09/09/2026
It was back to work this morning with two clients after a few days off for the holiday. Morning bite was kinda slow but we did hook a seal on a pink hoochie that took us for a ride!! Cranked on it for 15 minutes with our Edge 360 pro and our Gamakatsu short shank 2X pile driving hooks. I’ve always told my clients that we could crank in a seal on that combo but the seal took us into the rocks and swam away with our flasher! We didn’t intend on hooking a seal because they are protected by the 1972 Marine Mammal protection act signed into law by President Richard Nixon…. So after forfeiting 60 dollars with of gear to that silly pinniped we went back to hunting King Salmon. By 2:30 in the afternoon John and Rick had a nice collection of anadromous specimens to take home to their families. Rick had never caught a salmon before today at the ripe age of 77. His wife told him if he brought him one salmon she would make him a chocolate cake! Well, I hope she doubled the batch and made two!😉 Thank you John and Rick for spending your day with me and I hope to see you fellas again. As for me, if anyone gets a hold of that seal, I would like my flasher back and please tell him I’m sorry my hoochie was intriguing to him, I intended him no harm…..