Chinook Fishing Slowed, Coho Crazy!

[dss44]

Well...after how we have been spoiled the first month and a half of the season it was only a matter of time before a slow period occured. I'm not gonna sugar coat a report and say it is good when it is not...we are still catching the odd Chinook and TONS of Coho...but it isn't like it was last week.

It has slowed a bit for Chinooks (Coho's [10-15lbs] are still crazy abundant and giving fun fights). Last two days we have brought in 4 small Chinook...and out of 20 boats today we saw 0 Chinook caught and heard of 2 others being caught. So I'd say we were doing pretty good under the circumstances.

The small tide changes means bigger and more Chinook may not be expected until 4 days or so...and HUGE winds are coming on Monday and Tuesday (40 to 50 knots!!!!!!!! ), so getting to the fishing grounds may be fairly hard.

However, hali and bottom fish are still plentiful, and like I said earlier, Coho are everywhere and you are allowed 2 each of those. Also, good reports out of the Charlottes means great fishing is on the way for sure (usually takes 2 weeks for those to reach us from up there), and big fish are being taken too! 3 70lbsers!!! and a few in the 60's too! So Aug 1st we should start seeing some monsters runnning....looking forward to it

Cheers,
David