Relentless joins the parade...big kings at Westport!

Got the plan rolling early in the week to go to Westport after watching the Smackdown crew scratch for fish during the tourney, then tortured myself thinking I could catch a salmon on the 30th of July in the South Sound.... Saturday I couldn't buy a bite at all around Point D but Sunday the wounds were healed.

Mark, Steve, and I made a leisurely ride to Westport to arrive by 6AM and crossed a mild bar to find a decent ocean and headed West. We overheard a report of decent fishing and rolled down to see what was shaking. We found once again a portion of the fleet enjoying Sea World like conditions. Birds were abundant, whales left and right, and many different creatures in the zone.

Got it started by putting a nice 18 pounder in the box then proceeded to put a 28 and a 34-35 pounder to round out the kings. Coho fishing was a bit slow but we were able to get our 3 by mid afternoon.
The great part of the trip was catching and releasing so many nice fish. Guaranteed a dozen nice kings in the 20-30 pound class brought to the boat and gently released to continue their journey. We were all laughs and lots of fooling around....Just one of those days to remember!
Hot gear for us.....Chartreuse fish flash and a whole herring followed by a Q-cove flasher with a not so secret hootchie.

Thanks to Mark and Steve for their having shared so much of what they know with me over the years as well as having become great friends. I happened to have the rod that was on fire but I guarantee those guys have caught more salmon than I have ever even dreamed of.


Nice BIG OL king...Turned out to be a white! 34 maybe 35 pounds...




Q-cove flasher and Hootchie combo responsible for some of the carnage and the big one....Bloody deck included!





Steve working a nice one....Video link


http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/daveybeee/Relentless%20Westport%207-31-11/?action=view&current=RelentlessWestport7-31-11016.mp4


The fellas have some other photos and Mark's 28 was a gorgeous platinum hen that burned my retinas...Off to Ilwaco for the OTC this weekend and hope the tuna come to play!


Here's Mark's beauty!









Beeeeeeeee