Tis the season.

Was also surprised on how shallow the petrale was. 50 ft. Most of my petrales were 100 ft , plus.

I've only ever caught a few of them as bycatch. Is there any reasonable way to target them?

No rym or reason for me. Have always been by catch for me as well. I have caught them on rockfish gear and small jig bars tipped with squid. The one in the pic was caught trolling an anchovie.

Keep prodding Albi. He is starting to give up secrets. 

Did someone say they need my secret carp fishing spots?

Black Butte Reservoir. Launch out of Buckhorn and head west to the North Fork Stony Creek arm. The inlet to the lake feeds into a large mud flat that is 2-3 feet deep. You will find carp cruising that area in the early mornings and afternoons. Sight fish using black wooly buggers or mohair leeches using a 5 weight floating line and make sure you drop the fly 2 feet ahead of the carp. If there is a pod of carp, you want to target the stragglers or tailers towards the end of the pod. That way you have a better chance of multiple hook-ups from the same pod if you are fishing with someone else. This is great practice if you are planning on going bonefishing or snook fishing. Make sure your fly reel has backing, because you will see it. And don't bother hand stripping unless you like line burns! Average carp is 5lbs, biggest I've caught was close to 18lbs. There are 20+lbs in there as well.

There are other places that have mud flats as well, but none are as productive as Black Butte or replicate bonefishing on the flats as well, IMO. Closer to home, Frank's tract is great, but you can't really wade, and the window for sightfishing is small (late fall game when water is clearer).

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