Salmon fishing with friend Rick Dixon aboard my little
22 HarberCraft aluminum boat the StrikeFighter. We launched out
of the Golden Gate Coast Guard Station very near the north base
of the Golden Gate Bridge. We went around the Point Bonita (an
area where tides can really rip and cause a dangerous washing
machine effect) to calm seas heading to the middle salmon grounds
and half way to Duxbury Reef at 49/37 (approximately 6 miles from
The Golden Gate Bridge) we start to see some scattered birds.
I pull up and could see some bait working, so we dropped our clear
color FBR (with anchovie inserted) in at 30 feet on the wire and
within 5 minutes a nice 10-12 pounder went in the box. Being a
herd animal I decide to pull up and head out to the radio fish
at the fleet where I could practice my boat dodging shills. We
fished with the fleet for a while and finish up with a quick back
to back 3rd and 4 the fish at 49/46. We were using clear FBR on
all fish caught with the new pinless heads (prototypes) and were
fishing at 45-55 feet on the wire. We released one small salmon
and farmed (got away, durn it) another nice salmon while looking
for go home fish. Limited out by 10;55 AM now so we head over
to Pont Bonita Cove (a usually calm cove kind of protected from
big swells) and drop some bait for Halibut but nothing going on
so we clean the salmon took some more pictures and headed back
to the launch ramp and with the tide out not easy loading boat
on trailer as we were in drop off holes which maide the trailer
lean badly because the ramp was above water line and the washed
out holes were where the trailer tires were.
A great day with good friend Rick Dixon
Rick Dixon with his first fish today
Rick Dixon with his second fish today
Bill Shelton with his first fish today
Bill Shelton with his second fish today
Cooler of fish
Ready to clean fish more pictures
Ready to clean fish more pictures
Point Bonita Cove where we cleaned
fish
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge Coast Guard Station
Golden Gate Bridge Coast Guard Station
Golden Gate Bridge Coast Guard Station
basic launch ramp
Thanks Bill Shelton
Helping our fishery resources is everybody's business!
The fish of tomorrow or the ideas we plant today!