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Puget Sound - August 8th, 2011
  • Recorded:
  • Cloudy
  • 62 ° F 
  • Fishing: Excellent
Pinks are in. The humpies have finally arrived and can be targeted easily from shore or from a boat in close proximity to shore. We landed 20+ fish in 5 hours on Sunday morning.

5wt-7wt Rods with clear, intermediate sink tips (floating lines can work with heavily weighted flies). Pink shock and awes, pink clousers.

These fish run concentrated in schools mostly and run within 50-100 feet of shore approx.


 
Puget Sound - August 8th, 2010
  • Recorded:
  • Partly cloudy
  • 63 ° F 
  • Fishing: Excellent
Tuna Fishing out of Hammond, OR (No Standard Body of Water for Pacific Ocean)
Weather: Overcast in the morning, sunny in the afternoon with moderate seas and bar
Fishing: 18 fish hooked, 13 to boat
Flies: shock and awes are all you’ll need (and I wouldn’t want anything else)
            Imagine a 200lb Chinook that never gets tired…If you can’t go tuna fishing. There is nothing like landing a tuna on a fly rod. First of all, you’ll need a stout 12 weight to land a 20lb fish. We’ve all heard stories of 100 yard steelhead runs. While I’ve never actually seen one of those I can tell you that the first burst of a hooked tuna will easily take 100 yards off your backing…and expect 2 or 3 of these in an honest 20 minute wrestle with this impressive fish. If you can land a tuna you can land anything. You NEED to get down to Hammond and go fishing with Chuck. He’s a cheerful, salty captain who listens to what you want and gets you on top of fish.
            Some things to keep in mind for your trip: Bimini leaders, these fish fight hard to the end and you want a leader that can handle the constant shock and tension that come with tuna. Polarized glasses are a must, the glare from the water will burn your eyes by the end of the day and having some polarized protection also lets you see these beautiful fish in the water (believe it or not you will probably have an opportunity to do some sight casting!!). BONINE, if you might get sea sick… you will; take a BONINE the night before and 1 ½ when you get up and you will feel great without the drowsiness of Dramamine. The bait switch, ask Chuck to point out the bait switch to you before you shove off so that you make sure you DON’T turn it off. When a fish is hooked, he throws some live bait into the water to keep the fish around/bring them up (hello sight casting). You really need to book a trip. If you don’t believe me, next time you’re in the shop ask if anybody’s ever been tuna fishing and see the reaction you get…you’ll never be the same once you’ve landed a tuna.