Lingcod fishing has been so good as of late that we’re releasing lots of legal fish after we get our limit while in pursuit of our rockfish bags. We have been catching them on both jigs and bait. Light tackle when drift is slow enough, medium tackle on fast drifts with a little more weight. Our lingcod limit is now 3 fish per person so we’re currently allowed one more fish than we normally are. Take advantage of this winter opportunity to put some high quality tablefare away in your freezers and enjoy the beautiful pacific ocean!! Photos are of the last two days out. Limits for boat and crew!!

The coho salmon fishery is starting to get going for us. While they are still summer size, they seem be be a little bigger than normal this year this early. Looking forward to some days of fast action in this fishery. It can be hard to keep more than 3 rods in the water when the bite gets hot! This is a good introductory fishery for kids just getting started in salmon fishing because there's usually pretty good action.

Left the dock shortly after first light on an outgoing current. It was a little bumpy going over the bar but once clear of the ebb slop the ocean was beautiful! Turned into a spectacular spring day off the oregon coast. We had steady action on good grade rockfish from the beginning of the first drift. The lingcod bite is excellent too. Limits of lingcod and rockfish for the boat and back to the dock well befofe lunch. We got lingcod on flukes, gribs, herring, shrimpflies…whatever we threw at them, they ate it today! Great crew work, good storytelling and an excellent vibe all around! What a day on the ocean