Commercial Salmon Trolling Forum

I used a product called Tuflex on my wood boat deck 2 years ago. It works well. and has a rubber type texture. You can add rubber granules to it to add traction. Not sure if this is the type of finish you are looking for, but if so I would say it is good. I got mine through a company called Coatings...

I think that Washington uses jack counts as well. I agree, there needs to be a better way that provides us with better data.

I have Lexan window coverings for my wheelhouse windows. I've tried using Rain-x on them to keep the rain and salt water off of them, but it doesn't seem to help at all. Does anyone have a product suggestion on what to use to help shed the water better? It's no good coming into the marina at night w...

I am looking at getting a sea anchor for this year's tuna season. We spent some bumpy nights on the ocean last summer, and I thought this might help, and maybe allow us to sleep, rather than have to jog into it on rough nights. Any recommendations on what brands are best? Any other advice on how to ...

So I have finally gotten a few trips in where I didn't cross wires, and have learned to play with crab pots. So now I am moving on to trying to figure out line voltage, boat voltage, etc. I purchased a Russel black box unit and have it hooked up. Everything is isolated with the proper hose on both e...

So did you ever come up with a calender for 2015?? If so I'd be interested in at least a couple!
Joe

Last season the May opener went to trip limits after the first week. Our season is divided into 2 parts, May-June and July-August. The 1st one has a greater number of fish. If the state senses that a lot of fish are being caught, they will shut down the fishery to do a count, and then re-open (usual...

Crawfish is right on with all of his remarks. The kicker for WA is that there aren't enough salmon allocated to the commercial fleet to make a living. One may be able to scratch out a living if they did tuna, but prices for that are down somewhat as well. A big issue is if the person is looking at t...

It would be virtually impossible to make a living trolling in WA. Many fish WA and AK, or WA and Oregon or CA. WA is put on trip limits early in the season, so even if you had the ability to catch a lot of fish, the state won't let you.

I think the first year for most is tough. My first year was last year. I can tell you that for me, year 2 was better, but not without faults. The tough part is the only way you find out what needs to be addressed on your boat is to go out on it and fish it. Many of the systems that fail, only fail w...

I forgot to mention, the brokers I looked at daily for 2 years were the following: Dock Street Brokers GSI Boats Pacific Boat Brokers Oregon Boat Brokers Copper River Permits Permit Master And there was one more from Alaska I think it was Alaska Permits Check them every day, as new stuff pops up, an...

As a guy who did just that, 10 years later in life, and a little further north (Neah Bay) I can share with you the following. 1. A commercial boat is 10x the care of a sport boat. (my sport boat is a 24 Osprey). There are many more systems, which require much more care. Most of the boats you will be...

I ended up going with the Wapato Engineering lights. 2 of the singles mounted on either side of the sodium. We used some alum flat stock to build shields underneath so the light didn't shine on the bow deck. They are run off of an invertor, so start at ac power, and then go into a balast, before run...

If you use backing, be sure it is dense, and put on as tight as possible. I learned this from the school of hard knocks. Last year I used orange nylon twine, and had backlashes up the kazu. Not fun! I now use straight wire. I find a wide open area, and unspool the wire off the plastic disk into the ...

Nice looking boat. I bought a 46' boat built out of Port Alberni last year. Very similar design. Apparently the angled frame on the side windows is a "Canadian" thing. It's nice to find a classic wood boat that's been well taken care of. They still require a lot of work (as I'm learning) b...

We were actually able to get food grade grease from our fish buyer. I think they liked the idea that we cared.

Thanks for all of the info. I will take a look at the companies mentioned, and keep everyone posted as to which way I go. The Wapato lights aren't in expensive, but like most things on a boat it isn't good to be a penny wise and a pound foolish. I have always gone with the best I can afford, and nev...

looking to switch my sodium light out to some LED's. The neighbor (boat wise) went with some from a company called Wapato Engineering and has been happy with them. Any other companies you would reccomend looking at? I was looking at the LED's as they were brighter and I didn't need to run the genset...

Well, the first year has come to an end. Lots of stories, some good some bad, and some you could never make up. All in all it was good. I'll be back next year with the boat better prepared, a little more knowledge, and hopefully make some more $$. For now it's back to the day job. Gotta say, I alrea...

Well, we are almost ready to go. Got the boat 5 weeks ago, and have been hard at it getting things straightened out. Trolling poles extended, stays go up on Wed, added electronics to the cockpit, raised the cockpit combing, a little paint work, cleaned up the engine room, and a whole bunch more. Our...