The pursuit of rockfish has taken us to new lows. Literally. We've gone beyond the limits of fly gear and started plumbing the depths for new sea monsters. What will you find at 300' down? All sorts of wacky stuff. It seems 300 feet is a great depth for yelloweye rockfish, also known as red snapper.
There's a few halibut down there as well, lucky for us this one wasn't much bigger or it would still be swimming and we would have a few repairs to do.
We also found out that if you are in a big school of salmon in shallow water and want a bigger tug on the line, just drop some big dead herring looking thing on the bottom and hang on. Way to go Jo, you wrastle that doggie.
How is that "also known as a red snapper"? Sure as shit don't look like any saltwater snapper i've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I know youre off facebook now. Tried calling you...left a voicemail but haven't heard back. Thought i'd try this route. I'm heading back to jackson for a few days this friday and was wondering if you'd be around. Obviously, you aren't there, but give me a shout back anyway and let me know how youre doin. Hope AK is the tits. Peace