Review of the Second Half of the 2018 Season
The past week brought pulses of silvers swimming past the outside waters. Some days have been excellent, some days good. We’ve had a few rough days, a few calm days. Sounds a lot like fishing.
The size and fitness of the fish remain impressive with some coho reaching into the high teens and testing the 20 pound mark. We had a couple of days at Cape Edgecumbe when kings up to 25 pounds entered the catch for a few lucky anglers. When asked what’s the best way to get a king, my standard answer is prayer. Perhaps it’s better to look at it like you’re playing the lottery. Fishing for silvers is your ticket and random luck determines if you catch a king. But, what lottery ticket provides so much fun as catching silvers? You win either way.
For the past 10 days we’ve seen a steady building in blue shark numbers. This isn’t good news as they make it harder fishing for salmon and halibut. Cut-offs of gear from blue sharks can become so frequent that you have to move the boat and start over. We’ll be fishing about 2 more weeks in the 2018 season. Stay tuned for the final fishing reports.
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