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left the house about 2 so guessing 3 ish? Was not out long before the bite started

Auto inflating belt way to go, as often as not I will forget it is there until I sit in the truck

Shakedown lead to a few hours of fishing, the goose egg at the launch was a bit ominous but boat ran fine. East troll between 18 and 28 FOW, barely past Krull Park hooked a nice king and while fighting it hooked into another. 3 for 5, 2 nice kings and a small bow, lost 2 nice ones, guessing one was foul hooked, nearly spooled me. Green Bayrat shallow diver 300 ft back and dark green NBK spoon with gold back, leadcore off boards 1.5 colors out. All the fish were feisty per usual spring fish and returned to fight another day. Day was beautiful and it was real nice being out.

Me too! Check me out on left, this is from late 80s.... My buddy was pissed, we filled our punch cards, I caught the king I was holding, 2 out of 3 of the silvers my buddy was holding and the cabezon in his other hand as well.... I have been a mile out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca (before cell phones) stopped to fiddle with something and realized I had taken on a LOT of water.... FORGOT PLUG... Brought her up to plane (thank goodness she got there) and after it drained put the plug in from the inside, scared the crap out of me.

Not sure about that area but I launch out of Olcott and last few times I have been out current has been strong. Having to do almost 5mph SOG to get 2.5 at the ball depending on direction. Fish hawk worth its weight in gold but did not have on my old boat so I would watch blowback angle on rigger lines and listen as they will sort of howl or groan when going to fast. Find the bait and keep going back over it that way you are changing directions a lot and you can get a feel for the current and adjust accordingly

Our boy Waffles, if I so much as touch the boat he goes ballistic, high pitched yipping and tapping his front paws on the floor really fast.

Ran into a couple of small kings yesterday West of Olcott in 180 FOW. Both will live to fight another day, never left the water.

Caught 4 (plus 1 shaker steelie), lost 2, Was only out about 4 hours, off before noon. 44 degree water about 70ft down in 300FOW, stayed between 280 and 370 FOW seemed like every time I turned into the wind we were into something. Marked a decent amount of bait as well. Looking at the pics in this thread it seems all the 4 year olds are female, same for us, I dont think we took a male king.

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I worry a sticky trap would be completely covered with flies in about an hour but if you try it and it works please do update as any relief is welcome

I am allergic to stable fly bites, get red hives that blister and pop. Anyone in same boat I have a regimen that provides relief.... Clean the bites 1st with rubbing alcohol (key step). Then benadryl cream and cortisone cream (or stronger if you have script). If you have to work the next day have a few drinks before bed. If you dont have to work take a few Benadryl pills or just plan on not sleeping for a week.

Made that mistake a few years back, they went after my poor dogs ears

Fix it straight and use (or install and use) minn kota with ipilot

They have been there awhile, maybe more were added? About 3 weeks ago coast guard stopped me and asked about them, they did not know what they were for. They do appear to be PVC capped on both ends.

in my opinion it is worth the extra few bucks because you can leave the mounts in your Berts tracks and just pull the pin. Another benefit is when rotated in line with gunnel it can be used for rod storage while underway.

Correct in my case