Puget Sound
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Fish when you can!
Short 2 hour session this morning. Fish jumping everywhere at daybreak. I assume pinks. Hooked and lost a good sized fish on my second cast. Lost another soon after. Salad rolled in, followed shortly by pods of pinks that had many on the beach hooked up. Ended up 4-7, all pinks before I had to call it and get to work. I saw one coho hit the beach.
Nice to fish in the rain a bit this morning…
Nice to fish in the rain a bit this morning…
One last hurrah on our final day of road trip, cutty fishing. Landed 1 lost 4, all solid 15-18 inchers too.
Didn't fish too long, ran out of time. Heading home today, gotta clean the waders and boots they're starting to stink sitting in the bin wet all these days
Didn't fish too long, ran out of time. Heading home today, gotta clean the waders and boots they're starting to stink sitting in the bin wet all these days
Greggor
'Schooled' by Roy Patrick
Arrived at the beach at tide change. Someone had just landed a salmon, and asked me to verify it was a coho. It was, and clipped to boot! Thought that was a good sign, so you already know the rest of the story. 
Anyway, around seven fishermen, and no salmon after that. Good current, light rain, and the flounder were back to going vertical again!
A cutty fisherman and I conducted a flounder fest. Thought I might be catching some of the same fish, but they all had different brown streaks patterns on their white undersides.
There were salmon jumping occasionally this morning, so we had that going for us, but no pinks traveling by yet.
No 12 lb leaders were put in danger during today's activity.
Anyway, around seven fishermen, and no salmon after that. Good current, light rain, and the flounder were back to going vertical again!
A cutty fisherman and I conducted a flounder fest. Thought I might be catching some of the same fish, but they all had different brown streaks patterns on their white undersides.
There were salmon jumping occasionally this morning, so we had that going for us, but no pinks traveling by yet.
No 12 lb leaders were put in danger during today's activity.
South wind indeed, and a bit of drizzle, too. There was a short flurry of activity right around 6:45 as it was getting full light, similar to recent sessions here. I moved over to it and hooked up in about 10 casts. Landed another big male pink. The resident seal popped up 20 feet away right as I got the fish in the boat. Saw a couple more jumpers but that was it for me. The seal got one. Took a work call from the water, too, so that was a double win.
Between Dimey and Stoney as my fishing prognosticators I really don’t need to consult anything else.
It sounds like from the reports on here that the swarms are not on the east side of the central sound quite like they may be west side Sound and a little north. It is hard to be patient! I’m ready.
Between Dimey and Stoney as my fishing prognosticators I really don’t need to consult anything else.
It sounds like from the reports on here that the swarms are not on the east side of the central sound quite like they may be west side Sound and a little north. It is hard to be patient! I’m ready.
Even this little bit of rain should help fishing.
Hopefully it pushes more searun silvers or coho in from the straits. It’s about the time of year for it to start happening.
I’m getting some very good reports via text from @silvercoho.net this morning….while I’m at work.
SF
Hopefully it pushes more searun silvers or coho in from the straits. It’s about the time of year for it to start happening.
I’m getting some very good reports via text from @silvercoho.net this morning….while I’m at work.
SF
Although I’d hate more regulations, you’d think they could come up with some that would help eliminate chinook encounters while folks target pinks and coho from boats.
I know you can’t eliminate all encounters, but with gear restrictions you could certainly greatly reduce them.
What about a maximum 2 oz weight limit?
I know that isn’t perfect, but if you have a boat and want to fish MA 11 for coho or pinks it sure beats what the current regs are as of yesterday.
SF
I know you can’t eliminate all encounters, but with gear restrictions you could certainly greatly reduce them.
What about a maximum 2 oz weight limit?
I know that isn’t perfect, but if you have a boat and want to fish MA 11 for coho or pinks it sure beats what the current regs are as of yesterday.
SF
11 for 15 this morning fishing until 10:00 on two different beaches. 10 silvers and one pink. I landed two "ocean" silvers, a 25" wild of 6 pounds and a fat 24" hatchery hen of 5 pounds I bonked. Great weather for salmon fishing in waders! The silvers were inhaling the fly and great jumpers. The bigger wild silver I released jumped at least 9 times, awesome fight.
More south wind forecast Thursday, I better fish again.
More south wind forecast Thursday, I better fish again.
Nice fish Tim!
You're in Hawaii, right?
Go drink a Mai Tai and chill by the water! Snorkel and look at some colorful fish. They'll be here when you're back.
Wiznet
Steelhead
Yep hehe! We're actually being nailed by hurricane wind right now and Maui is being burnt to the ground. Not so nice
Exactly this. I wonder if they'd think it'd be too hard to enforce, although I rarely see any enforcement out there anyways. I'm fishing the top 6ft or so of the water column, not likely to experience any/many more chinook encounters than a beach angler. Guess I'll have to keep racking up the miles towing north.
How is it fishing out of a canoe on the Sound? Any major issues fishing alone?South wind indeed, and a bit of drizzle, too. There was a short flurry of activity right around 6:45 as it was getting full light, similar to recent sessions here. I moved over to it and hooked up in about 10 casts. Landed another big male pink. The resident seal popped up 20 feet away right as I got the fish in the boat. Saw a couple more jumpers but that was it for me. The seal got one. Took a work call from the water, too, so that was a double win.
Between Dimey and Stoney as my fishing prognosticators I really don’t need to consult anything else.
It sounds like from the reports on here that the swarms are not on the east side of the central sound quite like they may be west side Sound and a little north. It is hard to be patient! I’m ready. View attachment 77051