Chum Strength

[chrome/22]

They we're running with the June kings back in the day. Was downstream from the Wallace falls hatchery if I remember correctly.

That thing had to be 20 lbs...just a massive Chum

 

[Stonedfish]

They we're running with the June kings back in the day. Was downstream from the Wallace falls hatchery if I remember correctly.

That thing had to be 20 lbs...just a massive Chum

Likely just a big buck humpy with purple and green stripes.
SF

 

[rotato]

Quite tasty when they look like this

 

[Mossback]

They can be bright...


Just don't see them very often around here.

 

[rotato]

They can be bright...
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Just don't see them very often around here.

Kay Rome!

 

[Paige]

Summer chum on the sky? What am I missing?

They are there, just not many. Amazingly I've never caught one, seen spawned out carcass in September.

 

[Mossback]

They are there, just not many. Amazingly I've never caught one, seen spawned out carcass in September.

Interesting.
Out here on the Canal, the Summer Chum show up in September, and of course go right to spawning...never seen any in river before last of August...and only a couple. Labor Day is when numbers show.

 

[Pink Nighty]

The closer you get to the Fraser, the bigger your chums get. What swims up the nookie will pucker your butthole right up.

 

[chrome/22]

Likely just a big buck humpy with purple and green stripes.
SF

That's the ticket!!

You'd never guess in 100 chances what that Jumbo Chumster bit.

But Stoner I'll give you one hint BFD was involved

 

[Sam Roffe]

Summer chum on the sky? What am I missing?

I think it was fall. We were targeting coho

 

[Stonedfish]

Other than the Nisqually winter chum which unfortunately are having a tough time now, there always seems to be some early, smaller bright fall chum hens that show up early in the run. This one came out of a local stream and I’ve caught them out of the Chehalis system as well. Fear the nightmare jig.
SF

 

[chrome/22]

Ok

Other than the Nisqually winter chum which unfortunately are having a tough time now, there always seems to be some early, smaller bright fall chum hens that show up early in the run. This one came out of a local stream and I’ve caught them out of the Chehalis system as well. Fear the nightmare jig.
SF

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Yeah, little chrome bullets. Very sporty & they do take jigs just like the zombie bucks they be cohabitating with

 

[chrome/22]

I think it was fall. We were targeting coho

Ya think? Maybe I'm losing it but was sure it was a June trip for Kings..

 

[onefish]

When I lived in Kitimat we used to get chums starting in late june. Some where large (20+ lbs) and very bright. They were lots of fun to catch, not at all like the fall chums.

 

[Salmo_g]

When I lived in Kitimat we used to get chums starting in late june. Some where large (20+ lbs) and very bright. They were lots of fun to catch, not at all like the fall chums.

Chum salmon run timing is earlier with increasing latitude. It's a water temperature thing.

 

[Mossback]

Yeah, we got some overachievers in late June or early July on the Kanektok, and again in August on a different trip.

 

[Sam Roffe]

Ya think? Maybe I'm losing it but was sure it was a June trip for Kings..

I think the June trip was where I almost got socked by the deck hand by hitting him twice in the back of the head with a glob of eggs. I don’t know, trips run together these days.

 

[SurfnFish]

I thought the thread was gonna be about how damn strong chum can be when you hook ‘em. Which is really strong. Chum salmon are cool. Pinks are fun, but chum are much cooler.

x2...first salmon I ever caught on the OR coast was a Chum....was like hooking into a 20# bulldog.

 

[G_Smolt]

Chum salmon run timing is earlier with increasing latitude. It's a water temperature thing.

They're also multi-modal in Southeast AK. We get a summer component that enters freshwater in late June / early July, and a fall component that shows up in September / October. Many streams host both.