# 54212: Subject: Pacific,

Submitted by Capt. Smitty (ip 63.205.185.193)

• Fished on 8/9/2005

• Report received: 8/10/05

Water Temperature: 57
Water Clarity: 10 feet
Seas: calm
Weather: foggy
Fishing_for: Salmon & Rock fish & Ling cod
Boat: Riptide
captain: Capt. Smitty

Report:
Ahoy there one and all!!!

I know I have not been reel (or is it “real”?) attentive to my fishing reports, but I attribute much of that to the fact that this summer’s fishing has really been fantastic and I have been running all over the decks with Deckhand Zack “Gaffing and Bashing Fish” left and right -- from having wide open rock fishing with ling cod chasing everything swimming and latching on piggyback-style to the rock fish to having free-swimmers following other lings that are holding onto other fish. Onward to salmon fishing and catching 30 pounders which have been putting a hurt on customers, to hitting pockets of shakers and having to work through smaller fish and then finding those little pockets of big ones where the rods bend over double with another throbbing rod, knowing that on the end is another fish of a lifetime for someone. Add to that having to dodge the whales because they are also feeding on the abundantly rich schools of bait everywhere and I do mean everywhere!!

Seems as if the whole ocean is alive with life!!!

Now don’t let me white wash this and make you think that every day is a wide open fishing bite!! Well maybe every other day!!!!

This is the time of the year that I dream of with the fog laying down on the water and flat calm seas. Knowing that it should be a great day for one and all with the hopes of not too many falling prey to the old sea sickness! I think today we did not have one person down with the old dreaded “mal de mar.” The ocean was so calm today the boat was spinning in circles and drifting every which way making my job harder and harder to try and figure out which way would be best to drift for rock fish. Ahh Shoot just set up on the tip of the rock and let it drift a different way each time which really does work out well because you hit a different area. What was that I heard?? Some one calling for the gaff again???? Oh no it was just Zack hollering “FISH ON”!!!!!

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