Fishing Report 1/9/12

Fishing Report 1/9/12

The usual, mid-winter, broken-record reports of little to no fish being caught (on the few days anglers have had to hit the water with all the windy weather) are sadly going to continue for this issue. The past 3 weeks have seen 3 keepers weighed in for the Elger Bay running derby, but the good news is they’ve been decent size: a 10lb, a 7lb and an 8lb; all Blackmouth caught in the south-end holes of Greenbank, Elger Bay and in front of the State Park boat launch. The good news is that we usually see better fishing in the spring than in December; let’s hope that holds true this year.

Dungeness Crabbing is now closed until Summer so you’d better not be seen dropping any crab pots unless you want your gear confiscated and an $89 PER CRAB ticket.

Things to look forward to this spring include:

~ Blackmouth Salmon continues until April 30th; daily limit of 2

~ Spot shrimping will open for at least 1 day in May; details TBA

~ Halibut and Lingcod will be open sometime in May/June; details TBA

~ Sturgeon is open year-round but should start really heating up in February(assuming of course the WDFW doesn’t succeed with their sneaky, illogical, corrupt plan to close Sturgeon fishing to recreational anglers when we only account for a tiny fraction of the Sturgeon that are harvested each year)