this is for 9/22-23 Dad,uncle,and grandpa all limited both days. left at 6:30 back around 10:30.
Running blue speckled and green speckled dodgers with green squid. 45-65' deep.
9/22 all 6 fish 4-6 lbs 9/23 all 9+lbs

Herring for bait they are getting more shakers than anything.

Area 5 Sekiu Sept 18 and 19, 2012

The F24 Xperience with Glen and Cami at Sekiu, Washington is always an experience for those involved but this time it was the extreme experience for me.

The good catching reports had me in great anticipation for my long drive to Sekiu.
We started off in the boat, leaving Olson’s both mornings around 6:15am and heading north, kinda. I was not paying a lot of attention. I was down on the downriggers 35-80 feet in 400-500 plus feet of water when I asked how deep the water was.
I got my limit both days. The first day I hooked a big one and saw it flop on the top of the water letting the hook go.
There were four of us each day so our limit was 8. The first day we let Coho go (nice fish to me) in hopes of a bigger one. We ended day 1 with 7. We did get a nice fish around 10-12 pounds.
First day my fish were caught on Wannafish A Lure Zebra Mojo, Pink Splatter Squiddy Thing (salmon size), and a green prototype I will call Shamrock Mojo. The second day the boat limited. I could not catch a fish on anything but Zebra Mojo. Glen was using a Zebra, also.
We ended the salmon catching with a double on the second day. Great way to end. We may have has another double which is part of my extreme experience.
On the second day, after getting our limit, we searched for awhile for bottom fish for me. We didn’t get any. We did get to see a whale! This is the closest I have ever seen a whale before. Years ago I saw killer whales out in Commencement Bay, long distance. This baby whale was searching the kelp beds and came over by the boat.
Now the extreme experience I had with F24 the first day! I was using the double Dick Nite Pink Splatter Dodgers with the salmon size Wannafish A Lure Pink Splatter Squiddy Thing, this is where I think we had our first double, my fish was landed, in the net and then George also had hooked one and was in need of the net. I reach down to unhook the, live and conscious, fish. I use a two hook set up, 2/0 trailer then a bead then 3/0 top hook. The top hook was in the fish and ...the trailer went through my forefinger. I screamed! Seeing it, sticking out the other side, I had flash backs of when I was a kid and my uncle trying to get the hook out of my finger, then others, then the fire department. We ended up at the emergency room and they cut it out. Apparently, I guess I was screaming at Cami to do something. The fish was wiggling around jerking my finger with it. I was thinking about her cutting the hook off and she is saying “what do you want me to do?” I look down at the thing sticking out of my finger. I know George needs the net. I think “I am going to have to do it myself.” So I reached out and pulled it out with my left hand. I thought “wow that was easy.” I can’t remember who got the net free of the fish. I was bleeding all over. I do believe we got Georges fish in. Thank God for barbless hooks. Cami gave me a couple of antibacterial wipes while she dug around for the first aid kit. She doctored it up and gave me a glove to put on and I was back to catching fish.
I had an awesome time. My finger barely hurts. After that we bonked the fish before reaching down to unhook it.
It will be close to the 1st of Oct. before we can experience Sekiu 2012 F24 Xperience. Stay tuned.


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My gf and I went to Sekiu for two and a half days and slayed the kings! Have to thank "Red" for the great report from last week. We used green flashers and "white lightning" coho killers. We had to weed through the sub-legals but came home with 9 hatches for 2-1/2 days! It was my best king salmon trip ever!

Fishing was not "HOT HOT HOT" as Olsen's said it was. but there were fish. We trolled a red e-chip flasher with a coyote spoon white and green. from 30' to 90' in 70' to 200' of water. Also used a flasher with pink and white and a cop car coho killer. Had a few shakers and a few wild silvers. Ended with one 6 LB and a 15 LB king. fished from 5 to 10 AM. Hit it again in the evening with only shakers and wild silvers.
Wednesday morning nothing but shakers and wild silvers.
Most other people had the same report. At 8 this morning the fish checker said only one boat had fish.

put in at olsens resort in sekiu and ran out to pillar point.weather was fair and wind was low.Fished from 7;00am until 9:00 am.caught our limit,although on the small side.One 12 lb and one 18lb.I gave it 4 stars because it was my first fishing trip in 4 years due to health.try again tomorrow,hope for something a bit bigger.