u/gondaelf

Hit Cape Disappointment again today. Drove out last night, camped outside of Naselle. We were ON the jetty at 5:38 am. Had to use headlights to see our bobbers before the sun was fully up.
Buddy caught the rockfish then, 3/4oz swim JYG swimbait.
Managed to land 1 wild Chinook (who went back) and the two cohos.

One was a female which is awesome because I want to learn to cure eggs. Any advice on starting my own recipe would be wonderful if y’all have any.

Floating herring at about 7/8ft, 1.5oz weight.

First ones of the year, feel I earned these. 26 hours on the Lewis the last week, got out today super late because of traffic.. flies were horrible on the rocks too, had me tweakin.

1 chinook RIGHT at 24”. 29” Coho hit soon after

Lesson learned -bring a net lol

Not to mention a few sharks, one tiny catfish.. currently chasing sturgeon tonight, steelhead/salmon tomorrow, then hitting bouy 10 next week.
We are truly lucky here. 2 hours in any direction and any species I want to fish for is at my finger tips.