Swill... still a little early but apparently there was a good bite when the heat wave went thru. We launched out of doynes marina today JUST to chk that story. Trailored the ramps one inch ice, broke thru, launched, headed towards the mouth. Nothin around the discharge before the mouth (but marked). Southwest winds had some bergs at the mouth, pushed thru them. Milk chocolate line turned str8 right towards the port, with some bergs outside the wall, maybe one little ice pack. Trolled the area in and outside of that. KO,s, crocs, cleos. (standard colors) profile baits in fire tiger, (thunder jrs, shadraps etc). Thinfins also a no go, red ladderback, green. Did not try any peanuts, flys nor dodgers. Flatlined rods, no boards either. The snow started, wind still SW, but slush pockets forming. Two hours later you could not troll anything. Slush was everywhere, lures riding up. Last run we hit one coho, 15incher, released. HAD to go, futile with the slush, slipped back inside the ditch...trolled the area hard, many marks, no takers. Cold but tolerable for a few. Late February and march right into april is the gig, its comin. Felt good to be out there tho the bite was nada. GLSFC is a forum you and others may have interest in for the bite at surrounding launches/harbors.
Crappy pic but it was a tad cold, ice all over the breakwalls, floatin everywhere. Did I mention it was cold? Shiverin made for the poor pic...
