Information For The Serious Angler by John Martinis November 2011 species of fish. However, I never try to New Puget Sound Travel Edition get so immersed in a style of fishing that Salmon Seasons This Issue Includes: I under appreciate other styles of fishing. Dave Murphy's Area 5: Sport Fishing Lodge That intro brings us to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. July1-August 15: Daily Kyuquot Sound BC Limit, two salmon, plus two additional Pinks. Release wild My good friend Keith Getty has been chinook, wild Coho and Island Outfitters trying to coax me for several years to Chum. South Padre Island Texas join him at Murphy's Sportfishing See closure Area Lodge. I hear so many stories about so August 16-Sept 18: Daily See Discount Gift Certificate many great fishing spots, that it makes my own personal fishing vacation Limit, two salmon, plus two Promotion on page 8 additional Pinks. Release choices hard to make. 2011 was the year Chinook, wild Coho and to join Keith on his annual journey up Chum north. We made the trek to the North end See closure Area Kyuquot Sound of Vancouver Island and out to Kyuquot Sept 19-Sept 30: Daily limit Sound in mid-July. The first leg of the Murphy's Sport Fishing Lodge journey is across the Canadian border two salmon, release chinook Vancouver Island and chum and to the Tsawwassen BC Ferry. Once Nov. 1-Nov. 30: Daily limit on Vancouver Island we drove to the two salmon, only one may be a All of us dream about the places that we town of Campbell River. We stayed the chinook. want to go fishing one day. Many other night at Campbell River. Feb. 16-April10: Daily limit times we can't wait to return to a fishing one salmon. spot from the past. In the November That evening we stopped by a fishing “Fishing Journal” I want to share some tackle shop to see if they had some Area 6: stories from a couple of places that I special fishing equipment that was not Selective Fishery Area fished at this year. available in the US. While we were July 1-August 15: Daily there, there were a couple of anglers Limit, two salmon, plus two One place is cold water fishing on getting fishing licenses, one of them additional Pinks. Release wild Vancouver Island. The other is warm looked up and said, “Hi John”. So much chinook, wild coho and chum. water fishing at South Padre Island, for some anonymity in Canada. See closures Texas. Both of these fishing spots are Chinook Release Area great areas to fish and I would highly The next morning we left Campbell July 1-Aug 15: Daily limit recommend them of you. River and headed up the highway. If two salmon plus two you have not driven the length of additional Pinks. Release As I have gotten farther along in my 38 Vancouver Island, it is a very scenic Chinook, wild Coho and year fishing career, I have found that I drive! We reached the turn off to head to Chum prefer styles of fishing as opposed to the west side of the Island. Not knowing Entire Area types of fishing. The style that I prefer what to expect, that part of the journey August 16-Sept 18: Daily the most is “jigging”. I like jigging for was very interesting. We turn off on a Limit, two salmon, plus two fish in deep water and also for fish that gravel logging road that I would additional Pinks. Release are in such shallow water that I have to describe as good by loggers standards. Chinook, wild Coho and spot in order to catch them. Jigging to This road is cut through the mountains. Chum. See Closures me is more of a hunt. Types of fishing The scenery was remarkable. About an to me might include only fishing for one hour down the road there was a small John’s Sporting Goods Web Page www.johnssportinggoods.com Indian village. I was amazed that anyone 12oz jigs made that he uses for both Oct 1-Oct 31: Daily limit two would be living that far off the beaten halibut and ling cod. Keith makes the salmon, only one chinook.. path. I guess that is just the “city boy” in first drop to the bottom. Bang! A 50lb See closures me. Another hour went by and now we halibut. I am impressed. A few minutes Feb. 16-April 30: Daily limit were at Fair Harbor. Fair Harbor is a boat later I land a halibut that weighs at least one salmon. See closures launch and a place to get boat gas. It also 40lbs. We are inside the first hour of is the access point to Kyuquot Sound. fishing and have almost 100lbs of fish on Salmon Area 7: This is where we would be picked up by board. July 1-July 31: Daily limit Dave Murphy. two salmon plus two Now it's time to slightly change location additional Pinks, only one We unloaded all our gear so that we can and to fish for ling cod. Dave asks us to chinook. See boundaries and load it into the boats that would take us please release any ling over 40lbs. I said closures. out to the lodge. As I was taking my gear to myself, “I hope I catch a ling that big to Aug. 1-Sept 30: Daily limit down the dock and to Murphy's boat, the release”. We drop our jigs to the bottom two salmon plus two first person that I saw said, “Hi John”. in 225 feet of water. Instantly, Keith and I additional Pinks, only one The person greeting me was John Misich both have a ling on at the same time. chinook. Release wild Coho. from Snohomish. Remember, this is a Keith releases his first 40lb++ ling. Nice See boundaries and closures. day's travel from home and two hours catch, but it goes back. My ling is in the Oct. 1-Oct 31: Daily limit down a dirt road. Seeing someone that I 25lb range. This is fish'n! I don't need to two salmon, only one chinook, knew in a fairly remote area made me tell you about every ling we caught release wild coho. See grin. because if I did this would be just a story boundaries and closures. on jigging lings. The one way that I could Dec. 1-April 30: Daily limit We arrived at the lodge, which is a describe the first morning jigging for two salmon, release wild floating ship. The ship is anchored in a lings and halibut is, “epic”. I fished chinook. See boundaries and remote setting about a half hour from Fair Swiftsure Bank when it was still open closures. Harbor. There wasn’t any chance of years ago for fishing on the Canadian side knowing anyone here. The ship is of the border. This was Swiftsure Bank Area 8-1: equipped with several bunk rooms, two on steroids. Just, the finest fishing one Aug 1-Sept. 30: Daily limit bathrooms and a well equipped kitchen. could expect and it was only 10:30AM. two salmon plus two There are docks that surround the ship, additional Pinks, release all making it easy to access the fishing boats. After fishing ling and halibut we trolled chinook. Everything that you need for relative for Chinook and Coho in the same area. Oct. 1-Oct 31: Daily limit comfort, they have it. We caught several Coho and we each two salmon , release chinook. caught a Chinook. Needless to say, we Nov. 1-April 30: Daily limit Once you are at the ship, there is no time did not rip the salmon fishing up that two salmon, release wild wasted or sitting around. Dave Murphy afternoon. That didn't matter; I was ready chinook. knows that his customers come there to for more jigging halibut and ling cod the fish. After a quick snack, the fishing next day. Area 8-2: guides were ready to take us fishing. We Aug 1-Sept. 30: Daily limit went out to where Kyuqout Sound meets When we got back to the ship later in the two salmon plus two the ocean. The ocean was rough that first afternoon, many of the boats had already additional Pinks, release all evening. We didn't catch any salmon that returned. Some of the other boats (five chinook. See clousures evening but a couple of the boats did quite boats fish out of the lodge) fishing out of Oct. 1-Oct. 31: Daily limit well on Chinook. the lodge loaded up on Chinook. They all two salmon, release all had their limits of halibut and ling cod. chinook. See closures The next day, we were going out to do Two halibut over 100lbs were weighed in Nov. 1-April 30: Daily limit what I went to Murphy's Sporting Fishing the first day. Every boat had at least one two salmon, release wild to do. On the morning agenda was halibut that was pushing 50lbs or more. chinook. halibut and ling cod fishing. My favorite There wasn't any small halibut. I would Tulalip Terminal Fishery: two fish to catch. We fished that day with estimate that all five boats exceeded Dave Murphy. Dave has these special 200lbs of fish that first full day of fishing. Shellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421 Immediately upon arrival back from the shallower water than the day before. Tulalip Bubble: June 3-June fishing grounds, the fish are cleaned and 18, Open Friday through filleted to your liking. They will cut your We needed some Chinook, because we Monday Noon. Closed on June fish any way that you want it. The fish sucked at salmon fishing for the first day 19. Two salmon limit, plus are bagged and put in a freezer. and a half. Now we'll see how good this two additional Pinks. kid is. Both Keith and I are twice this June 20-September 5, two As I was boarding the ship to get cleaned young man's age or much more. salmon limit, plus two up, I was met with the finest aroma of Probably much more? Keith and I have a additional Pinks. Open Friday freshly baked apple pie, homemade bread whole lot of salmon fishing experience through Monday Noon. and a roast in the oven. Most lodge food between the two of us. We have to put are September 10-25, open is pretty darn good. The cook must have total confidence in this young man. Saturday and Sunday, limit been a chef from a 5 star restaurant two salmon, plus two because her cooking was superb. For Picture this; the ocean is calm, the sun is additional Pinks. breakfast the next morning there was shining and there is not a cloud in the sky. Closed June 19 homemade cinnamon rolls that she This is just too picture perfect for good cooked while we were sleeping that salmon fishing. We just get started Area 9: night. The next night was steak. This far fishing and we put a Chinook in the box July 16-Aug. 31: Daily limit away from the supermarket you would that was a solid 18lbs. The next three two salmon, plus two expect the fruit and vegetables to be just salmon were Pinks. We let them go. The additional Pinks. Release wild OK. Not so, the fruit and veggies were next fish is a Coho. Another Pink. Then a Chinook and Chum. See the finest quality you could get. What a Chinook within a ¼ inch of the first closures first class operation. Chinook. It takes six more Pinks to catch Sept. 1-Sept 30: Daily limit another Chinook and a couple of Coho. two salmon, plus two When I woke up the next morning, I had Then the Pinks hit with a vengeance. additional Pinks.. Release jigging lings and halibut on my mind. They hit on 6” spoons all colors of squids; Chinook and Chum. The questions ran through my head; we could not find anything that they did Oct. 1-Oct 31: Daily limit would the ocean be calm enough to go not like. The Chinook were still on the two salmon, release chinook back to the same spot? Could it be bite, but we were getting worn out Nov. 1-Nov 30: Daily limit possible for the fishing to be that good dealing with the Pinks. Before noon that two salmon, release wild two days in a row? A new guide today, day, we had limits of Chinook, Coho, chinook. he's only in his 20's, is he good, what kind lings and halibut. This kid was good. I Jan. 16-April 15: Daily limit of corners will he cut? Let's get going, would even go a step farther, “he was the two salmon, release wild this young man pulls away from the dock best saltwater angler that I have chinook. on time. I like him already. On the way personally ever fished with”. I will tell Area 10: out to fishing grounds, this young man you what this fishing guide had that other June 1-June 30: Catch and talks a good story. If he catches half as guides don't have. This kid was all release only. See closures many fish that he claims to, he must be business while fishing. He wanted to be July 1-July 15: Daily limit darn good. the best. I could tell that there was two salmon, plus two something more than the money that additional Pinks. Release All five of the lodges' boats fished the drove this individual to excel at what he Chinook. See closures same hump in the ocean that morning for was doing. He wasn't changing lures July 16-Aug. 31: Daily ling and halibut. We caught all of our because the fish were not biting. He limit two salmon, plus two halibut and ling cod before any of the changed squid and spoons based on bait additional Pinks. Release wild other boats figured out what we were sizes. He could have cared less on what chinook. See closures doing. This kid (young man) was smooth was working the day before. I have Sept. 1-Sept. 30: Daily limit and very good! Now we were off to fished with very few guides that I feel had two salmon, plus two salmon fishing. This boat limited out on a complete understanding of the additional Pinks. Release ling, halibut, Chinook and Coho the day dynamics of saltwater fishing. Most Chinook. See closures before. We were headed to a completely guides that I have fished with want to Oct. 1-Jan. 31: Daily limit different area than where we were fishing impress me with all their big fish catches. two salmon, release wild the day before. Closer to shore and much I have only one criteria that makes me Shellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421 comfortable with a fishing guide: What's Fishing at Kyuqout Sound is most likely chinook. See closures on the end of my line. I could care less as good as any place in Alaska. They Elliot Bay Fishery: about last week, the last big fish or some have it all. It is very remote. There are no Aug. 19-Aug 28: Open Friday VIP client. Anyway, this kid was such a roads into Kyuquot Sound past Fair through Sunday only. Daily delight to fish with. When I say he was Harbor. Fishing for Halibut and ling cod limit two salmon, release the best saltwater angler I have ever could not be possibly better anywhere. Chinook and Chum, plus two fished with, I say that with all sincerity. It's just not possible. There are lots of additional Pinks. Fishing with Darn good! good salmon fishing spots. But, there are bait prohibited. Other very few places left that have it all. One restrictions apply. See We finished the trip with at least 100lbs of those places is Murphy's Sport closures. of fillets or more each. That's a lot of fish Fishing. to catch in 2 1\2 days of fishing. Especially considering the fact that we See the information below to book a trip didn't boat a fish the first evening of or to make your connections. I would fishing. To sum it up; we started slow highly recommend making a reservation and finished up strong. In fact, we didn't on the Tsawwassen Ferry because the BC fish the last morning because we had Ferries are very busy in the summer. plenty of fish. Click on these links Puget Sound Let me tell you a little more about Murphy's Sport Fishing Lodge. All the Kyuquot Sound Crab boats are equipped with 10 ½ foot Tsawwassen Shimano mooching rods. The reels are Murphy Sportfishing 877-218-6600 Areas 8-13 the new Shimano Mooching reels. This www.murphysportfishing.com Will Open at 7:00 a.m. may sound funny but one of the most July 1, 2011. important criteria that I judge a guide by Harbour Air 800-665,0212 Will be open Thursday through is this; how full the reels are with fishing www.harbourair.com, Monday only through line. Very few guides that I have fished Sport Fishing British Columbia September 5, 2011. Any with have fresh fishing line and reels that www.bcfishing.com additional opening dates will are full of line. It grates on me to pay be announced in October. good money to fish with reels that are Refer to Shellfish Rule Change half full of well used line. Dave runs a BC Ferries toll free Hotline, (866) 880- tight ship. The tackle is in good shape. (Good idea to make advance 5431 reservations) 250-386-3431 The boats are Grady Whites and Pursuits. www.bcferries.com The boats are well maintained and they are clean. There wasn't any fiddling with Sport Fishing Institute of British the equipment while we were fishing. Columbia 604-270-3439 Everything worked the way it was www.sportfishing.bc.ca designed to work. Tourism British Columbia 800- This is one of the few lodges that I have HELLOBC www.hellobc.com been at where everything is on time. The guides leave at the prescribed time each day. The meals are gourmet and the cook is willing to meet any reasonable request. continued on next page The guides are experienced and they were never perturbed when fishing did not go exactly as expected.

Shellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421 species. However, the presentation use in the shallow water because they Island Outfitters has nothing in common with either. would suck up too much sand and South Padre Island, So, let's go down to Texas. grass. Texas One thing that you have to know All the rods they use for Red Fish are a b o u t Te x a s , e v e r y t h i n g i s six foot medium-light jigging rods. enormously less expensive than Most of the rods are equipped with Now let's make the transition from anywhere in the Seattle area. spinning reels. Skipper Ray uses a deep cold water saltwater fishing to Lodging is more than half the price combination of Shimano spinning shallow warm water saltwater fishing. than in the Northwest. You can stay at reels (2500 size) and Shimano bait a new Hilton in October for $85 night. casting reels. I preferred the bait Jigging as most of us know it in the If you want to go budget, you can stay casting reels for this style of jigging Northwest, is mostly comprised of at many nice hotels for $29.95-$39.95 that I will describe next. fishing for fish we cannot see. Once per night. Like most places these are you leave the Northwest and get to the off peak season rates. Food is There are two distinct styles of fishing Gulf States, fishing is so much inexpensive. I ate a brunch at the for Red Fish (Reds); chunking, in different than what our frame of Hilton the Saturday that I left and the which you put on chunks of bait and reference is. It makes me more fully tab was only $7.49. Almost all cast out as far as you can cast. Then understand and appreciate when a restaurants will cook your catch for a there is jigging which takes style, customer comes into my store and very modest price. A taxi ride to stealth and grace. After two trips, I asks questions that are only pertinent anywhere on the Island is $6. The bus am just getting good at jigging for from where he/she once lived before is free to anywhere it goes. Reds. coming to Washington. That is his/her frame of reference. Before you go fishing in Texas, you Jigging for reds is a visual hunt for have to understand the language. Reds. Sounds easy? Not so fast. Now, put on your suntan lotion and First of all, you greet everyone with, Skipper Ray can spot Reds 100 feet sunglasses and let's go to South Padre Hi, Y'all. Nobody asks, “how ya beyond the boat. He has an uncanny Island Texas where the water is 75 doing'. When you get ready to trained eye to spot the shadows or degrees plus and the weather fine change fishing location, its', “let slight variation in colors that only a most of the time. The low boogie” or “let's get on down the person who does this for a living can temperature at midnight will most road”. When you eat on the boat it is, ever get proficient at. Skipper kept likely be warmer than the high on a “let's get the vittles out”. A big fish is telling me that the color of my nice summer day in Western a “good'n”. I like it, Texan talk sunglasses was affecting my fish Washington. Sound appealing? makes you feel that Southern spotting ability. I wasn't buying into Does to me. Hospitality. that. He is just darn good at what he does and he proved it every day. I went on a fishing trip to South Padre Most boats that fish South Padre have island in 2010. I liked it so much that I no sides at all. If you drop something Once you spot a Red, you have to went again in October 2011. on the floor of the boat, it's going make a cast that doesn't spook the fish overboard. You hang onto to and to deliver the jig to where the fish The main fish that I target at South everything more dearly than you can swim to the bait and pick it up. If Padre is Red Fish (Red Drum). I also would in a Northwest style boat. All you cast behind the fish and reel fish for Sea Trout (Spotted Sea Trout). the boats go real fast. They must, toward the fish it scares the fish every The guide that I fish with is Skipper because most of the time you are time. If you plunk the jig too close to Ray, the owner and operator of Island traveling in less than a foot of water. the fish, the fish takes off like a rocket. Outfitters. The engines are equipped with fins The game is to cast off to one side of around the lower unit that deflects the the fish and work the jig over to the There is absolutely no relationship water downward so that the propeller fish. If done correctly, the odds of a between salmon fishing and fishing can get traction. Everything is so hook-up will be 50% of the time. for Red Fish. Except for the fact that different than what we are Casting to fish sounds easy, until you you can fish with a jig for both accustomed to. Jet pumps are of no figure in a 5-10 mph wind factor or a Shellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5421 dead calm day when everything many sand dunes and small islands. to cast. spooks the fish. Creeping up on to a Most of the islands have an elevation fish in 1-2 feet of water is no easy task. of a few feet or less. The most On our second day of fishing Skipper dramatic feature is the lack of water took me to the secret fishing hole. The jigs we used were ¼ ounce jig depth in 90% of the bay. There is very This fishing was right in the heads fitted with a 3-4 inch plastic little water that is more than five feet intercontinental waterway. We swimmer tail. The tails on the jigs deep. Most of it is just a couple of feet anchored the boat for this fishing. We were white or chartreuse. The body deep. This is a big place. On the far threw out two mullet and waited. It color was pumpkin, red or clear black side of the bay, you cannot see the tops wasn't long before we had the first flake. of the hotels on South Padre Island. strike. The rod bent over double to the breaking point and returned to its The first day of fishing was the typical Most of the sight fishing for Reds is original position with no fish on the day of fishing; fishing the flats in the done parallel to the islands. The hook. I thought to myself, “What the morning for Speckled Sea Trout with water next to the islands is alive with heck can pull that hard”. Whatever it top water plugs. This is exciting mullet. There are thousands of mullet was, it was big! We put new bait on fishing. I was casting a 4 inch top along any shoreline in the bay. This and only few minutes went by and it water plug with a rattle. The strikes provides a steady food source for was fish-on. This fish had some are called “blow-ups”. Sea Trout Reds. Most of the drifts are done so weight to it. This was a 33 inch Red. attack the plug by pushing water up that the wind pushes the boat along This was considered a trophy sized and then opening their mouths to the shoreline and at least 50-100 feet fish. However, all Reds over 28” swallow the plug. More often than from the shoreline. If the wind is not must be released. Texas has imposed not, a fish will attack the plug with blowing, the guide pushes the boat the same conservation methods that several blow-ups before it actually with a long pole. No easy task. we use on many species of fish in catches up with the plug. This is a Washington. We returned to this spot heart stopping experience. It takes so Skipper Ray is constantly shouting the next day and just slammed the much self control not to strike at a commands, “fish at one o'clock.” Reds. We caught and released five blow-up. If you strike, you miss the That's the clue to cast towards a Red trophy Red Fish that day. As Skipper fish. You have to wait until the fish Fish. Fishing Reds is the ultimate would say, “that's a good'n.” Truly takes the slack out of the line before experience in angler skill as I they were. setting the hook. Sounds easy? You described earlier. I don't think there is try it. It took until the second trip to anything more exhilarating than I fished for six days straight with South Padre before I could exercise casting toward a fish, watching the Skipper Ray. Every day was enough patience to get good at fish pick up the bait and watching the enjoyable. I am still no expert on catching Sea Trout. I am no expert at line go tight. Fish-on! These fish are fishing Reds but I am going back next this by any means, but I am improving generally 5-10lbs but it is not year to learn some more. rapidly. This style of top water uncommon for them to be 10-20lbs fishing is called walking the dog. and larger. The information below is the contact Very similar to jigging only it is done information for Skipper Ray. on the surface. Most mornings I Skipper Ray is not entirely stuck on would expect to catch a half dozen sight fishing. He has some secret Island Outfitters Sea Trout and get three times that holes where the Red Fish are 33-44 Skipper ray many blow-ups from different fish. inches (15-25lbs). The prep for 206 W Swordfish South Padre, TX fishing his top secret fishing hole is 78597 Once the sun gets high on the water, it much more work than prepping for Mobile: (956) 433-9935 is time to go elsewhere and to start sight fishing. To fish the secret hole, hunting for Reds. This might be a few mullet must be caught with throw net. miles away or 30 miles away. Going No easy task. The mullet can't be any 40-50 mph, it doesn't take too long to size; they have to be just right. It is get anywhere. 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