Sean,
A better bet for flyfishers on West Whidbey is to drive past Bush
Point to South Whidbey State Park and taking the trail down to the
beach. When you stand on the beach, face the water, and look left,
you'll see that you can walk all the way to Bush Point if you'd like.
More than likely, you will run into feeding silvers before you get
there.
A little less than halfway is a large rock that is painted white on
the side facing Bush Point. Years ago, Dennis - the owner of the boat
launch, would tell his customers to troll around the kelp beds near
the "painted rock." It's still true. Forget the crowds and get to
where there isn't any flying lead to put the fish down. At the low
tides, you'll find bait in the kelpbeds which, by the way, are a lot
easier to reach with a popper than at high tides.
On saturday, some friends, one of whom lurks on this list, were there
and hammered 'em. They went back Sunday and nobody was home. . . so
it goes. Maybe Earl will break email silence and give the list a
report on his, Scott's and Dennis' Whidbey weekend.
You might also consider a pontoon boat launced at South Whidbey.
Don't think about launching at Bush unless you want to be in Everett
or Port Townsend for dinner.
Leland.
>Fished all up and down the west side of whidbey island but i forgot
>to tell the fish i was coming as there was hardly anything to be had.
>
>Started around 9am at bush point and fished for a solid three hours.
>Only saw two fish caught the whole time even though there was about
>40 people fishing. If it was February fishing I could say i had a
>good day cause I managed to catch 4 15-18 inch coho but those were
>not what I was looking for. Did see an 8+ pound pink taken and it
>was a really nice fish. I have never seen a pink that big. Talked to
>some gear guys and they said the fishing was piss poor compared to
>the last couple weekends.
>
>Headed up to Fort Casey and it was the same deal. Very few fish
>taken and everybody was wondering out loud where the fish were. Did
>not even get a tug there.
>
>I am hearing Seiku is still fishing well for coho so maybe the fish
>are not down to whidbey yet and the pinks are starting to thin out.
>
>Actually saw more fish at picnic point on Tuesday then i did the
>while day on Whidbey. the other odd thing was i did not see another
>fly guy the whole day. Made me feel kinda lonely.
>
>
>
>Oh well I am going to hit quilcene bay and point no point on
>Wednesday and hopefully my luck will change.
>
>-sean
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