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Went back to North Beach again today, this time with my brother and nephew. We set today as a day to fish as it would have been our dads 75th birthday. When we woke up we found out our grandmother, who was 99 years old, passed away this morning. Both had a hand in teaching us the love of fishing. On to the actual fishing. I arrived at 7am, and within the first hour landed 2 and lost 2 right at the beach. At 8am my brother and nephew showed up. Once I got them set up to fish, my brother quickly landed one, followed by me landing another. My nephew then landed the next 2, his first salmon ever! We fished until 11am. In total between us we landed 6 fish. I personally landed 3, and lost 4. I should have limited. Think I had the drag set a touch too tight. It was odd in that I actually was watching the rest of the beach, and no one else seemed to be doing as well. Seems like most left with that skunk smell on them. I was casting a size 2 buzz bomb, with a very slow retrieve and a slow steady maybe 2-3 foot rod pull. I saw a lot of fairly fast retrieves with some huge wild jerks on the pole. Pinks seem to like a slower, more subtle presentation. Rated this day a 5 due to the consistent, steady action even though I did lose 4.

LastCast

8/13/2015 5:58:00 PM

Very sorry for the loss to you and your family.

FishingTenor

8/13/2015 11:28:00 PM

Nice catch. Never forget the gifts that our elders teach us. You definitely had magic from the heavens with you.
I was out there last Sunday evening and saw one fish caught in 3 hours.

TeachingTitusToFish

8/14/2015 9:10:00 AM

Thanks for the post, sorry to hear about your loss.

shyork

8/14/2015 10:30:00 AM

Thanks for your report. Sounds like a good way to honor and remember those we love. Regarding slow retrieval speed and avoiding seizure like jersey of the rod, I have also found the same results. Fishing Mutiny bay two weeks ago, I noticed that everyone else was reeling fast and pulling hard enough to snag and no one was hooking up. I managed to catch a pink and silver worth keeping,with lots of action, and over a half dozen smaller fish I released. I fished for a while before getting it dialed in, I will say the speed and smooth rod pull are key! Cheers.

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