This turned out to be one of our biggest turnouts of the year, with 14 PSFF anglers showing up for Chum salmon. I just wish the Chum had showed up as well.

Because of the unexpectedly high club turnout, especially for a fishery location with space constraints, I decided to add an extra day (Thursday, Nov. 9) and split up the party into two groups of 6-7 anglers. Everyone was so nice about it, letting me know which day worked best for them.

Whenever the catching part of an outing's equation suffers, I like to think, variously, well:

"At least the weather was good" (it rained, but ... it didn't drive the salmon run), or ...

"Everyone seemed to have a great time" (it seemed like they did, but ... for some, it was a long way to drive with no fish to show for it), or ...

"The pre-fishing breakfast/lunch was good" (we had some interesting conversations, but ... the restaurant was crowded and we were a little late for the tide), or ...

"I think some of us learned some things about the fishery" (I know I did).

Next time, I think I might plan the fishing for a low tide in good weather two days after a hard rain. Thanks to member Curt Dorn for that voice of experience.

See, we can always count on each other to make our outings something special!

Thursday's group: Greg Shimek, Dennis Beardsley, Mike Koslosky, Barry Miller, Dennis Ehlers and Richard Stone.

Friday's group: Steve Saville, Ryan Puddy, David Frazier, Rachel Dagovitz, Joe Harrison, Mirae Brooks, Mark Paul and Tom Krughoff. Special thanks for photo by Curt Dorn.