Gary Krein
Gary Krein
averaged bait beach columbia finally fish past possession trip
We averaged one or two fish on each trip this past week, and we fished Columbia Beach and Possession Bar. Some bait finally showed off Possession.
accounts either fish helping kept mark percent rate scholars-and-scholarship since single track
I've been helping fisheries keep track of the mark rate, and it has been very good. We've had a mark rate of 60 to 65 percent since it opened, and that accounts for every single fish that we've either kept or released.
fish places point possession strong winds
The winds were pretty strong to fish Possession Bar, but you could have fished at places like Point No Point.
fishing nice pounds reason seen
Fishing is good. I haven't seen any reason to leave. There are some nice fish up here. We got two at 11.5 pounds (Tuesday).
bluff fair obviously saturday scratch traffic trouble useless weekend
We had a fair weekend in the Useless Bay/Double Bluff area. There was a lot of traffic up there. Everyone was obviously having trouble where they had been fishing. Saturday was good. Saturday was scratch fishing.
hoping needs tough week
It's tough. For over a week it's been very tough fishing. I don't know what the story will be ultimately, but it needs to turn. I'm hoping they're going to be late.
bar bluff double everywhere fish found heard legal low morning possession sunday
I wouldn't say it's a slam-dunk, but we've found fish everywhere we've fished. We fished Possession Bar on Sunday morning and didn't get a legal fish, so we went over to Double Bluff and did OK. But I heard Possession did come on at the same time, on the low tide.
fish five past three trips week
I know a person who made three trips this past week in Saratoga Passage, and got five hatchery-marked fish on every trip.
good hat head racetrack saturday
I fished Saturday and it was very good on the racetrack between Camano Head and Hat Island.