Puget Sound
- Thread starter Stonedfish
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For someone without a boat, has anyone seen any coho on the beaches? I fished the south sound a couple times lately and only saw tiny salmon and the rare SRC. Not really sure where to look at this point.
Yes. Head north if you’re not finding them south.
There will be plenty in MA10 in September and early October.
Is #10 So. Sound?
Had a really fun day on PS today. It wasn't lights out action, basically one fish every 30 mins or so. On the other hand, there was some close to slam action
Sculpin- Check
Silver- Check
Coho- Check
Cutthroat- Check, Check, Check, Check
King- Check
Didn't punch any tickets for chum, chinook, keta, pink or humpies
The king was a surprise, took me to the backing twice, probably about 10ish pounds, and, probably the largest fish I've caught in Puget Sound, plus the only adult King I've ever caught on fly. That fly fooled the king and the silver and most of the cutthroat. This did surprise me, I mean the fly is about as boring as can be. And yes, that is a beat up and yet pretty reliable Cabelas prestige II reel.
Plus the porpoises were out:
On the ferry ride back saw this ride, held together by mildew. Could it be @Stonedfish and/or @DimeBrite? Not gonna make fun of them though, they moved through the traffic like Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana.... No doubt they were already home for an hour by the time I made the 80th street exit
Oh and now that I read @Matt B report I'm pretty sure I saw you also:
Sculpin- Check
Silver- Check
Coho- Check
Cutthroat- Check, Check, Check, Check
King- Check
Didn't punch any tickets for chum, chinook, keta, pink or humpies
The king was a surprise, took me to the backing twice, probably about 10ish pounds, and, probably the largest fish I've caught in Puget Sound, plus the only adult King I've ever caught on fly. That fly fooled the king and the silver and most of the cutthroat. This did surprise me, I mean the fly is about as boring as can be. And yes, that is a beat up and yet pretty reliable Cabelas prestige II reel.
Plus the porpoises were out:
On the ferry ride back saw this ride, held together by mildew. Could it be @Stonedfish and/or @DimeBrite? Not gonna make fun of them though, they moved through the traffic like Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana.... No doubt they were already home for an hour by the time I made the 80th street exit
Oh and now that I read @Matt B report I'm pretty sure I saw you also:
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You folks using sink tips or lines ? Off beach.
Intermediate lines most of the time.
Pretty much! We stayed inside of pretty much everybody. Got our 6 fish in less than 2 hours.
Did you see a humpback breach? Anyone? I was looking west across the sound around maybe 6:30 and saw a massive tower of water. Just an explosion of a splash. I almost thought the Navy was running live fire drills or something. Right after the splash settled I could just barely make out the roll and spout of a large whale.
That’s some amazing fishing and a very boring fly! Bench scraps? Nicely done, Boot. Better luck next time on the Chinook.
Great photo!
Dweddy89
Smolt
Didn't see the humpback, but the Orcas did make an appearance around Bainbridge, they played around awhile and tossed a seal or a monster fish about 6' out of the water! I went home empty handed after that.
Cool! I don't know what made the splash I saw, just that it looked enormous, and I have an uncanny knack for just missing the killer whales. Repeatedly. It'd almost be comical if it didn't disappoint me so much.
Dweddy89
Smolt
That was the first time I've seen them. Someone posted a few drone photos of them a bit more north earlier in the day. I didn't even think about grabbing my phone for a pic, I was more concerned looking around for the big getting close! Sketched me out honestly. Sounds like an excuse to spend more time on the water searching!
