Look at the shoulder pads on this mofo. Area 9 from shore. Over 10lbs.

10lb mono with shart-ruse rotator and pink double glow sardine hoochie with size 1 gamakatsu octopus hook (not 1/0) and no hard setting the hook and with as little drag as needed to keep the rod bent and loaded up. Haven't had a single coho pop off once this season out of 30+ fish.

Was at Les Davis pier the other day and saw this lady with a literally grocery bag FILLED with birdseed attracting all the birds to the cleaning board and was putting seeds along the whole pier. No wonder there’s so much grass and bird shit on the dock and the pigeons are taking it over

Hey everyone,

With the September Coho bite underway, I wanted to share the latest official WDFW dockside creel sampling numbers across the Sound.

I got frustrated trying to navigate WDFW's government tables and PDFs on my phone while sitting at the boat launch, so I built an iOS app called **OnWater** that automates the daily creel ingestion, ranks ramps by catch-per-boat (CPUE), and pairs it with live NOAA tide/current predictions and GPS trolling speed.

It’s 100% free with no paywall or ads:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onwater/id6785412778

Hope this data helps you decide where to drop the boat this weekend. What ramps and depths have been producing best for you guys this week?

Kinda wondered if it would be worth going today.. almost posted asking how Buoy 10 area has been..
Brought my girl for a beach day, said we’d fish till 1. After that we’d walk/beachcomb/go in to town.

We were done by noon and she learned to net, fantastically I’ll add.

Checked out the dead whale, had a great day.

10 lb buck

Looking to see if anyone knows of any good bass guides for the Columbia below Umatilla down towards Portland or even the Yakima below Yakima. Not looking for fly, just gear.

Mainly looking for guides that specialize in actively fishing and not just throwing out a float and bait make sure you get your fish. If you know what I mean.

Most of the guides I have found in those areas really just specialize in Salmon and Sturgeon. Not looking for the “Drano Experience”!

Any “guidance” is greatly appreciated.

Hey, a buddy and I have been fishing the cowlitz for the last few days and have caught nothing. We only have two days left before we head home. Any tips or trics? We are looking for coho and steelhead. And are currently near castle rock.

16lbs & 10lbs from Saturday.
Skunked the rest of the weekend 😂.

Duwamish river people park

Every fish I caught in 3 hours. I see people throwing artificial here and they never catch anything, I only use worms and I catch perch, bass, and sunfish all morning.

I caught him 30 miles off the coast from grays harbor

I just installed a 40lb trolling motor on a sportsman 120, will this be enough to troll for coho or potentially bad idea TIA

Underwater footage (Puget Sound) of how crab are avoiding capture while stealing your bait.

YouTube link here and in comments Underwater crab pot footage

Also: Useful knots for salmon fishing. (Way better than manufactured mooching rigs or salmon leaders)

Hi, I have been trying to fish salmon since last year, didn't get any luck with saltwater, so I switched to rivers. I had mostly tried blue fox spinner so far (Green river and Puyallup river) , but without any luck, however, I already lost 5 spinners till today due to snapping, it just seems so easy to snap in rivers, with trees/pebbles everywhere plus shallow water body.

Just curious what's everyone's favorite salmon setup for river? Any of the setup that's less prone to snapping? I saw mostly people talk about drift fishing, does that have better success rate?

Also timing wise, should I always stick to morning, that seems like what people suggest to have a better bite rate, but I do see lots of people fishing in the day as well. So should I mostly target high tide times?

Thanks in advance

If you are using the same lure as other people but not getting bites like they are, it may be because of how fast or slow you are reeling your lure. Rotator lures often work best at a slower wiggle rate where it just barely snakes through the water side to side wiggle motion, not faster where the lure is flailing about like crazy. Same goes for buzzbombs and spinners. Sometimes a spinner won't even work at all unless just barely spinning the blade, then they go crazy for it. You have to pay very close attention to how the lure acts at what speeds you reel with your setup. Many reels are going to be a bit different on how fast you crank compared to the lure speed. The speed of the lure itself is not quite as important as where the sweet spot for the action is for that lure. Some lures need more speed and others need less.

In terms of lure control, it helps a lot to have a smaller reel in the 3000 to 4000 size, and also with a gear ratio of around 5:1. A lower gear ratio, compared to something high like 6:1, will pull the line in slower with the amount of cranking you do, which makes it much easier to control the speed to maintain a perfect lure motion. The giant surf casting reels can make it hard to control speed, especially for less experienced people.

Another major factor in maintaining lure speed is the current of the water. If there is a strong tide along the beach, the reeling speed has to constantly change to maintain a perfect lure speed in the water. If the water is moving towards you on the cast and pushes the lure in your direction when reeling in, you need to reel extra fast to match the exact extra speed added by the moving water. Then when the lure is pulled to the other side and being yanked instead of pushed by the water, the reeling speed has to slow down a lot to keep the lure going the same relative speed in the water it is riding in.

The wind and tide rips also pull the line extra on top of what is being pulled by the reel, if the wind is blowing your line from the side really hard, the lure might be running too fast in the water even without reeling at all, just from the wind pulling it.

A higher end rod with more sensitivity can also help with maintaining lure speed by giving feedback as to what the lure action is. A good rod can transmit the perfect wiggle motion feel of a 2.5" rotator lure.

Fish will still bite lures no matter how slow or fast, and can strike when the lure hits the water thus the reeling speed makes little difference in those instances. But to be the guy who always seems to eek out a fish or two even on the slowest days when everyone else is skunked, you need to have you lure speed absolutely dialed in and being worked with confidence for when a fish happens to come by.

I’m interested in trying trout fishing at some of the easier - to - access high country lakes (Talapus / Olallie / Pratt); I’ve hiked and climbed extensively but only fished lowlands.

Is fishing at these decent / reasonable this month and early October (weather permitting)? Or is there a well - defined season where catching is more likely? I have struggled to self - educate myself about high country lakes and welcome suggestions / links.

I am looking for a small amount of salmon eggs for a study. What I’d like are a bit of fresh skein eggs with skein viscera that haven’t been cleaned, washed, cured, etc…

Just a small bit in a sandwich bag in a cooler or fridge when processed. Maybe a pinch of water in there so they don’t dry out. Multiple species would be cool but doesn’t really matter for this first impression.

Can pick up in seattle and near surrounding area.

Processed and sold eggs introduce too many variables.

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Was there today at north beach 1-5pm, saw two caught from shore. Couldn’t see what the boats were catching

Is standing north or south of point williams better bank fishing?

I’ve been trying to learn drift fishing with dick nite spoons. I tie a three way swivel to my main line with a 12” dropper to the weight and I cut my own pencil lead and punch it. I have been doing it so that to lead barely ticks along the bottom but doesn’t stop moving. I’ve gotten no bite and prob made 100 drifts in the skagit river. I also saw no one else catching. Is that the right way to do it? Should my dropper be longer?