Holland Am 8-21-26

[littleboat]

What a rough fishing experience today, a forecast that called for light winds and 1ft waves. It turned out to be 3-5ft waves that continued with no break. I had to call it at 7:30am because it got to dangerous for solo fishing for me. But I  was determined to get something and I  went 1 for 3 with a 12#-6oz king  on a RV GLK Dolphin spoon I just bought yesterday. I only could put 2 riggers in water because of the conditions. Anyway got him on a N trl @2.6sog, ball temp 57.1°, dwn 57.5ft in 79.4fow at 6:42am. I crawled back to harbor still catching spray every other wave.
 
Nice to be out again... I think?
 

 

 
 

[Reel-y-hooked]

Well you earned that one Ed !

Great effort sticking it out and you were rewarded with a nice king.

[jdh]

Nice work while getting beat up in the chop!  Another option for rough days which I don't fish very often at all - I've found it easy to run 2 coppers on leadcore.  Set them in my diver holders on opposite sides of the boat and forget trying to put boards on.  Or just run one with a board.  Would have to go with the waves so you don't tangle up.  For me it beats leaning on the corners of the boat to set my riggers.

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

I remember fishing in the 3-5's and all I could think about was how I was going to get back in after running with the waves.  Glad you got one for table fair Ed.

And JDH, agree that is a great approach to run 2 long lines off each side w/o a board just to get something in the water that is easy to manage.

Looks like we got a good blow for the next couple of days - time to catch up on other projects I suppose.