Prince Rupert bottom fishing is heating up. This is my favorite time of year to seek out Lingers and Yellow Eye. All the spots that were pounded last year have filled back in with agressive Cod taking your jiggs at every stop. Norm and Winston got lucky with the weather when we stuck our nose outside yesterday. A smooth low westerly swell greeted us and they could tell by my smile that we were going all the way.
Our first stop at a well known submerged rock produced 6 Lingers and 11 Rockfish. We drifted over the spot three times to produce at least 200 lbs of bottom fish. Two of the lingers went 30lbs. There was still plenty of time left in the day so we headed for my favorite Halibut hole. Last week I pulled 4 large ones and I was hoping to do it again. Alas it was not to be. The tide was all wrong but we managed to pull a small 20 pounder in three hours. A small note on the side, if you need Skate in your diet this was the place. We managed to hook into three good ones. Back in the harbour four crab traps were needed to get their limit in Dungeness. I will see the boys next year for sure.
