I think I may have also ran into some silvers on Saturday at Port Williams, or maybe they were steelhead smolt. The tip of their anal fin, when folded back, reached a little past where the back of their anal fin joins the body. They sure looked like silvers but I think the anal fin was telling me different. I always have a hard time identifying juvenile fish. Either way they were beautiful, bright chrome fish. The smallest was about 7" and the largest 12", all were unmarked. Those that I caught were hooked on a candle fish imitation tied on a 3 or 4x long and 3x heavy #10 nickel plated hook with a sparse tail of olive over brown over white marabou with a little white bucktail in their for stiffness and a little flashabou for effect. The body was coated with thick Soft Body with stick-on eyes. Although I didn't run into any cutts, the silvers (or steelhead) I found were beautiful and so was the weather. Tight lines. Jeff Mix -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Saltwater Report I popped into Kopachuck State Park today from 9 t0 11am while the tide was still running out. It was windy ad right on the edge of OK for fishing. As I stripped my popper, it looked like the shots we see on ESPN and OLN of big blue water jigs on the outriggers trailing in the wake of the marlin boats. I picked up a couple little 6 inchers that must have mistaken the popper for a playmate then I got the sideways grab of good fish. It was a 15" silver. I checked very closly to see if they were cutts, but they were silvers and unmarked to boot! I caught and landed another five clones before I moved on to another beach that I wanted to check out before the tide slacked. Leland.
