Saw some of the folks participating in the Tribal Canoe Journey out on the water yesterday.
SF
SF
Puget Sound
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Ended an unproductive session. Snapped in the butt section not sure how that happens
That happened to me before, first cast of the day and it broke near the handle. I guess rod fatigue, had some internal cracks and it couldn’t handle the load anymore, boom!
I fished MA9 5:30-11:00 today. Lots of small rezzies around, I probably caught a dozen 15" or smaller. I saw a few bigger fish hit the beach but went 0-2 on my large fish.
I played a game of how small is too small to bonk, ultimately deciding it was larger than this
but smaller than this
I landed 2 fish that were 1.5-2x this size but both were unclipped.
I strung it up and let it bleed while I fished a bit longer. A bit later I hooked up on a small fish 10 feet in front of a big seal. I stripped it in real quick as the seal disappeared. Got it to hand, unhooked it and sent it on its way. When I looked up, the seal was about 2 feet from me in thigh deep water sniffing around my strung fish. I startled the hell out of me. I tossed my fish in the stripping basket and a few seconds later the seal headed off.
Cheers to my first PS harvest, despite its diminutive size. There's enough for the wife and I to have dinner .
I played a game of how small is too small to bonk, ultimately deciding it was larger than this
but smaller than this
I landed 2 fish that were 1.5-2x this size but both were unclipped.
I strung it up and let it bleed while I fished a bit longer. A bit later I hooked up on a small fish 10 feet in front of a big seal. I stripped it in real quick as the seal disappeared. Got it to hand, unhooked it and sent it on its way. When I looked up, the seal was about 2 feet from me in thigh deep water sniffing around my strung fish. I startled the hell out of me. I tossed my fish in the stripping basket and a few seconds later the seal headed off.
Cheers to my first PS harvest, despite its diminutive size. There's enough for the wife and I to have dinner .
Congratulations!! That will cook up just fine.
Thanks! The place felt A LOT fisher than a couple weeks ago
A spot on the first boat and this marine layer were cause for optimism but between the salad and the wind today turned out to be a “throw the box at the picky sea runs in the cove down the beach” kind of day. The anglers I talked to reported slow beaches all around the area.
They're out there somewhere but not here.
Sculpins are pretty much the rite of passage to saltwater fishing in the Sound
BassBarbell
Steelhead
Fished a new to me MA 9 beach today and saw minimal fish activity in the morning without much water moving. Didn’t see a salmon caught and my only action was a couple of sculpin. Saw a couple pinks jump way off but they never materialized near the beach.
I also seem to struggle on incoming tides but not worth staying inside over.
I also seem to struggle on incoming tides but not worth staying inside over.
I'm surprised no one has jumped on this: Atlantic salmon.
I’m with you, given a choice I’d much prefer fishing an outgoing tide though there are a some beaches that fish well on the incoming.
SF
Folks are jumping the gun a little. The humpy peak is mid to late August depending on whether you are fishing the north or south Sound. The resident coho will hang out at the beaches with good amounts of bait. Catches will improve by the end of next week with ideal tides and weather.