ceviche
07-30-2007, 08:53 PM
Hit the water sometime around 6:30 or later. Hoped to be there earlier, but the gate was locked. Scoped out other hopeless non-possibilities towards Point Wells, but no obvious beach access. Came back to gate, considered walking down, read sign board until groundskeeper showed up and let us in.
High tide at Seattle datum was at 4:50 am and low tide was around 11:50 am. Targeting SRC's.
Started off fishing with a intermediate line and a yellow Morris Raccoon. Nada. Switched to a yellow Reversed Spider. Nada. Switched to a floating line and a yellow Stimulator. Nada.
After a while, I realized that Richmond Beach experiences an reversed eddy: All awhile, the water was flowing south along the shore during the outgoing tide. Hmm! So that meant I was casting in the wrong direction, with the current. DOH!!! My clue was the bull kelp leaning in the direction opposite than I was expecting. Guess how many hours went by before those indicators finally showed themselves. Actually, it was about the same time I switched to the floater was when I finally noticed the kelp. DOH! Eventually switched to a chartreuse and olive gurgler. Nada.
Left the water around 10:00 to 10:30, because my knees were aching too much. My man, Brad also got skunked, though he said he did get a hit. He noticed some little fishy action in the bay to the north of the point. Not long before we bailed, a fellow flyfisher dropped by to chat. He told us that he never caught an SRC there. Apparently, by his account, that beach doesn't turn out the cutties much.
At least the weather was beautiful. :beathead:
High tide at Seattle datum was at 4:50 am and low tide was around 11:50 am. Targeting SRC's.
Started off fishing with a intermediate line and a yellow Morris Raccoon. Nada. Switched to a yellow Reversed Spider. Nada. Switched to a floating line and a yellow Stimulator. Nada.
After a while, I realized that Richmond Beach experiences an reversed eddy: All awhile, the water was flowing south along the shore during the outgoing tide. Hmm! So that meant I was casting in the wrong direction, with the current. DOH!!! My clue was the bull kelp leaning in the direction opposite than I was expecting. Guess how many hours went by before those indicators finally showed themselves. Actually, it was about the same time I switched to the floater was when I finally noticed the kelp. DOH! Eventually switched to a chartreuse and olive gurgler. Nada.
Left the water around 10:00 to 10:30, because my knees were aching too much. My man, Brad also got skunked, though he said he did get a hit. He noticed some little fishy action in the bay to the north of the point. Not long before we bailed, a fellow flyfisher dropped by to chat. He told us that he never caught an SRC there. Apparently, by his account, that beach doesn't turn out the cutties much.
At least the weather was beautiful. :beathead: