Met up with Ron in Port Angeles on Thursday night. Did the fireworks and beer thing then got down to business. We hooked up with Rons buddy Geoff, he’s the guy with a lot of toys including a bright shiny boat. I’ve never fished the ocean before so this was a wicked trip to start with.
We eventually rolled out around 12pm, everyone needed to catch up on some sleep I think.
Toward the end of our first pass one of the rods jumped up. I ran over and set the hook, fish on.
Two big runs then it was game over. I like fishing in the ocean, whenever I hook something like that in the river I’m worried it’s going to find some big rocks or a random tree to break you off. They’ve also got a lot more energy out in the salt.
We followed it up a little later with another king, wild again.
Port Angeles’ relatively-safe catch.
Nothing but starfish 
This all took place over the course of 3-4 hours but it was definitely the highlight of my vacation. Stopped in to see my Mom in Forks and tried the Sol Duc out. I ended up with a broken rod and no fish. Lots of Springers jumping around but unwilling to take a bite. Still a bit early for Sockeye but I’ll be back in 2 weeks to put the hurt on them.
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