Gary Krein Fish Quotations

We averaged one or two fish on each trip this past week, and we fished Columbia Beach and Possession Bar. Some bait finally showed off Possession.

I've been helping fisheries keep track of the mark rate, and it has been very good. We've had a mark rate of 60 to 65 percent since it opened, and that accounts for every single fish that we've either kept or released.

I wouldn't say it's a slam-dunk, but we've found fish everywhere we've fished. We fished Possession Bar on Sunday morning and didn't get a legal fish, so we went over to Double Bluff and did OK. But I heard Possession did come on at the same time, on the low tide.

Fishing is good. I haven't seen any reason to leave. There are some nice fish up here. We got two at 11.5 pounds (Tuesday).

The winds were pretty strong to fish Possession Bar, but you could have fished at places like Point No Point.

I know a person who made three trips this past week in Saratoga Passage, and got five hatchery-marked fish on every trip.