Puget Sound
- Thread starter Stonedfish
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You chased down the dragon, well done!
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
True
Neither does the cart for my 15 foot SOT. But it sure helps if you're doing an 800 foot drag from the bank to the parking lot at, say, Lake Sammamish.
I haven’t dialed in that Lake Sammamish salmon on the fly bite yet, so there has not been a need. Besides, that State Park has a boat launch. Pretty big one, too. Works great for launching boats. I think I’d go there if the hand carry by the swimmers beach was an issue. Thanks though.
Go ahead humpies……make my day!
SF
DKL
Steelhead
Reminds me of the first time I saw the Entering Ethel sign. I was the only one that thought it was funny. I’ve driven by this sign a gazillion times and for some reason never put the same thought together and it’s even more obvious with Joyce then with Ethel.
Went up to area 9 with my dad this morning and had some good luck. I went 1/2 with a hatchery coho landed and my dad went 3/4 on the buzzbomb with 2 pinks and 1 beautiful hatchery Chinook that we kept wet and released after I took a few photos. Tons of bait around!
Much slower day today. More weeds and sun and less current. Three coho and two humpies to hand, so only had to use two bullets. 
Lots of follows without commits.
Should have stayed on beach one for the incoming rather then relocating.
SF
Lots of follows without commits.Should have stayed on beach one for the incoming rather then relocating.
SF
Headed out in the boat with @Kfish today looking for coho and or pinks. After a slow start it turned into a really solid day with the incoming tide. Hit a number of spots. One was a well known humpy spot that gave up a good number of fish to both of us. After running around a bit looking for fish we came up on a spot that looked super fishy for a couple of reason. After seeing a jumper we started doing drifts and had some great coho fishing for good sized hatchery fish. Came home with 4 fish between us. I kept a pink because it was bleeding badly. That was unfortunate considering the coho fishing we found. Great day…except maybe for Lou’s wallet…and the repair department at Scott Rods .
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Was that your Centric? Looks like new cork was in order. 
My son broke his last week.
My son broke his last week.
It was a successful day with @jasmillo after the slow start in the morning. We got several humpies and saw many followed in groups of 3 but veered away when they got close to the boat, very cool to see.
Later on we happened to pass by a nice point with lots of kelp, saw a fish jumped and decided to drift it. This turned out to be a really good coho spot, I hooked 4, broke off 2 and kept 2. All good size clipped coho that fought like hell. One of the ones I lost ran under the boat, the borrowed rod was fully wrapped around the hull and when there was no more flex to give that fish broke it off. Maybe if I didn't rush tying on the clouser with a clinch knot it might have held with a non slip loop, who knows...
Brought home 2 nice coho, but at a steep price of 2 broken rods. First breakage was when I started a cast it simply snapped, "clouserized" as Brian would say. Second break was my dumb move, rod was resting on the bow under the cleat. In a rush to get a cast to a fish nearby I lifted it up before clearing it, that was a good crunch near the cork. Sigh...
We broke all sorts of stuff today, Jason's net handle decided to part way but it turned out to be an excellent bonking stick
That was interesting netting fish with just a hoop!
Whaler is going to need a lot of cleaning, sorry Jason.
Later on we happened to pass by a nice point with lots of kelp, saw a fish jumped and decided to drift it. This turned out to be a really good coho spot, I hooked 4, broke off 2 and kept 2. All good size clipped coho that fought like hell. One of the ones I lost ran under the boat, the borrowed rod was fully wrapped around the hull and when there was no more flex to give that fish broke it off. Maybe if I didn't rush tying on the clouser with a clinch knot it might have held with a non slip loop, who knows...
Brought home 2 nice coho, but at a steep price of 2 broken rods. First breakage was when I started a cast it simply snapped, "clouserized" as Brian would say. Second break was my dumb move, rod was resting on the bow under the cleat. In a rush to get a cast to a fish nearby I lifted it up before clearing it, that was a good crunch near the cork. Sigh...
We broke all sorts of stuff today, Jason's net handle decided to part way but it turned out to be an excellent bonking stick
That was interesting netting fish with just a hoop!
Whaler is going to need a lot of cleaning, sorry Jason.
It was my Centric, my cork is good though. You're probably thinking of @jasmillo's CentricWas that your Centric? Looks like new cork was in order.
Broken Equipment Sound….Formerly known as Puget Sound.
Tough weekend on gear out there. I shipped my rod out today.
Lou, we can have a contest to see who gets their rod back first. My money is on Scott over Sage.
SF
Tough weekend on gear out there.
I shipped my rod out today.Lou, we can have a contest to see who gets their rod back first. My money is on Scott over Sage.
SF
My son literally threw his cello case into my car last week, breaking a Sage and a Scott. I sent them off on the same day. Scott quoted me 8-10 weeks, Sage quoted me 3-4 months.Broken Equipment Sound….Formerly known as Puget Sound.
Tough weekend on gear out there.
Lou, we can have a contest to see who gets their rod back first. My money is on Scott over Sage.
SF
When I sent the same Sage rod in earlier this year, they told me 8-10 weeks. I got it back right at about 8 weeks.
SF
Divad
Whitefish
What a day! Caught two kings, one unclipped 8 or 9 lbs and a clipped shaker.
Then got a coho and pink to keep. Multiple ear-to-ear grin runs and one into my backing a bit. Before heading home managed another beach and hooked up then intentionally played it to let go since I was at quota. 4 beaches in total.
Same fly all day, absolutely love this epoxy head stinger, casts wonderful on the 10ft tres weight. The Martin clicker was screaming a few times today and required palming and tweaker cranking.
This high is bound to remain at least until tomorrows feast.
Then got a coho and pink to keep. Multiple ear-to-ear grin runs and one into my backing a bit. Before heading home managed another beach and hooked up then intentionally played it to let go since I was at quota. 4 beaches in total.
Same fly all day, absolutely love this epoxy head stinger, casts wonderful on the 10ft tres weight. The Martin clicker was screaming a few times today and required palming and tweaker cranking.
This high is bound to remain at least until tomorrows feast.
Grandpa Jim
Steelhead
I was next to you for a bit this afternoon. Looks like I left too early. Not the first time I've said that this season.
Divad
Whitefish
I meant to ask if you were on here, then we got carried away with the OP talks ha! I left 30 minutes after you, the beach was picking up as I left but all on the north edge and I couldn’t squeeze in.
Then moved south to a couple beaches and it was on fire.