Hey all if you are getting bored, not wanting to take the boat in the rain, but want to catch BIG FISH?......The head on over to Hoodsport and catch some Chum Salmon....dont worry there is enough for everyone as the run is exceding all expectations....the hatchery if full and the tribes are too tired to net.....I caught and released 15 7-12 lb chums and kept 3 (2 hens and 1 buck) I tore up one spinning reel (gears broke under the strain) but had a blast!! your 7-1/2' flippin stick will work but a 8-8-1/2' two piece spinning rod is a blast and cast better around a crowd...(we had about 250 people and a 1/8th mile area. Oh and imagine so many fish that you are literally hit in the legs by hundreds of salmon trying to get by and the water for 1/2 a mile is A-Froth by so many fish schoolling around......WHOOOOOHOOOOOOO!! good times and good food!!