Pacific Northwest Saltwater Fish: A Spooled Fish Profile
I have lots of opinions on lots of things. I also have the internet, a medium that allows me to express my unwanted opinions to the exhaustion and misery of anyone unfortunate to stumble across my musings. In this installment, I discuss the numerous saltwater fishes of the Pacific Northwest. As anyone who has ever fished this area knows, there are a wide assortment of interesting, tasty, and prized sportfish that reside in the chilly waters of the Oregon and Washington coastline. There are even more that are ugly, unappetizing, and loathed among many. We'll start with the former. Salmon: Salmon are the undisputed kings of Pacific Northwest waters, despite being not unusually large and nowhere near the top of the food chain. However, there is something about salmon that makes them so irresistible. My early salmon days consisted of being skunked into alternate dimensions where I still couldn't catch any fish, and I never thought too highly of them. I didn't get th...