Non-Fly 2024 Summer Salmon

[speedbird]

Buddy cut open the stomach on the ones he took home and all our fish ended up having bellies filled with krill, even the big ocean fish (Or overweight resi?)

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

They are here!

 

[Chucker]

They are here!

They were here. Now they are in the freezer!

 

[speedbird]

The most insane day of coho fishing I’ve had in Puget sound. I’ve technically hooked more fish one day last year but the fish were nowhere near this quality. In addition to the two big ones (7.4 and 7.8 bled) I started the day losing what looked to be a 10-12lber (my dad refused to take the other rod out the rigger and an out of control double header fish made us regret that decision as we lost both) I released a wild that was around 7lbs, and lost a couple. I think we saw that humpback that was posted about earlier! In a much better mood without boats crowding it.

Note the misclip on the small one and while not visible on one of the bigger ones. Thoughts on what to do if fishing an area with wilds closed? The fins clearly are flat at the top where the adipose is supposed to be rounded, and in my mind have a clearly visible scar, little guy especially

I’m excited to see what salmon fishing looks like come middle of September if it’s this good already

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

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The most insane day of coho fishing I’ve had in Puget sound. I’ve technically hooked more fish one day last year but the fish were nowhere near this quality. In addition to the two big ones (7.4 and 7.8 bled) I started the day losing what looked to be a 10-12lber (my dad refused to take the other rod out the rigger and an out of control double header fish made us regret that decision as we lost both) I released a wild that was around 7lbs, and lost a couple. I think we saw that humpback that was posted about earlier! In a much better mood without boats crowding it.

Note the misclip on the small one and while not visible on one of the bigger ones. Thoughts on what to do if fishing an area with wilds closed? The fins clearly are flat at the top where the adipose is supposed to be rounded, and in my mind have a clearly visible scar, little guy especially

I’m excited to see what salmon fishing looks like come middle of September if it’s this good already

This was dispersed by odfw at one point. I think that the regs suggest that a fully healed adipose fin is needed, which I believe would follow the same as odfw.

 

[speedbird]

My two were a B and a C. Good to know

 

[Chucker]

Still nuts out there. Something is wrong when you spend longer in the line to launch than it takes to limit out the boat.

 

[speedbird]

Actually two bites trolling a whole orange label herring around Friday Harbor in a rowboat. Second one broke the leader, first one didn't swallow. Guess we'll never know what hit

 

[speedbird]

Anyone running spin fish or brads cut plugs? I plan on giving those a go when I get back since I've heard good reports from them and I have a couple lying around but I just never got into the scent bait lures. If I'm going through the effort to cut real bait up I'd rather just put the whole/cutplug herring on a hook and give em the real thing

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

Anyone running spin fish or brads cut plugs? I plan on giving those a go when I get back since I've heard good reports from them and I have a couple lying around but I just never got into the scent bait lures. If I'm going through the effort to cut real bait up I'd rather just put the whole/cutplug herring on a hook and give em the real thing

I started running them this year and they are working pretty good.

 

[Paige]

Anyone running spin fish or brads cut plugs? I plan on giving those a go when I get back since I've heard good reports from them and I have a couple lying around but I just never got into the scent bait lures. If I'm going through the effort to cut real bait up I'd rather just put the whole/cutplug herring on a hook and give em the real thing

A friend has been running cutt plug herring on a 3oz banana sinker and getting limits in area 9, zero reason to get technical with Coho.

 

[Nick Clayton]

, zero reason to get technical with Coho.

So much this. Coho will eat anything.

Also no need to actually use bait in a Brads. It'll catch plenty of coho on its own.

 

[speedbird]

So much this. Coho will eat anything.

Also no need to actually use bait in a Brads. It'll catch plenty of coho on its own.

Someone on Facebook is going to try running a cutplug hot dog

 

[Bakerite]

I've been doing lots of trolling with a couple of friends, Always use a clouser behing a dodger and catch as many as the other guys who switch it up and use herring, spoons, squids and flies. Last night I tied up my version of a dodger, basically a huge bright streamer. Today I nixed the dodger and fished my dodger fly with a clouser behind it and caught a nice coho. Tomorrow we are going again and I will use my 8 weight with the reel loaded with 25 pound mono, on the downrigger. Has anyone else tried something like this?

 

[Bob N]

Someone on Facebook is going to try running a cutplug hot dog

Already did it back in the early 1990’s.

 

[speedbird]

Already did it back in the early 1990’s.

Important question: Did it work?

 

[Bob N]

Important question: Did it work?

Yes, that’s why I said did it as opposed to tried it.

 

[JackSea]

I’ve been catching with Flashers and clear squids off the tanks. So I got this Cortland type 9 full sink in 310 gr. Caught one last Friday on my trolling fly. I will try again in the morning.

 

[Chucker]

Yes, that’s why I said did it as opposed to tried it.

But did you ever catch one with a cut plug banana?

 

[speedbird]

Anyone got tricks for late season MA10 coho? My buddy is reporting tons jumping at some spots, real big ones too but totally lockjawed. If I get a chance I am planning to around dawn/dusk and buzz bomb for them or throw sparse staging style flies