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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

Unlike most, we report ALL our fishing trips so you can have an idea of how the catching is. Click on any picture to get a better view.

April 24

April 25, 2019 by Tom Dolan

(RAYBERT) Took the Raybert out for a salmon setup shakedown and it was wild! Limited out on salmon in about an hour and a half. Lot of whales to watch too. RAYBERT is now ready for salmon service! Good job Captain Ray getting the boat ready for the salmon season.

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April 24

April 25, 2019 by Tom Dolan

(MEGA-BITE) Rockcod fishing was a bit on the slow side today but ended well with a fantastic Orca Whale show. Great time and some quality fish.

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April 23

April 24, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Folks, the salmon fishing is off the hook right now. Best fishing in over twenty years and limits are common. We schedule three boats now so chances are we can get you out there soon. Look at our Availability Calendar for open seats. You can now view the schedule for three boats.

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April 22

April 23, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic again and wow! Limited out on lingcod right at the start then we went to work on catching canary, brown, vermilion and olive pacific snapper. Water was a bit chunky. The salmon bite is going real strong now too.

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April 21

April 21, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic Park trip today and what a great time and what a load of fish! Fish are biting as soon as your rig hits the bottom. Brought home 175 pounds of lingcod and brown, yellow-tail, canary, olive, and red pacific snapper to nine pounds and petrale sole! Weather was perfect. The salmon bite is red hot right now too.

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April 17

April 21, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic and salmon trip today and it was a long one!  Filled the box with limits of lings and some BIG rockcod then switched over to salmon trolling. We spent a bit too much time on the rockcod and not enough on the salmon.

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April 18

April 21, 2019 by Tom Dolan

We hooked a good number of fish but only got a couple in the boat. Better luck next time.

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April 19

April 21, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Weather was challenging for our Jurassic trip and we traveled well over fifty miles. Found some lingcod, cabezon and nice rockcod.

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April 16

April 16, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic today and the fish were hot!  Limited out on lingcod then went for big copper, canary, brown, and yellow tail pacific snapper.

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April 15

April 16, 2019 by Tom Dolan

The salmon are still scattered and we hooked into five.

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April 13

April 15, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Water still a little mixed up from the storms but we found some fish to cooperate. A lot of fun and some great catching.

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April 14

April 15, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Headed out with the moms and grade-schoolers today and what a great time! The 8-10 year-olds were busy all morning hooking up fish. Got into some really nice blues, yellow tail, browns and red pacific snapper. Taco night!

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April 12

April 12, 2019 by Tom Dolan

The wind has finally started coming down and we’re ready for some more salmon fishing. Our past few days were for Jurassic Park so we didn’t get to fish salmon and with high winds it’s not possible to fish Jurassic Park so… we stayed at the dock. Couple more days of local potluck then we hit the water again for salmon! We have a few seats left in April on the MEGA-BITE and plenty of seats available on the Salmon Streaker and Raybert.

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April 8

April 9, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Today was supposed to be a Jurassic Park trip but with the good salmon bite going on it was decided to go for salmon.  Well, the bait signs seemed to have moved away and the fish were scattered. We hooked into four salmon within the first hour and got two in the boat.  The group then decided to make a run up the coast to Deep Reef. By the time we got there the wind was already up and the fishing was pretty slow but found some big yellowtail, canary and brown pacific snapper. The guys worked real hard and put in a good effort today.

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April 7

April 8, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Crushed it. Today was our first salmon trip for 2019 and it did not disappoint. We found some bait and birds and worked it all day and found some fish. Lots of fish. We hooked into 17 fish, let one short one go, three came off at the boat and the good news is… we brought home six limits plus crew fish for a total of 13 NICE salmon in the box! Yep, MEGA-BITE crushed it.

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April 6

April 6, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Today is the first day of the salmon season and the fish are here and they’re biting!

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April 4

April 4, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Fished the local reefs today and our two groups from Reno did great!  Limited out on blue, yellow tail, brown, and red pacific snapper and got to enjoy a whale show too! Blues were as big as three pounds!

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April 2

April 2, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic was on fire today. Limits of lingcod (let a couple more go back to grow) and big canary and olive pacific snapper. Great day!

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April 1

April 1, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Today is the first day of our 2019 fishing season and we are excited!  Should be a banner year for both potluck and salmon fishing.

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