Yesterday we hooked several salmon, releasing wild coho, with one keeper king and another keeper silver. We also lost several salmon. On Sunday, we had a good day salmon fishing, catching a handful of keeper hatchery silvers while losing several more.
There are pockets of cooler water within a few miles of Brookings now, and lots of bait, including krill and schools of anchovies.
We also have been getting a good grade of rockfish and lingcod, although some days, such as today, we had to work real hard before limiting on rockfish and catching a few lingcod.
Today I saw a few boats come in with halibut, the best catches so far this season. Albacore also are showing 20 miles out of Brookings.
It appears this season's best salmon fishing will be late in the season, from now through August.
We will continue to fish for salmon out of Brookings through Labor Day, then switch over to the Coos River and upper Coos Bay in September, before returning for the trophy king salmon season in the ocean at the mouth of the Chetco River in October.
Below are some photos from the past week.
Capt. Andy Martin'
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