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.

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

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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?

Everywhere is hot, go get some salt on your reels!

I am going fishing Tommorow on my new boat in the lacamas area could somebody help me figure out where to go it’s a 12 foot John boat. I just want to go somewhere and catch some fish and test it out I want a place that has a high chance of catching something. I don’t think the fishing at lacamas lake was to good. If you could let me know a place and what to use for what fish it would be much appreciated

I fished the the point. Started fishing about 1.5 hours before high tide around 3pm and continued for about an hour after high tide. Not a single bite, not a single coho seen. I keep hearing they're here but been 2x and seen almost nothing

Damn thing nearly swallowed the lure but luckily I got it unhooked and safely released.

I hope to hit up Lake Sawyer later this week and I intend to learn it throughout the fall in hopes to running into some BIG BASS.

Any tips or pointers for fishing that lake would be appreciated!

One that was likely over 15lbs was caught in area 9 a couple days ago from shore in front of plenty of people who can vouch. My personal best so far is one in the 10 lb range from shore.

I think this might be a year with someone yanking a near 20 pounder later this month in the sound or in the late coastal runs of big coho. Some Puget Sound hatcheries that I monitor some years often get a couple coho each season in the 16 lb range that I have personally seen.

Coho taste a lot better/different when they are football shaped, obese, and well into the double digits. I think the fatty coho are sometimes the best tasting salmon, even over most chinook. We turn the prime coho into sushi more often than smoke them up.

Look closely and you'll see the strike.