning. I wasn't really keeping track but we probably caught 15-16 fish (mostly all released, kept the mature king and a couple bleeder steelies) and lost quite a few more. (Action included 1 triple header, lots of fun with 2 of us on board) Temps were higher offshore, we had 48 deg down 45. The mature king took a white/green dot SD and hammer fly on the wire diver back 140, took a couple shots on a lemon drop DW plug (J-plug style ) on the 160 diver, the rest were on the riggers at 35 and 45 on a variety of green spoons. Dad with the 23 lber Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefull Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Did you weigh that big fish? Using your dad as perspective (he is holding it tight to him, no arms out), it looks like a pig weighing more than that. Anyways, great fish, and photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbromund Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 yeah, we thought it was going to go 25 or so by looking at it also, but it was 23 on the boat scale and that scale has always been within a couple ounces of certified derby scales. Dad's not a big guy. Here is one of him holding a 30 lb for comparison Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ pluggin Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Nice job Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefull Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Regardless, very nice fish, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbromund Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thanks guys, the spring was kind of rough, but this summer has been great.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailer Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Looks like a great time with your Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore72 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Nice fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chummer Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Very nice fish. Take your dad with you every chance you get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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