We fished Ilwaco on Saturday 8-15-10 and Sunday 8-16-10. We had a four man crew both days .The fishing was great and you could not have asked for better weather!

The water was very calm both days and very little wind most of the weekend. On Saturday we were all alone, but the temp looked good and the water color looked great. We started by picking up and few on the troll and a couple on live bait. We had a hand full of fish in the boat when we turned one of our troll fish into a wide open bite. The fish were coming over the rail and the boat was filling up fast. Somewhere around 35 fish into our stop the wind had blown us off the school. We took a few minutes to clear the deck and regroup.

We set our troll gear back out but only made it about 100 yards and hooked up! We went back to work on the live bait and it was game on, again! We were crushing them! We lost the school at 11:30 AM (we had been on the fish for about 3 hours) and by this time our bait was severely depleted. We went back on the troll and picked up a few singles but were not able to get another bait stop going. We ended the day with 54 tuna in the box. Wow what a day!

On Sunday we switched boats and swapped out two of our crew members for two fresh ones. We headed back to the same area from the day before and after about 30 minutes we hooked our first fish on the troll. We went to the live bait and all four of us were hooked up. The bite was on! We kept the bite going for 7 hours!

By this point we were out of bait, out of ice, and out of room. Even after we were out of bait we made a few casts with the swim baits, just to see if they would work, and it was instant hook-ups. We left biting fish a little after 2pm to head for the dock. Our total count was 62 tuna and our motors were struggling on the way in. It was a perfect day on the water! One fish on the troll and never fired to motor again till it was time to head home.

Total count for the weekend was 116 tuna landed. The biggest was 33 pounds and we had countless hook ups. A special thanks to the guys on the Stratus, who were fishing near us on Sunday, for staying well clear of our bait stop and allowing us to have an epic day (I know it is hard to do). For those of you that do not know, approaching a boat or entering the radius of a boat on a bait stop is a very bad edicate and will often send the fish down.

Ingredients
• One 6-oz salmon fillet per guest
• 2 tbsp Paprika
• 2 tbsp cayenne pepper (or to taste)
• 1 tbsp fresh ground black peppercorns
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 3 tbsp onion flakes
• 2 tbsp dried oregano or marjoram
• Salt
• Oil
  Preparation Instructions
  1. Mix all the dry ingredients except the Oil together with a mortar and pestle until powdery. Rub all over the salmon fillets on both sides and leave for 1 - 2 hours.
  2. Heat a ridged grill pan, char grill or BBQ until hot.
  3. Spread some oil over the salmon fillets and place on the grill flesh side down.
  4. Cook for 5 minutes. Turn fillet over and cook until done
  5. Test by poking a knife into the center of the salmon fillet and look inside, the fish should flake easily.
  6. Serve with a mixed salad and your favorite beverage.
  
  Please contact us if you have the opportunity to try this awesome grilled salmon recipe. We are interested to hear if our Y Family members enjoyed the recipe as much as we did. Also, please do not forget to send in “your” favorite sea food recipe. Your recipe may be featured in our October Y Family Newsletter. If your entry is selected, you can receive cool gifts, courtesy of Y Marina.

Ten common fishing terms explained:


1. Catch and Release - A conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.
   
   
2. Hook - (1) A curved piece of metal used to catch fish. (2) A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his live savings on a new rod and reel. (3) The punch administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life savings (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook).
   
   
3. Line - Something you give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend.
   
   
4. Lure - An object that is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.
   
   
5. Reel - A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.
   
   
6. Rod - An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.
   
   
7. School - A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for spam instead.
   
   
8. Tackle - What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.
   
   
9. Tackle Box - A box shaped alarmingly like your comprehensive first aid kit. Only a tackle box contains many sharp objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly to get a Band Aid, you soon find that you need more than one.
   
   
10. Test - (1) The amount of strength a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in a specific weight range. (2) A measure of your creativity in blaming "that darn line" for once again losing the fish.