[Paddlewise] Fw: Gulf/San Juan Island fishing advice?

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Foodman <klagjf_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: dkruger_at_pacifier.com <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Gulf/San Juan Island fishing advice?


>
>>Two suggestions (they are linked):
>>
>>1. Become more aggressive in your jigging:  go deeper and in rockier
>>places.  >
>
>How do you find rockier places?  For instance, the side of D'Arcy between
it
>and Little D'Arcy seems rocky but shallow.  On the Haro Straight side of
>Little D'Arcy there is no indication of rocky bottom.
>
>>2. Seek out deep passages (>40 feet) through which the tide moves at a
>>good clip at max flood and ebb CURRENT, and fish at SLACK current (so
>>you can get the lure down -- if it's not bouncing on the bottom, you are
>>not fishing).  That's where the alpha fish hang out, and as you take out
>>the top fish, the pecking order will move lesser ones in behind.  Most
>>groundfish are very territorial, and if you do not get a hookup within a
>>few casts, you are not down, or the fish are not there.
>>
>
>I bought an extra heavy cod jig so I could get to the bottom even in
>current.  It was too heavy for my rod but I used it anyway.  Till it got
>snagged and I had to break the line.  I was in a rented CD Libra with my
>wife, who scoffed at my impatience when I told her that there were no fish
>here after a few casts.  Thanks for justifying my action.
>
>>To validate my suggestions, when I visit the Broken Group, I have no
>>trouble catching dinner for two with an hour of fishing in the passages
>>between the "outside" islands (Batley, Wouwer, etc.) near Gilbert.
>>OTOH, I have never had a hookup with anything worth keeping in the
>>quieter waters "inside"  (bay just off the Gilbert campsite over towards
>>Effingham, for instance).
>>
>
>I had the same experience in the same place a number of years ago.  But
have
>not been back there since.
>I also did pretty well on a kayak trip to "outside" islands near Tofino
>about 15 years ago but have not been back.  I guess that the Gulf Islands
>are too "inside" and too civilized for good fishing.
>
>I won't be back again till next summer.
>
>Jerry
>

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