Got to do some fishing for Coho salmon recently. They run this time of year, later than Chinook. I have played around with tying some salmon flies, and the Coho like them.
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One evening a nuclear submarine came straight toward us. A Coast Guard boat with a .50 cal on the bow came over and told us to move and to stay at least 1000 yards from the sub.
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Those look delish. Man I love eating Salmon.
QuoteOne evening a nuclear submarine came straight toward us. A Coast Guard boat with a .50 cal on the bow came over and told us to move and to stay at least 1000 yards from the sub.
Well THAT woulda been kinda cool. Were there any other fishing boats out there?
Very few boats that evening, and they were scattered way out, all trolling. We saw the Coast Guard go talk to one other boat about a mile from us. It was the deadest fishing day we've hit and I think everybody had given up and gone in. The Coast Guard boats were those big rigid hull inflatables, and there were two of them running around out front and to the sides of the sub. There were also two escort boats or small ships staying very close to the sub, and those are in the photo.
This looks like a nuclear missile sub with the long hull enclosing a row of missiles. The attack subs are shorter and more nimble looking. The U.S. has a submarine base down inside the long Hood Canal and that's probably where this sub was coming from, on its way out into the open Pacific.
Hood Canal is a 90 mile long inlet that runs south off of Puget Sound and dead ends down near Olympia, WA. A lot of it is only a mile or so wide. It has a floating bridge across it at the north end.
They were probably afraid that you would snag the sub and try to reel it in. :innocentwhistle: