01-01-2012, 11:47 PM
Instead of celebrating the new year I thought I'd spend a few hours down at Des Moines. A nice school of jumbos came in around 11:00P and stuck around till just after midnight. There was only five of us cleaning up on this school, Two guys limited out. I put 7lbs in my bucket before the squid split. The tide was outgoing. Pink jigs and green jigs did the trick. I was using Squidcandy jigs and small jigs I picked up at Teds in Lynnwood. Doubles were common. One guy got a triple. It's amazing how good the fishing can be when there are no seals to screw things up. Just one diving bird who didn't really have much of an impact. Much better than the last time I was there last week - no squid. Happy New Year everyone.