The Outdoor Line

Look what Ryan Bennett of Reel Deal Guide Service found in the Rosario Strait a few days back...a 25 pound blackmouth! Ryan swears it was an early spring Chinook, but whichever way you cut it this fish and several other 20 plus pound blackmouth taken in the San Juan's this past week make it the place to be right now. He reports hitting four to as many as 8 fish a day trolling cut plug herring off the downriggers "right on the deck" in some of his favorite haunts. Bennett reports an average weight of 12 to 15 pounds this week in the San Juans and plenty of candlefish to keep them around for a while.