"Tyee" can refer to a large Chinook salmon, or it can be a Chinook Jargon word meaning "chief," "boss," or "leader". The term is also used for a specific size class of Chinook salmon, generally those weighing 30 pounds or more"
Puget Sound
- Thread starter Stonedfish
- Start date
speedbird
Life of the Party
Could his story be a fish story?
Probably lol, but I do wonder if his "20lbers" were upper teens fish, which are also hard to find nowadays
To think I drove through Gorst (what a name!) daily for seven years and never once scoped it out. My bad! Missed those 20 pounders.
But my first fly rod saltwater fish came from Sinclair Inlet: a flounder
Last edited:
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Buzzy, you're lucky to be alive. Floundering around in Gorst is fairly dangerous 
I think I'll probably miss most of the coho run this year especially fly fishing for them. On July 10th I had a bad fall that fractured my right elbow for the second time.
I had a much worse fracture in 2015 that required surgery including numerous titanium screws and a plate.
I have a cast now that hopefully will come off in 3 to 4 weeks.
I'll be dirt bagging some coho in the Nooksack and some beaches hopefully by September.
I had a much worse fracture in 2015 that required surgery including numerous titanium screws and a plate.
I have a cast now that hopefully will come off in 3 to 4 weeks.
I'll be dirt bagging some coho in the Nooksack and some beaches hopefully by September.
Attachments
You know Old Man Jim is the only one who could actually answer that legit query. Gorst and areas around there were his stomping grounds after the Cordilleran or Vashon Stadial ice sheet retreated....Could his story be a fish story?
Ohh man, Wanative, get better soon!
Sorry to hear that and best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery! Looks like you need some signatures and art on that cast.
MA 9 report from today…..
My voluntary trip report was pretty easy to fill out. No beach chinook were encountered or harm, in fact no fish were. Definitely not a July for the record books in my case.
SF
My voluntary trip report was pretty easy to fill out. No beach chinook were encountered or harm, in fact no fish were. Definitely not a July for the record books in my case.
SF
Hoping for your speedy recovery!
Mine will be too. 1
er.
I’m gonna give ‘er an evening go here in a bit. Thanks for getting me real pumped up about my odds.MA 9 report from today…..
My voluntary trip report was pretty easy to fill out. No beach chinook were encountered or harm, in fact no fish were. Definitely not a July for the record books in my case.
SF
I hope so Pat. Thank youBummer, Fred. Maybe by your birthday.
Steven Flow
Steelhead
A bit late to the party here, but I've never once heard of "Hillbilly Land Crabbing", but it looks like a ton of fun.Did some hillbilly land crabbing this morning on the opener. I never curse clouds blocking the sun except when crabbing.
I forgot my green garden stakes so used driftwood branches to wire the bait boxes to.
I ended up getting eight crab, six males and two females and had my first keeper in about 5 minutes. I got three legal size males. One was a nice, hard dirty crab in the 7” range, but unfortunately it was missing both claws..
It lived to see another day and grow some claws. Some of the crabs looked a bit beat up to me with multiple legs missing, but they’ve been fished on for about a month now.
I love watching how they react when they zero in on the bait. I used shad chunks for bait.
A fun three hours on the water and dinner will be crab melts.
SF
View attachment 159068View attachment 159069View attachment 159070View attachment 159071View attachment 159072
Id like to request a brief explainer.
No problem.
All you need is a garden stake, a crab pot bait box and a piece of wire.
You want to do this preferably in sandy areas and with eel grass nearby and good tidal flow. Rocky areas will yield more red rock crabs.
Bait the bait box, wire it to the stake and stick the stake in the bottom. I’ve been using shad but chicken, fish carcasses etc will work.
The tidal flow will send the bait scent downstream. If I’m fishing, I like to fish above the stake so I can see crabs coming on the bottom from below me.
This is the basic set-up. You could also just wire the bait to the stake if you really wanted to go simple.
As mentioned, very hillbilly like.
Once a crab is on the bait box, I move out beyond them on the deep water side. I’ll either force them into shallower water with my feet then net them or just net them right off the bait box. Crabs can move relatively quick which is why I try to block them from a deep water escape.
This is what it looks like when a crab is on the bait box.
This is super simple and I find it incredibly fun to watch how the crabs react once they smell the bait. Some are super cautious and others just race in. You can do this without fishing as well. If I’m not fishing and just crabbing, I set up two stakes to double my chances. I think kids would enjoy doing this as well.
I hope this helps.
SF
Last edited:
Do you harvest any of the rock crabs?No problem.
All you need is a garden stake, a crab pot bait box and a piece of wire.
You want to do this preferably in sandy areas and with eel grass nearby and good tidal flow. Rocky areas will yield more red rock crabs.
Bait the bait box and stick the stake in the sand. I’ve been using shad but chicken, fish carcasses etc will work.
The tidal flow will send the bait scent downstream. If I’m fishing, I like to fish above the stake so I can see crabs coming on the bottom from below me.
This is the basic set-up. You could also just wire the bait to the stake if you really wanted to go simple.
As mentioned, very hillbilly like.
View attachment 161357
Once a crab is on the bait box, I move out beyond them on the deep water side. I’ll either force them into shallower water with my feet then net them or just net them right off the bait box. Crabs can move relatively quick which is why I try to block them from a deep water escape.
This is what it looks like when a crab is on the bait box.
View attachment 161358
This is super simple and I find it incredibly fun to watch how the crabs react once they smell the bait. Some are super cautious and others just race in. You can do this without fishing as well. If I’m not fishing and just crabbing, I set up two stakes to double my chances. I think kids would enjoy doing this as well.
I hope this helps.
SF
It’s been >30 years since my former colleagues and I met on Puget Sound pier after work: we’d bait star traps and do some dirtbag bait fishing. I don’t remember us ever trapping a legal Dungeness but we did harvest some rock crab. Very tasty in the Indian curry pot at Bomi’s house later on.
Do you harvest any of the rock crabs?
It’s been >30 years since my former colleagues and I met on Puget Sound pier after work: we’d bait star traps and do some dirtbag bait fishing. I don’t remember us ever trapping a legal Dungeness but we did harvest some rock crab. Very tasty in the Indian curry pot at Bomi’s house later on.
Pat,
I have harvested them in the past, but not much lately. They are ornery sob’s compared to dungies.
SF