Big minus tides made life miserable for saltwater anglers participating in the important tri-opener on Saturday — shrimp, lingcod and halibut — but those with the brass to stick it out put good stuff in the boat anyway. And the outlook for this weekend, with much better tides and an improved weather forecast, is excellent.
“Halibut fishermen got a few up this way,” said Stuart Forst at Holiday Sports in Burlington (360-757-4361), “but we didn't see any big ones and it wasn't what you would call great fishing. Hein and Partridge banks were probably the top producers.”
Forst said there were a lot of lings around, particularly for those working shallower water or areas protected from heavy tidal currents. Shrimping reports from Saratoga Passage were good as well, he said.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife samplers checked 206 anglers at the Cornet Bay ramp on Saturday with 36 lings and 18 halibut. At the Washington Park ramp
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