Spent Saturday on the coast. The plan was to check out the Canadian offshore waters for coho. Crashed in the 16' Arima at the dock and headed out at 5am. Arrived out on the bank to humpback whales and loads of birds feasting on the bait out there (mostly krill). Saw a few fast moving pods of boiling salmon on the surface but couldn't get them to take the fly although I had one boil behind a slider. Moved up to a tide rip where some gulls were diving instead of sitting and pecking at the krill elsewhere so I stopped above the rip and let the clouser sink as I drifted into it. Second cast came tight to the first salmon of the year, a 4 pound wild coho.
Fished the bank hard for a few more hours. Couldn't seem to figure out exactly what they wanted besides that it was small and they get friggin' picky when they're on krill. Had one other boil on a gurgler and decided to head back in. The wind died and the sun came out. Got back towards land and decided to swing into a spot that is occasionally good for finding black rockfish on the surface. In my years of guiding out there I had never seen anything quite like this. Huge areas of rockfish boiling on crab larvae or juvenile jellies.
Hopefully we get some more light winds and low swells and I can get back offshore and find some more salmon.
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