Holland 08/14 Evening - Solo 1 for 1

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

Set down @ 6:30pm in 150FOW north of the harbor and pointed the bow south.  Ran two Ninja divers with 40-50' leads tipped with reg and superslim spoons for SH & coho down 30 & 45' and a 5-color LC on a aft DR with a mag moonshine spoon; bait down 65-70'.  Marked a good number of fish in the bait range and up higher running with the waves into 135FOW.  Friday night in August = lots of boat traffic so zig-zagging or making a big push to go shallow or deep was not an option.  Kind of a 'stay in your lane' night.  Sun got behind the cloud cover about 8:00 and made the switch to Green Hulk & Raspberry Carbon RV (back charged) on the Ninjas and a green ladderback J-plug (charged) on the deep line now up about 60-65'.  Green Hulk down 44' took a 6lb king almost immediately in 130FOW but nothing else.  Before reaching Saugy, made an 8:30 turn to a north troll in 125-130FOW and ran that direction until ripping lines at 9:15.  Fair amount of boat traffic on the inside trying to get into the harbor.  Was able to pick out the traffic with radar and able to spot all the running lights.  But of course, there is that rush to push into the mouth of the channel and lack of 'give way' that you have to keep your antennas up for.  Nice night to be on the water regardless of the lack of catching.