salmon queen w/ captain fishinEZ4livin

[Bigshrimpin]

Got a chance to hookup with fishinEZ4livin aka "shim" who captains the New Salmon Queen (www.salmonqueen.com) out of Emeryville, CA. If anyone ventures out west to San Francisco and has some free time, I highly recommend trying to get a spot on his boat. I missed 6 fish . . . one to the prop shaft and the 5 others that I'll blame on the spectra line. Before the end of the trip Shim hooked one for me, so I didn't go home empty handed. I had a great time riding up in the wheel house and talking about fishing and seacrafts. Thanks again for a great trip Shim!!

Here's a nice plug from Brian Hoffman's column "THE FISHING REPORT" in the outdoor section of last weeks San Francisco cronicle.

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/outdoors/fishing/

Credit for the latest run of fortune and fish-filled tidings runs back to the weekend, to Sunday, when the New Salmon Queen ran to water just southwest of the main Farallon Island and immediately found salmon. Many salmon. Big ones, too. When the skipper could take a break from netting fish, he called in the rest of the fleet. Sunday, Monday and even Tuesday, then, were almost nothing but limits, with a couple of party boats even drifting for their daily take. The smallest of the salmon were around 10 pounds, most were in there at 18, and, for first time since the opener, there was talk of 30-pounders hitting the boxes.

[Mark]

And if the flavor of salmon doesn't agree with your palate, the marina in Emeryville isn't an altogether bad place to watch the sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge with a chilled beverage either... [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[strick]

Oh sure go fishing when your boat is in shambles!! your never gonna get that thing done if you keep doing that. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Kidding aside glad to hear you got out to have a little fun. They can be hard to keep on the hook sometimes. There was a good bite in Monteray bay last week that has since shut off. My friends got 14 one afternoon. Let me know if you need a hand with that small boat of yours [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Strick

[Bigshrimpin]

Thanks strick!! Shambles . . . All I have left to do is the transom, floor and liner. That's it [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I'm in the home stretch. I'll give you a call this week . . . if you're in the area, let me know. I think I can find something for you to do. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[fishez4alivin]

Anytime Tim, glad to have you aboard, whenever you want to come fishing let me know and I'll suggest a day when the conditions and size of the load are optimal. Too bad I couldnt get you out on that bite southeast of the Islands. We are getting early limits now just outside of S Buoy, fish are mixed grade, although we've been getting fish up to 36 lbs. I'll let you know when the bite turns on, usually at the end of May, early June, thats my favorite time to fish for salmon, big average 14 lbs. or better, and we start seeing the 40 lb. fish too. Maybe you can bring that glass whiz Strict, I've seen throughout the site, like to talk to anyone who can fabricate as well as he can... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]