13owhunter

Something probably got tangled on the way down like your spoon catching the line attached to your clip on the way down. If that happened your swivels won't help.

18.5 footer for me. Good advice above. I think the most useful weather data is which way the forecast says the wind/waves will go throughout the day. If it says its going to build throughout the morning and it starts to get a little spicy think of heading in or fishing close to port. If its a little spicy and the forecast says its going to calm down then Im more likely to go for it. Wind speed doesnt really matter as much as direction as mentioned above. Example: A couple of weeks ago I was fishing out of Sandy. Wind finder app said it was going to be flat and that the wind was going to shift around 10am with waves increasing as a result. Other weather apps seemed to suggest the same. Got out there and it was bumpy but fishable. (not flat calm at all) Sure enough, the wind shifted around 10 and it got pretty spicy shortly thereafter. We were prepared and were right in front of the creek so not a huge deal. Puling in gear was not fun as we fished until the last minute but nothing unsafe. If we were out a few more miles and fished another 30 minutes it would not have been cool at all. Probably wouldnt have been in any serious danger but I dont really want to beat up my old boat or myself. Unfortunately we have to be prepared to get to the dock and turn around if the weather isnt as expected. Ive had to do this once this year when predicted 1 footers were white caps and 4 footers.

Looks like bait. If you turn off the fish icons, it'll give you a much better idea of what's going on down there.

Love to see this stuff!

If possible, dont bring them in the boat at all and release at the side of the boat if they are still spunky. I tell my friends that if they want a Pic they are bringing it home with few exceptions. I'll have to try the boga rope trick....

While I don't fish solo very much i don't think i would run 2 riggers. I would opt for 2 wire (slide) divers and a sinking line presentation off a board or one rigger set deep with a big paddle and meat. Maybe a bit more technical to setup solo but should out fish 2 riggers most of the time and if you have a long line off a board tangles should be minimal. +1 on windfinder app. Its a cool tool but, as mentioned, is a guess. -My 2 cents

Great fish! What FOW were you fishing? We thought we waited out the rain and ended up getting wet. Guessing I was fishing a bit deeper than you this morning. Thank you!

Picked up some 30# Sunline Supernatural NoFlea Line from Fish USA a week or so ago and tried it out today for the first time. $40 got you 1,200 yards so not terribly expensive. My first impression was this stuff feels like a good quality line. Compared to regular mono it stretches a lot less but just feels good. It is also quite a bit thinner than "regular" line. The specs say 30# is .017. 20# Big Game is .018 so it is actually thinner than a tried and true 20#. I wanted to see how well this stuff compared to "regular" line so I only spooled up one of my reels. The other had 20# yozuri hybrid. (OK maybe not regular line but at least something to compare to) I really did not do any scientific tests with this stuff but at least I had a control. I had both rods down within 20 feet of each other and left them down for about a half hour or so fishing out of Sandy Creek at around 150fow today. Fleas were pretty bad. When i picked up both rods they both had a LOT of fleas on them. The Sunline didnt seem to be any better. I fished the rest of the morning with this stuff and am not impressed. My first impression is that if it helped, the results were minimal. That said, this seems like a good quality line. Reviews of the regular sunline supernatural are great and their flouro is top notch IMO. I will update this post after a couple more trips with my final opinion. Does anyone have any luck with other no flea line? In the past I sprayed my mono with silicone and that seemed to help a bit. I do want to try that at some point with this stuff and see if that helps.

We spoke at the dock. I got there a couple minutes before you. I started setting lines in around 100 fow straight out from the channel. Landed a 2 yr old king before i could get the 4th rod set. Fish hit a glow green alewife spoon 40 foot behind a slide diver out about 175. 2 minutes after i got my 6th rod set we landed another 2 year old king on the other slide diver out about 200. Same spoon. Kings were around 150fow. After that we had a steady pick of steelhead between 100-180fow. I believe we caught 5 or 6. One on the slide diver that ripped a whole lot harder than a 5# fish should, 2 or 3 on the rigger with mag UV spoon, one on a sliding cheater with orange SS spoon. Clean meat rig on a 300 copper off a board did nothing. Same as a FF on a 200 steel. Fleas were a bit of a pain. Was excited to try some new "no flea" line and it worked terribly. Ill post a review of it at some point. Nice morning to be on the water!