Weekly Gift Sales Start Now!

Now through the end of the year, we will be running weekly specials in our Gift Corner!

On Sale this week:
35% off Christmas-themed gifts
& 20% off Christmas cards!

A public statement from Elger Bay Grocery

Elger Bay Grocery supports and stands behind the men and women in our armed forces who daily risk their lives to protect freedom at home and abroad.

We are outraged that there are those who abuse that same freedom by imposing their backwards ideology of justice; wherein criminals and the foreign enemies of our nation are entitled to more rights than our own law-abiding citizens… The notion of punishing 3 Navy SEALS for “punching” a known terrorist and mass murderer as they captured him should be spoken out against.

Want to save money on Black Friday but don’t feel like being stampeded at the mall? Then stop by Elger Bay Grocery!

Sales this Friday include:
30% off all Clothing & Towels
30% off all Christmas-themed Gifts
25% off all Kershaw Knives
25% off all Rods, Reels & Combos
20% off all Greeting Cards
50% off all Whistle Creek walking sticks & canes

Sale starts at 6am Friday and goes until 9pm Saturday.

Fishing Report 11/8/09

Well, the Winter Blackmouth season opened with mixed results. Sunday, Nov. 1st definitely saw the best fishing, with the fish-checker at Camano State Park checking 22 fish out of 14 boats! However, the success has been tapering off daily. Most of these juvenile Chinook are of decent size; the average we’ve seen have been between 6 and 10 pounds.

The majority of anglers we’ve talked to have been getting bites at 75-90 feet deep in 120 feet of water using either Coho Killer spoons or a green/glow hootchie with a strip of herring. Also, you should be running a 42-46″ leader off of your flasher to create a longer, swooping arc in the water.

Still taking signups…

It’s not too late to signup for our “running” Winter Blackmouth Derby!

In an effort to get as many anglers participating as possible, and after much consideration as to preventing cheating, we have decided to allow sign ups throughout the duration of the derby(Nov. 1 – Apr. 30). However, you cannot weigh in a fish until 3 days have passed since you signed up.

Again, the cost is just $10 and 1st place gets 75% of the ticket sales… but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bring in every Salmon you catch, because there will be a mystery weight which will recieve the remaining 25%!

All Clothing & Beach Towels 20% OFF!

20% OFF
All Clothing & Beach Towels!
This includes our signature, “Don’t Be Crabby, Camano Island” shirts and sweatshirts.

River Gear 50% off!

At the front of the store, next to the cash register, you will find several boxes full of great river fishing gear at a 50% discount!

Some of the lures you’ll find include:

Buzz Bombs, Dick Nite spoons, Blue Fox Vibraxes, jigheads, pink squids, Humpy Special spoons, etc.

Don’t miss this opportunity to restock your tackle box for half the price!

All Humpy Gear 35% off!

From now until the end of October,

All “Humpy Gear” is 35% off!

“Humpy Gear” includes: pink squids/mini squids, Humpy Special spoons, pink Buzz Bombs, pink Vibraxes, pink Dick Nites, pink hootchie/white dodger combos and pink Pt. Wilson jigs

Fishing Report 10/12/09

Fishing has slowed considerably with the closing of most of Marine Areas 8-1 & 8-2. The only parts of those areas still open is the Oak Harbor Fishery in 8-1(which I haven’t heard is having much success) and the south part of 8-2(from Everett across to Whidbey and south until the border of area 9). Anglers are having mixed results catching Silvers at Possession Bar and Shipwreck. One 10 pounder was caught on a green/spatter back hootchie with a strip of herring off of a 34″ leader and a purple haze Hot Spot flasher. Some guys report catching some Blackmouth as they try for the Coho. Just a reminder that you cannot keep Blackmouth Salmon in any marine area until November 1st.

The Humpys are pretty much gone both in the saltwater and in the rivers. However, anglers on both the Stilly and the Snohomish are catching a fair amount of Silvers as of last week. The average seems to be about 7 pounds. Most are using 50/50 Dick Nite spoons.

Fishing Report 9/25/2009

Marine area’s 8-1, 8-2 are closing at the end of the month.  Don’t worry though, because Marine area 9 is still open and select area’s in 8-1 and 8-2 will be open all of October. Marine area 8-1 is being restricted to only Oak Harbor, between Forbes Point and Blowers Bluff. 8-2 boundaries are limited to the southern half, from Everett, south to shipwreck and possesion point. All of 8-1 and 8-2 will be back open on November 1st, so if your favorite fishing spot is going to be closed for the month you won’t have long to wait.

Possession Point and Shipwreck is open all season, and for the temporary closure in 8-1 and 8-2, these spots are probably going to be your best bet. Silvers are being caught here as well as in Sekiu, trolling with a Purple Haze flasher and a Coho Killer on a 24″-34″ lead.

Your daily catch limit is also being changed to 2 combined on pinks and silvers. (2 pinks, 2 silvers, or 1 pink and 1 silver.) 4 combined will start again on November 1st.

Fishing is still hot in the Stilliguamish and Skagit Rivers. Pinks are running  heavy through the rivers but silvers are also being caught on humpy gear. After fishing the Stilly with pink squids all day with little result, I swaped over to a 2 1/2 pink Buzz Bomb and I couldn’t keep them off the line.