We went where fish weren’t. Evidently.
We gave it a try, though. And unlike the previous two outings, nothing went wrong with our equipment. So I view it as having been a positive outcome, relative to recent experiences.
The downriggers worked – both the old one (which I repaired a total of 3 times) and the new one we bought this week (which we had to wire a new plug for and add a new mount for). They are quite different, the old one is a Cannon brand, the new one is a Scotty brand. Moving from one to the other gave Art’s brain quite a workout, but we managed without any major issues, and only bonked the bottom once with a weight.
We caught a couple of too-small fish, so we threw them back. No salmon though. We went up to an area at the north end of San Fernando Island, along the San Christoval Channel, called Palisade. After there weren’t any fish there, we decided to troll along Cemetery Island and in through the North Entrance to Port Saint Nicholas, just southeast of Craig – in view of the town. There were a lot of commercial trollers operating in the area. But still no fish.
Year-to-date totals:
- Coho: 0
- Kings: 0
- Halibut: 0
- Other: 0
- Too-small fish sent home to mama: 3
- Downrigger weights left on the bottom of the sea: 1
