We've been traveling for 2 days in unusually calm weather. How ironic that we struggled with the weather for 3 months and we get this now! Don't get me wrong - I'm thankful for mother nature's gift. Storms accompanied by heavy rains have chased us out real early as seasons go. This shows how this fishery is at the mercy of so many climatic variables.
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Jack
We're stopped 4miles outside of Humbolt Bay [Eureka, California].
The wind is still, the ocean reflects the lights of the town and the crescent moon. How decieving.
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Jack
Fished in severe conditions yesterday. Caught just short of one thousand fish.
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Jack
Morning. We've been out for two days, trying to travel down the coast.
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Jack
On pace for a personal record trip. OK sea conditions yesterday, better this morning.
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Jack
Morning! Fishing has been great. 1700 fish in the past two days.
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Jack
'Morning. Yesterday we ended up with over 900 fish, in ugly sea conditions. The swell was so big that when the boat went down in the trough we couldn't see out!
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Jack
'Morning. We left Westport yesterday evening. A big swell at the mouth of river [commonly known as "the bar"] rolled our asses off all night in a 9-13ft swell running south west.
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Jack
Got tied up yesterday at 1900 hrs. As soon
as I got tied up my eyes got heavy. [I woke up at midnight and thought alarms
were going off and jumped out of bed, it took a few seconds to figure out
we weren't moving and everything was ok].
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Jack
We're 36miles from the Westport Washington entrance buoy. 1500 fish two days ago, 332 yesterday by 1700hrs and now we're headed in.
Continue reading "Taking an ass-kicking from the sea" »
