Big rockfish, big lings, fast action (April 22, 2016)

Although we've been having to run further up the coast to find the best fishing, customers aboard the Miss Brooke, Brookings Fishing Charters' new 29-foot offshore boat, have been enjoying wide open fishing for lunker-size rockfish and lingcod, with quick limits on most days.
The action had been good close to the Port of Brookings, but early last week we had to move around a lot to find fish. So I've been running to some spots beyond where most spot boats fish out of Brookings, and we've been rewarded with an excellent grade of snapper and lings.
Rough weather returned to the Oregon Coast this weekend, but it looks like we will have some decent ocean conditions next week.
Our Ladies and Lings tournament begins May 1.
Visit www.brookingsfishing.com for more information.

To book a trip, call Capt. Andy Martin at (541) 813-1082 or (206) 388-8988 cell/text.

Here are a few photos from the past week.

Glenn with a nice lingcod from this week. Fish was a hitchhiker that hit a large rockfish as it was being reeled in.

Cole with the big lingcod from yesterday with the group from the Middle Rogue Steelheaders.

Another really nice ling.

Two nice green lingcod within minutes of each other.

Salmon fishing improving out of Brookings (June 27, 2015)

Since the ocean salmon season opened in early May out of the Port of Brookings Harbor, fishing has been rather slow. This week, we finally started to see some major improvements.
On Wednesday, the commercial trollers out of Brookings had their best day of the season. Most boats returned to the harbor with their 30-fish daily limits. On Thursday, the sport boats began to find better numbers of fish.
Salmon fishing improved again today, with a couple dozen kings reported. We ventured several miles offshore and had two take downs, catching a really nice hatchery king. It was caught in 300 feet of water, trolling 135 feet down on the downrigger. We were right in the middle of the big shrimp net boats.
Some boats that went further out got limits of kings and hatchery silvers. We had a combo trip today, so we only spent a few hours trolling, then ran back toward shore to limit out on rockfish and catch half a dozen nice lingcod, as well as a bunch of crab.
For the past week, we've continued to enjoy good action for lingcod and rockfish. We also are doing well on crab, and the quality of the crab has improved, with the majority now hard shell.
July is the peak month for kings out of Brookings. Remember, we specialize in light tackle, small groups and offer lingcod/rockfish trips, salmon charters and combos where we troll for salmon and jig for lings and rockfish. We also are checking crab pots each day on our way back to the dock.

To book a trip, call (541) 813-1082 or (206) 388-8988, or visit www.brookingsfishing.com.

Below are a few photos from the past week.