Seward Silvers?
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Both Cheval and Pony were slow on Saturday 
A number of fish being caught -- but divided up between all the boats, it wasn't hot; not even luke warm.
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A number of fish being caught -- but divided up between all the boats, it wasn't hot; not even luke warm.- Gambler
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I fished Sunday evening and Monday afternoon for silvers around Pony and did not do well at all. Thankfully we did a little better on halibut in the morning or it would have been a pretty bum trip. Rain and waves dont make for a fun time unless you're actually bringing in the fish
I heard that the silvers were out in Driftwood Bay and further east up the coast, but we made an attempt to head out of Seward in the morning Monday and were greeted with large waves once past Fox Island. Made it all the way to Cape Resurrection and then we called it and headed back in. Was getting real sloppy and I was getting uncomfortable. Had the motor died, I would have been in a real pickle. I'm not sure what size the swells and waves were exactly, but they were large and choppy.
Anyway, heading down again this next weekend for a few days this time... hoping the silvers are back in the Bay.
I heard that the silvers were out in Driftwood Bay and further east up the coast, but we made an attempt to head out of Seward in the morning Monday and were greeted with large waves once past Fox Island. Made it all the way to Cape Resurrection and then we called it and headed back in. Was getting real sloppy and I was getting uncomfortable. Had the motor died, I would have been in a real pickle. I'm not sure what size the swells and waves were exactly, but they were large and choppy.
Anyway, heading down again this next weekend for a few days this time... hoping the silvers are back in the Bay.
Sunday Tried outside horsehead bay for halibut with no luck. switched to trolling back into day harbor. Picked up one silver on the point into day harbor and some nice black bass in the next mile or so. Jumping over to driftwood side picked up another silver at the entrance. Moving to south end of Fox Island. For nothing. Moving to Calisto Head picked up another silver.
Monday started trolling at Miller’s south launch to almost the old docks for nothing. Moving to beach at north Fox to sunny cove. Killed 3 silvers in sunny cove south side. Moving over to cape resurrection we found 6’ plus rollers. Trolled north with nothing but dink Black bass.
Monday started trolling at Miller’s south launch to almost the old docks for nothing. Moving to beach at north Fox to sunny cove. Killed 3 silvers in sunny cove south side. Moving over to cape resurrection we found 6’ plus rollers. Trolled north with nothing but dink Black bass.
Tried to get out to Cheval yesterday, but fog, choppy 5 foot seas, and rain turned us around. Silver fishing was real slow throughout the bay. Lots of charters were coming back with 3-4 salmon (if that) and a bunch of rockfish. Tough day.
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Only went once but the Feeder King fishing was incredible outside the bay.
Trolled Cheval from 0900 to 1300 yesterday and got blanked. Of about 20 boats we saw one Silver caught. Amazing number of bait balls, which accounted for a very active Humpback Whale, but very few salmon. A friend picked up 2 Silvers closer in by Callisto. A six-pack charter caught 4 at Driftwood Bay. Very slow for this time of year.
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Fished all weekend in Seward. Grand total was 8 halibut, 1 silver, 1 pink. We actually kept the pink, thats how hard up we were for fish
Trolled around Pony a long time on Saturday, never saw a single silver caught except the one we brought in. There were lots of boats there.
Tons of bait in the water, but no large fish on the sounder whatsoever. I was amazed how much bait I was seeing, and no salmon. I cant guarantee my sonar wasnt picking them up, so maybe they were there and I just wasnt seeing them? Hard to say... but the fact that I saw none on the sounder and only caught one all weekend makes me think my sonar was working fine
Tried a few different techniques, also trolled around Montague Island on Saturday, furthest from Seward I've ever taken my boat... nothing seemed to produce, but thats the way it goes when the fish arent in I suppose.
We never did try Driftwood Bay, I want to give that a shot next time and see how we fare. I'll probably be down there in two weeks, my last Seward trip of the year, hope a second run of silvers come through!
Trolled around Pony a long time on Saturday, never saw a single silver caught except the one we brought in. There were lots of boats there.
Tons of bait in the water, but no large fish on the sounder whatsoever. I was amazed how much bait I was seeing, and no salmon. I cant guarantee my sonar wasnt picking them up, so maybe they were there and I just wasnt seeing them? Hard to say... but the fact that I saw none on the sounder and only caught one all weekend makes me think my sonar was working fine
Tried a few different techniques, also trolled around Montague Island on Saturday, furthest from Seward I've ever taken my boat... nothing seemed to produce, but thats the way it goes when the fish arent in I suppose.
We never did try Driftwood Bay, I want to give that a shot next time and see how we fare. I'll probably be down there in two weeks, my last Seward trip of the year, hope a second run of silvers come through!
A friend went out on a charter 10 days ago or so. The got very near limits, including a couple kings for 5 people. Went to Day Harbor first, then over to Pony cove to finish up. Key thing may be that they never trolled. Got everything mooching. Maybe they are deep? Or maybe the amount of bait in the water everyone has been talking about makes mooching more effective?
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We fished Driftwood Monday am. Caught and released 8 pinks quickly. No silvers at all so we went over to Cheval. Great water by the way! Caught 3 silvers there. Slow bite and tons of bait fish hanging in the 50’ zone one silver was pushing 15 #!! Tuesday we went straight to Cheval lost 4 at the boat had 4 nice hits and landed 4 silvers. Lots of boats but not many nets out. Chatter on the radio was the same both days,not many fish being caught
I bounced between cheval, pony and back to cheval on Monday, grinded out 9 silvers. We were in a Willie boat out there, caught one late, 4 followed it up, they are there, just not biting consistently. Go an hour with nothing then get a double.
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from the 3rd to the 6th last week, about, we fished long and hard and caught very little, as did the rest of the crew there. many fish marked, little hitting. talked to a few parties who said "last week, 8-10 fish/day, this week, 0 to 1". we mostly trolled, 30-90', various plugs and speeds, some herring, mooched a few hours, and spent one day fishing for 'but; not much there, either. saw several whales engulfing long, skinny minnows right near shore, and many bait balls along the shore. on the last day we came to our parking space to find several people in it. "did not see the large rock cairn you piled in the middle of your spot to show someone was there." ha ha, and a big FY to you, folks! then my partner went over to the camping area to discover that someone had stolen the tent i loaned him, with his sleep bag, a 2'x6'x4" foam pad and an Ensolite pad. real funny. if you see a 3-man, 3-season REI tent, orange-ish, with pictures drawn on it (not on the fly, on the tent itself) w/ magic marker to show how the poles cross, you are welcome to either call the seward police or... whatever; i could care less about the sob.
Dunno if this has anything to do with anything out of Seward, but we've had lots of bait and whales too, so you'd think the silvers would be on a tear. But fish the usual ways with the usual gear, and you'd wonder if there was a silver in the water.
Being contrary by nature, I decided to try something different. Figured if the silvers were packed with bait and just kinda hanging around waiting to digest it all, they might be curious enough to take weird stuff simply cuzz it was different. And it worked!
We hadn't had much luck reaching down 60' or so where the bait balls were, so I put on 1 oz weights and let them back 100' with King Kandy Mini Herring. Hot number was purple, with orange right behind. But you couldn't get a fish trolling steady. I'd put the boat in gear and run at 3.5 for about 50 yards, then kick it out of gear for 10 or 15 seconds to allow the rigs to sink some. Then back in gear for a run, then out of gear. Most hits came just when I kicked the boat in gear and the KK's were speeding up and starting to rise back toward the surface. Turned a bum frustrating day into a winner.
Being contrary by nature, I decided to try something different. Figured if the silvers were packed with bait and just kinda hanging around waiting to digest it all, they might be curious enough to take weird stuff simply cuzz it was different. And it worked!
We hadn't had much luck reaching down 60' or so where the bait balls were, so I put on 1 oz weights and let them back 100' with King Kandy Mini Herring. Hot number was purple, with orange right behind. But you couldn't get a fish trolling steady. I'd put the boat in gear and run at 3.5 for about 50 yards, then kick it out of gear for 10 or 15 seconds to allow the rigs to sink some. Then back in gear for a run, then out of gear. Most hits came just when I kicked the boat in gear and the KK's were speeding up and starting to rise back toward the surface. Turned a bum frustrating day into a winner.
Haven't fished your side of town at all so maybe different over there, I'm running my normal gear. Tides haven't even mattered the last few days, steady bite right through the day. We'll see how this blow pushes things around. 30-85 down.
