It's change-over day and, once again, it’s sad saying goodbye to a great bunch of people and super enthusiastic anglers. They were all more than willing to rise extra early to make the morning tides at the mouth and then stay late to fish the 3rd tide in the evening. As our youngest guest (Joey Goodwin, age 11) said ‘it's all hard work and patience’.
Thanks to their dedication they were able to find the runs of Coho and Pinks that are coming in with the northern fish. The Wall was the favorite destination of the trip when the weather was good and it was producing Cohos and Pinks in the mornings. Then it was usually a bottom-fishing trip over to Calvert Island to escape the lunch time winds, finishing up with some more Cohos and Pinks at Darby Channel in the evening.
As we mentioned in the last report, highlights of the trip were Sherry Pitzel’s 35 pound Chinook caught at the Crow’s Nest and Logan Burbank’s 75 pound halibut caught at Calvert Island.
We’re still awaiting some rain to bring the runs up the inlet, but it’s good to be getting some action in bulk at the mouth even though the Chinooks are, for the most part, unseen.
The small salmon are definitely moving and I'm looking forward to seeing what the next trip produces. So tune in next time to hear how it goes.
Until then, keep your eyes on your tips and your lines tight.
Fishmaster Matt
King Salmon Resort, Rivers Inlet