2012 Lingcod Season starts off strong in the San Juan Islands, WA
Just finished up the first round of San Juan Islands Lingcod Trips…and fishing has been hot!
Another round of boat limits on lings! We battle and released 3 others that were oversize!
We are finding limits (1 per angler, 6 anglers on the boat) of legal size Lingers… 26″-36″ and releasing hogs up to 42″ regularly! There’s nothing like feeding live bait to these toothy ambush predators, let em feed…and bam! This is one of our favorite fisheries, we still have a few spots open so check us out at allriversguideservice.com
Puget Sound Lingcod Fishing Charters
More lingcod fun...check out the killer structure in the background!
Future Fish & Chips!
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May 12
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Halibut Curry Chowder Recipe
Halibut Lingcod Curry Chowder Recipe
Halibut Lingcod Curry Chowder offers a unique twist on traditional chowder recipes. This recipe is very simple and is made with ingredients found at any common grocery store. Preparation and cook time is around 45 minutes. This recipe serves 4-6 people. The measurements for spices are a recommendation; and as always, feel free to tinker with the spices until you get the flavor you desire.
Halibut Curry Chowder served with broiled Peasant Bread
Ingredients
- 2 slices of bacon diced
- 1 Walla Walla sweet onion chopped
- 4 medium Yukon Gold potatoes cubed
- 1 tbsp butter
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups half & half
- 1-2 pounds halibut or lingcod cut into small pieces
- 1 cup celery chopped
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp ground pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- dash of chili powder to taste
Directions
In a large stock pot over medium heat, cook bacon then stir in chopped onion, cubed potatoes and butter until the onion is cooked and translucent. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to med-low and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add half & half, halibut, celery and spices and simmer for about 15 minutes (Test a few halibut halibut chunks for doneness).
Serve Halibut Lingcod Curry Chowder with broiled Peasant Bread. Butter sliced Peasant Bread, on the middle oven rack, allow to broil on low until lightly browned.
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Fished with the boys of Island Guide Services/Guides NW today.
May 1 with Island Guide Services.
We whooped on ‘em pretty good!! We ended up killing 3 (one almost too big!) and hooked 4 more, and having half a dozen or so more bites. Live bait was the ticket, and one lost to a jig, but that’s a different story! Oh, we even had a TRIPLE! Game on! For anyone wanting to learn how to go catch book a trip with those guys! There really isn’t anything more exciting than feeding line to a big ling cod when it’s chompin down on your live bait!!
http://www.islandguideservices.com/
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Opening Day of Trout Fishing Season: Cottage Lake, Woodinville, Washington
Folks from the Northwest deal with some pretty bleak and miserable weather through most of the winter; and so, we all eagerly await the arrival of Spring. Warmer weather, the sounds of a neighbors’ lawnmower on a Spring evening, and dare I say…a sunny day here and there bring us all the realization that it’s only going to get better and better for the next 6 months.
Me with a nice Rainbow Trout caught on opening day at Cottage Lake
For many folks, avid anglers or not, a highlight of Spring is the easy catches found on the opening day of trout fishing. Opening day for most of Washington’s lakes is traditionally the last Saturday in April. I am proud to say I was able to join the masses of people heading to their local lake in search of easy fishing amongst the company of great friends.
On Saturday afternoon I headed up to Cottage Lake Park in Woodinville to wet a line for a few hours with my friends. We launched our boat and trolled around the lake with home-made Spinner/Fly and Wedding Ring combinations, slow trolled just under the surface, and had an amazing afternoon of nonstop fish catching!
This homemade Spinner/Fly Lure caught many trout on opening day!
Most of the lake’s fish are planter trout averaging 7-8 inches, but we did manage to catch a few holdover trout. Our largest was about 14 inches.
Cottage Lake is planted by the Department of Fish & Wildlife with thousands of keeper sized rainbow trout, and for the first few weeks of the season fishing can be very good. This opening day was by far the best trout fishing I have ever experienced. We landed around 30 within several hours. The lake wasn’t crowded by any means, there were probably a dozen small boats on the lake, and bank anglers spread out along the water’s edge of Cottage Lake Park. Everyone caught fish! This park is a great place for anyone without a small boat. It offers easy bank access and a nice fishing dock.
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The springer break is over! We are back on the spring chinook (kings) now that the river levels on the lower Columbia have calmed down. We follow a pretty simple rule when offering this fishery, when river levels are normal or low we down-troll herring, when river levels are high we back-troll or anchor fish with herring or kwikfish.
River levels are forecasted to continue dropping and fishing should get better and better.
Springer fishing this week is picking up steam, with water conditions improving daily!
Give us a call, we still have openings, 425.736.8920 or check us out at allwashingtonfishing.com
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