July 20, 2011

Here is what has been the latest weapon of choice in the San Juans for the Shamahawk crew. We have been running it 46" behind a purple onion flasher. We started working gear once again at the wall at the end of the flood and here's what the Dr. Death produced the first time in the water before we even got a second rod wet!! With his usual intensity, Eric Pedersen scolds the captain as he is playing this fish for capturing the moment rather than grabbing the net!! Sorry I couldn't figure out how to rotate the image




After a nice battle with this 22 pound beauty, the result is one proud fisherman. Here are a couple of nice shots of Eric and the Captain. Notice in the background of Eric's photo Strawberry Island at the south end of Cypress Island and the town of Anacortes just over his left shoulder. His co-workers couldn't believe this was not an old photo, "But I just watched you guys leave the harbor 25 minutes ago!" We left at 4:30pm, ran for 20-25 minutes and had this slab on the line within 3 minutes of fishing. We then trolled for about another half and hour and were home by 6pm!! What a place we live...