Hello to my "reel" frenz

    Good news from the big pond. King and Coho salmon have finally found their way into the shore waters. During recent outings, kings and cohos were caught in 85 to 125 feet with a thermocline at 75 to 90 feet below the surface.  That sure beats the 8 to 10 mile run out to 600 feet that was necessary earlier in the month. From now through Sept. the salmon will be staging inshore in preparation for their entry to the tribs. for the spawning ritual.

    Cut bait (herring strips) have truly made a strong comeback this season. We are using the big attractors...Oki Big Shooters and R&R Assassins with long leads to the Teaser Head. The water is still heavy with algae so glow attractors and glo heads will out perform their counter parts.

    We have been maintaining a bottom speed of 2.3 to 2.5 mph which enables us to also run some flies in conjunction with the cutbait. An occasional spoon and j-plug will also find their way into the pattern.

The BOYZ  from Brooklyn, NY Joe Tartamella (wood butcher), Jim Benedetto (wine taster), Paul Nuccio (lawman), and Marty Solomon (the judge) spent a busy Saturday with us catching kings.