Backmouth Opener - Marine Areas 8-1,8-2 & 9

Well! The blackmouth reports trickled in yesterday and this morning, overall I would have to say the reports were "Good" overall. Most everyone that we spoke with fishing area 9 were happy with the results that they had with many fish landed in the 9 - 14 pound range. Most everyone was fishing the edges of the bar areas and fishing the 90 - 130 food range just off the bottom. The gear varied a little from angler to angler but the typical Hot Spot Flasher with a trailing squid or small spoon (such as a coho killer or coyote) did well. A few of the guys did well fishing spoons by themselves such as the Gold Star Kingfisher 4 Light. Glow colors on the flashers and glow colors on the spoons and squids seemed to be the ticket. Glow Green or White Hotspots and squid or spoons in the glow / green or glow / chartreuse combinations did the trick.

The reports that we had out of Elger Bay area of Saratoga Passage were also fairly good, though the fish were smaller on average in the 7 - 8 pound range. Nice fish none the less. The water in this area was also colored up with the dirty water coming out of the Skagit, Stilly and Snohomish.

Heard the water up off of Hat Island - Race track was really colored up with the river run off and it even came clear down to Possession.

Looks like we should be seeing some good blackmouth fishing this winter.