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Fished the central sound earlier in the week and took home a few flounders. Found the below in one's belly. Was maybe 3-4 inches long. Any ideas on what it is? My guess is juvenile pollock. If correct it is encouraging to see that reproduction.

One of the simplest ways I think for differentiating our "trout" vs. "salmon" is by the anal fin. Trout will have fewer rays, making the anal fin appear about as deep or deeper than it is long. Salmon have more rays, meaning the anal fin will appear longer than it is deep. The angle of the...

Live bait is best IMO, but I have caught several Puget sound lings on leadheads and plastics, sometimes tipped with strips of bait, sometimes just scent. Don't jerk them, just swim them.

That's a tank

As a kid I slayed SRC trolling a triple teaser with a small swivel and splitshot 2 or 3 feet up the line. Tying a rubber band above the swivel helped to catch and stray seaweed and keep it from fouling the lure. Silver with the fluorescent orange head was a killer color combo for the triple...

Great pics 2Many. Things never stay the same. Agree get out and fish whenever and wherever you can.

Great pics all. I missed out on most of it but got to experience some of the 90's and on. My fishing partner/mentor/cousin and I mostly focused on some of the smaller, more obscure rivers on the hatchery plant list. Tribs or portions of larger rivers outside of the hatchery zones. We...

Sometimes positive spin makes things worse.

I appreciate this and agree with lots of it. That said I don't know that I've caught on anything other than a pink 10 or 12 mm bead. Bought a pack of trout beads years ago and never felt the need to switch since it was so effective lol. I've tried the soft beads now a few times and they work...

Currently running a gloomis salmon series mooching rod in 8'6" and shimano tekota a 400 with line counter. In the past I've used old penn 109 reels. I use 8'6'' rods because I primarily fish alone from a smaller boat. Netting fish is easier for me with the shorter rod.

I was busy the entire summer with a new baby so can't comment on fishing this summer other than it seemed it was very good. What I can say to support your observations is that these two were both deep, caught close to the deck in about 180'. The top fish was packed with those small pink and...

I'd guess those are mostly chum.

Fished A10 this weekend. There are still some decent fish out there.

Reading between the lines of the news release it seems that these closures are being pushed by NMFS. I base this on the fact that the closure are happening end of 2024 regardless of other plans, and that WDFW is "developing" a plan for the Snoqualmie and still in talks about what to do on the...

I generally keep hatchery fish, though sometimes I will release Western WA fall caught summer steelhead. I have kept some in the past and never particularly enjoyed the food quality when caught late in the season.

Very sad news. I always enjoyed his reports and posts.

I don't know anything about this other than what was in the article, but lots of questions and concerns about that.

Cool looking line. I always used Maxima Crystal Ivory which is easier to track than ultragreen.

Nice socks

Evan is probably right on the crowding, especially given the limited open area which I didn't appreciate when reading the news release yesterday. I won't fish it. Never have. I'm still happy its opening as it beats the alternative. Washington needs all the positive steelhead news it can get.