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Will definitely go look for them next time I am out- Funny thing is trolling with coho sized gear and coho speeds usually boats tons of pinks as well as coho, but the pinks tend to be on the bigger end of the size range.

Any early ocean coho being caught by board members?

Planning a last minute trip to the Naches, and not really finding any camp sites. Thinking about camping at a pullout on a forest road or another, but a little concerned about safety. Had a nasty experience in the middle of nowhere on Vancouver island where my family were essentially threatened...

Only one extra day of retention as rains are expected to push fish into the rivers, with 28% of quota remaining just does not make sense to me. Anyways, seeing as the season is just about over, thought I would share my success- 30.5 inch 13lb buck at the end of the low slack. Second best fish...

If you want to work hard at it there are definitely catchable numbers of pinks in the sound from a boat right now. Would probably need downriggers though

Technically was my first fish on the fly

Considering purchasing a pair of felt soles. After a few close calls while wading (Almost got swept away trying to get on a fish trap I was working tops the list as the scariest) I've become a very anxious river wader, and having more traction on slipper rocks would definitely help me feel more...

Yes sir! Considering picking up a 3wt at some point soon. Since the stream I am at is pretty obvious, if anyone knows any specific parking lots to avoid over there for the sake of my windows, please do let me know via DM

Had work in the south Seattle area today, so I thought I’d swing by a nearby stream for the first time, a place I’ve long been intending to fish. First stop was the community center. I walked down to the river and saw a spot I could feasibly wade up, and a nice pocket water right in front of me...

Tried some dusk fishing at my local and went 0/1. Saw something huge jump, probably a chunky pink but the size of the splash made me thick King. Beautiful scenery regardless.

I have heard there is a chance Area 10 will be going daily for Chinook thanks to low catch rates, I will be fishing it hard if it does and very little of that time will be at Jeff

At this point I wish Chinook was managed as a catch and release fishery. It frankly is not fun anymore, especially in the Bubble, Jeff Head, and Posession, mainly because of the lack of decency of the crowds the Chinook attract. I am sorry, but I am gonna call out the Everett fleet for being a...

I have never caught or even seen a rockfish this big. Hooked her off possession last night thinking I had a salmon on with a plug. I tried to put the descender on her but she kept her mouth wired shut, and I figured she’d have a better chance of survival swimming down than keeping her out of...

My buddy claimed to have caught a few off Posession last opener in the 6-7lb range. I thought he was BSing but I wonder if they are in early

Probably lol, but I do wonder if his "20lbers" were upper teens fish, which are also hard to find nowadays

Coworker who couldn't have been older than 40 who I worked with on Steelhead traps a while back was telling me how as a kid he would fish outside Gorst Creek and throw back anything smaller than 20lbs

Why is it that the majority of Chinook I have caught in Puget Sound and see posted are so much smaller than the fish we see caught in the ocean marine areas? I just got back from Tofino, where anything under 28" is considered small (Not illegal, their minimum size is crazy small 18"), and...

What a wonderful coincidence I saw this thread when I logged in, because I did my first blue lining trip of the summer. Before heading down to the river a couple in a camper van pulled by and told us they’d caught a nice 20 inches with a Chubby Chernobyl, I was quite excited to get down to the...

Redoing my wardrobe, including my "outdoor gear" which as of now is just my less stylish and older jeans/thick cotton pants that I don't mind getting dirty. I have a couple sets of nice things, including a Kuhl fleece that manages to keep me the perfect temperature at all times that tells me I...

I would argue fly fishing carp is more dirtbag than gear fishing