Northwest Fishing Reports

Thanks for the assist bodo

Hi all. I have a 16 ft Beachcraft I bought from the harbor master in Des Moines recently and I want to take out the factory original back to back seats and replace them with two pedestal mounted seats in front for more comfort but mostly to gain some real estate to walk around and play a fish. Has a...

Found a Penn Fathom master 600 on CL for $125 spooled with braided spectra line, comes with mounting plate and swivel base. That's gonna be my project for the weekend. Again thanks to everyone for all the great advice.

Good to know I will steer clear of Sammamish for now, nobody wants that kok fishery to recover more than me. Sounds like another pontoon weekend for me.

Thanks a million everyone I really appreciate the input. I had pretty much already decided to go with braid, I have no interest in a blackbox system I would much rather spend those Benjamins on gps and sonar equipment.

While on this subject please comment on wire -vs- braid. I fish out of an aluminum boat and cannot afford a black box so I am planning on spooling my rigger with braid, if nothing else it will be quieter than that annoying whine of a wire downrigger cable.

Thanks A9 that makes sense to me.

I been hitting Blackmans last couple of weeks figuring the weather would break a little bit. Can't take it one more weekend I gotta go fire up the Suzuki and do some trolling on Sunday, I hope it does snow, I never caught a quality cut in a snow storm before lol.

Now that you mention it Toni I just remembered my Grandfather had a Walker on his boat many years ago, he loved it. It was just a coil of I think aluminum tubing that straitened out to the pulley, and center retrieve. I never used it I was too young but I remember it on his boat.

Thanks edge, I was at Sportco talking to a smart old fella there that I trust and he is the one told me about the Scotty breaking down a lot, honestly I have never heard a Scotty owner say they have to buy parts and repair their unit often if at all.

That is interesting, I have a friend had an old Walker on his boat was a nice little downrigger, kind of a knucklebuster if you haven't used one before but once you bonded with it, it worked nice.

A mop jig really slow has been working for me, not all the time mind you I get skunked too. And I have not been on Cassidy this year but a brown MJ has worked for me there in the past this time of year. Good luck I plan to pay Cassidy a visit in the next week or two myself.

I have been told Scotty downriggers are functionally better but break down more than Penn riggers do. That is why there is so many replacement parts for Scottys at the sporting goods store. Penns are more simplistic and not as user friendly but never break down. I have operated lots of downriggers o...

One of the other good things about a boat this size is it is roomy, and because it is under 16 ft avoids a lot of extra special coast guard requirements.

I am conflicted I really like the smoker craft boat and the motor runs like it just came out of the crate, but I am getting older and feel the need for a little more comfort and freeboard when I am winter fishing ha ha.

15 1/2ft Smokercraft Pro Alaskan & Easy Loader Trailer(bearing buddies) both 1992. Tons of dry storage under seats and in the bow. Built in 12 gallon tank under the floor. Oil Injected Suzuki 25hp electric key start or hand pull motor runs perfect. Motor fully serviced every year runs like a dream. ...

NEW IN THE BOX NEVER USED. TICA SEASPIRIT SS seriesSS458CReel WITH LINE COUNTER (999 ft.) Features:Lightweight,tough one-piece graphite frame.Gear drive inbuilt line counter One-way clutch bearing.Forged aluminum spool & Sideplate holding nut.5 pcs precision ball bearings. Quick remove side plate no...

I could be wrong but if I owned a motor of that year size and model last thing I would do with it is take it to a scrap yard, I would likely part it out to maximize possible income. And then only if it was so internally damaged that repairing it would be more than the cost of replacing the motor all...

If the owner of the motor recorded the serial # and then reported the SN to the police when they reported it stolen, the police then automatically put that SN out to a data base to all marine repair shops. All reputable mechanics and shops check the motor model and SN to make sure they are ordering ...

I would be very careful if the seller has no paperwork of any kind, service receipts, a bill of sale something. The missing serial # would be a deal breaker for me because if it turns out the motor was stolen, if and when the police show up they confiscate it and you will be without a motor and the ...