Quotes by Gary Krein

“Its tough. For over a week its been very tough fishing. I dont know what the story will be ultimately, but it needs to turn. Im hoping theyre going to be late.”

“I got out Sunday and [Wednesday] morning for a couple hours, and we found black mouth every time in Saratoga Passage.”

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

“Fishing is good. I havent seen any reason to leave. There are some nice fish up here. We got two at 11.5 pounds (Tuesday).”

“I fished Saturday and it was very good on the racetrack between Camano Head and Hat Island.”

“I wouldnt say its a slam-dunk, but weve found fish everywhere weve fished. We fished Possession Bar on Sunday morning and didnt 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.”

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

“There were 15 [boats] on Monday from Saratoga Passage to the racetrack [between Hat Island and Camano Head], and pretty much everyone got fish.”

“Ive been helping fisheries keep track of the mark rate, and it has been very good. Weve had a mark rate of 60 to 65 percent since it opened, and that accounts for every single fish that weve either kept or released.”

“We had a fair weekend in the Useless Bay/Double Bluff area. There was a lot of traffic up there. Everyone was obviously having trouble where they had been fishing. Saturday was good. Saturday was scratch fishing.”