Northwest Fishing Reports

I enjoyed the Pinks up in the Sno but I'm about ready for Coho's. Looking for any reports at the Shipwreck, Possession or ?. A little early but conventional thinking is that Coho will run earlier when its a Pink year.

Fish on!

Browns Bay and out in front of the Edmonds breakwater have been consistently putting out a few. Talked to a few boats the other day that had 3 each to 15 lbs (yeah, 15!). Some big ones mixed in there for sure, all the ones we have caught were at about 75 ft of cable and were 6 - 9 lbs. I think either of those spots would be really worthwhile. Unfortunately those pesky kings are still around too, so you might end up having to reel one of those in too....

Been finding them (not in big numbers) around the PnP/Double Bluff area for the past two weeks....Will be out Monday/Tuesday.

Still about 2 weeks or more till the peak of the run, but they are out there in catchable numbers. Had a double header the other day fishing on the last day of the king season, 120' and 90' turned out to both be 7-8lb cookie cutter coho.

The fishing for the resi coho off Jeff Head has been superb this year, with most days easy limits. Small flasher or dodger, mini white or glow squid down 15-50 feet. They are starting to beef up nicely up near 6-7lbs...

Matt is spot on, still enough kings mulling around that you very well might run into a nice chinook or two.

They aren't at at west possesion:-"

I was going to go down and fish URBs on the Columbia this week with my buddy that lives in Columbia City Oregon. But the URB fishing hasnt been good. 15000K a day over Bonne the last few days but they seem to have lockjaw. So..guess I'll hit Browns Bay this week.

Got one about 9lbs last night trolling for about two hours. Indian point area

Went 2-4 this morning at pt no point working the rips, had two nice hits that didn't stick but scratched out a limit, about 5 and 7 lbs both smaller hens.

Pink ace hi behind an 8inch green flasher, shorter leader and keep the speed up to keep the pinks off. At one point we were doing 6.7 mph trolling with the tide right off the lighthouse were the current really rips thru. Had trouble with seaweed today, but we also found action where the crap was. Unfortunately the salad wasn't just in the rips so we had to pull and clean gear very often!

There's food in that crap, the Coho like it. Get just off it to hit the bigger ones.

Fishchecker reports show less Pinks and a few more Silvers, although still a little slow for Silvers. I'm trying it tomorrow. High slack at 7:41, I'll start at Browns Bay, fish around there until the tide turns and then troll back towards Mulkiteo with the incoming tide.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/creel/puget/ ... entral.htm

Nice reports A9, I know what you mean about the salad over in that area. It gets all spread out on certain tides and you just have to garden through it to find the fish. Sucks, but it is what it is.

Sounds like high time I friggen get back in the salt. Keep hitting the river, and still not seeing the coho #s up there yet.

Will be out the next four days. Will let everyone know how things are going out there. Hope to see some members out there? Drop me a pm if you are. Probably going to be around the possession/double bluff/pt no point areas

Not sure what's in my future for the weekend. Salt is a possibility, and it would be Sunday if I went. I'd be in the Skunk bay to PNP area pretty sure.

i'll also be out targeting coho at point no point/ west possesion:)

Well we didnt do anything today. Started out at Browns Bay, trolled to the Shipwreck. Ran over to Scatchett Head and west Possession, zero for us. You guys will prob tell me PNP was red hot, oh well.

Need some rain. They are not doing all that well on Silvers even over at Sekiu per the fishchecker reports. On 9/4 at Olsons 210 fishers had only 59 Silvers but also had 260 Pinks. Appears more Pinks are on the way but the main Silver run may still be out in the ocean until it rains??? That is the usual story for Silvers, it rains, they come.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/creel/puget/ ... insula.htm

PnP and double bluff north were slow the past few days. Lots of fish marking very deep, have heard of better reports around possession/Edmonds so I'll be somewhere around there fighting the crowds tomorrow (Edmonds coho derby on saturday)

A9 wrote:PnP and double bluff north were slow the past few days. Lots of fish marking very deep, have heard of better reports around possession/Edmonds so I'll be somewhere around there fighting the crowds tomorrow (Edmonds coho derby on saturday)

Thanks for keeping us up to date on the silvers Jeff. It's much appreciated. I need to get out there soon.

A9, what kind of boat are you in. will you be out sunday if so it would be nice to see a fellow WaLaker out there we are in the bayliner 2452 ciearra named "my destiny"

I've seen those reports from CQ also. Don't take alot of stock in them. With that many pinks in the creel reports tells me that the fishermen are trolling WAY to slow. To effectivly fish HO's at CQ you gotta be hauling arse. The fish are there, you just have to break all the rules that you have been fishing all summer. A 60 degree angle on the cable is OK. 2.8mph ok, 3mph better, 3.5mph perfect. Speeds like that leave alot of split lip humpies but drive the silvers nuts. Fished Shipwreck last Saturday and Monday. Saturday was a bust, Monday was unbelievable. 3 people, 5 ho's and 5 pinks. Lost quite a few of each also. Every time we made a turn, the inside rod would pick up a humpy(slower) or the outside rod nailed a Ho(faster).

We have had a little better luck in the possession area last night/ this morning (one last night one this morning) but it seems like the fish are lockjawed and running deeper. I'm hoping they start biting more aggressively because fish are around but it's tough to put fish in the boat. Seems like a week or two ago the silvers were biting well but not the case the last few days.

Saw this new report from CQ. Need rain! I dont think they are that many fish here yet. When it rains they will come!


Fished Sekiu Tue. evening, Wen. morning and evening and Thur. morning. We came home with 6 pinks and one 12 lb Silver. Released a silver around the same size and too many shakers to count. Fishing was not good. Pinks are almost gone and silvers are not there yet. (they hope it is yet and not already gone). Got my 85 year old father in-law visiting from Texas some fish but it was not crazy good I like I hoped for.
We fished flasher w/coho killer Splatter back green and army truck with smelly jelly. Fished from 200 to 600 feet of water down 20 to 90 feet Most fishing 350 to 500 ft 40 to 70 down. Everyone was saying the same thing

3 days of limits on silvers in the upper hood canal section of area 9 on spin tackle. going back tommorow and tuesday. secret spot