Fished Carkeek Park briefly yesterday (Sunday), around the turn of the
PM high tide. Began at the small cove north of the overpass, working a
small green/white streamer on a floating line, encouraged by the
occassional small jumping baitfish 30' off the beach. Not enough tide to
stir the waters in the cove, so I moved up to the cobbly point at the
mouth of Pipers Creek to catch the flowing ebb, just as a nice coho
cleared the water about 120' feet out. Forded a small gulley onto the
last gravel ridge, allowing me to just reach the area of the rise, where
now a small rip was forming, but no luck. Finally, fishing downtide to
the tail of the ridge, a nice tug and a couple of minutes later a fat 16"
cutthroat to hand. Switched to a green Popper and fished back up the
ridge and finally back down along the cove, without any further action.
Watching from the overpass on the way back to the car, I spotted a
couple of coho-sized rises well off shore from the north cove, along with
the odd jumping herring. Curiously, no sign of birds or seals the entire
time.
-Wes
Wes Neuenschwander
Seattle, WA
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