# 48918: Subject: Pacific,

Submitted by Capt.Smitty of the RIPTIDE (ip 63.202.172.160)

• Fished on //

• Report received: 5/27/03

Water Temperature: 51
Water Clarity: 3 feet
Seas: calm
Weather: foggy
Fishing_for: salmon
Boat: Riptide
captain: Capt. Smitty

Report:
Ahoy there one and all!

It sure seems to me that this holiday weekend came early this year. Kind of like the fishing this morning! An early bite! I got a call on the radio about a bite just a few miles to my south. So after fishing for about 20 minutes and only catching one small silver (yes, they are back) we picked up the lines and ran south for a couple of miles. Since the ocean was flat calm and pea soup fog it was a easy hop down.

When we started to put the lines back in the water we had almost instantaneous action! Both deck hands Jeff & Zack were instantly busy with netting and uncrossing fish that were running all over the place in the back of the boat. Yes there were silvers mixed in and we did have to shake a bunch of them and some big ones too! We were doing well with the fish and keeping up with the tangles and pinning the fish as it was steady action when the "DRAGONS" showed up! The darned sea lions took us for several fish before my glaring and yelling at them scared them away (have you ever seen me when I'm mad?)!!!

As the day wore on the fishing did slow down but we were in great shape and ended up leaving the fishing grounds around noon with all the fish we needed!Gosh it is so much fun when the weather is flat calm and the fish want to jump into the boat!

Till next time!

Capt. Smitty