Northwest Fishing Reports

Last week on Tuesday, we were trolling the Shipwreck and got a 19 pound male Chum. Nice and bright, lots of nasty teeth, hard fighter. Thats the way it usually is for me with Chums. I get one now and then as an incidental catch fishing for Silvers.

I've heard it is supposed to be a good Chum run this year. Anybody know a good spot in 8.2 or 9 to target Chums? Shipwreck, Possession, Humpy Hollow?

Your best bet is across the way in hood canal.

That's my experience as well, kind of random in salt unless you go to the terminal locations, in which case the meat quality is pretty well gone.

I did hear one time that Chums will stage in Humpy Hollow, give that a try when the wind dies down.

agreed on hood canal being the spot. saw my first chum this year on september 15th at point defiance, 18.2 lbs. their are alot over by gig harbor along the shorelins in area 11.

saw a ton of gill netters in the sound while I was on the ferry they were covering atleast half of the water across with there nets witha processer near kingston. I was on the edmonds-kingston ferry btw

They were prob after Chums. I used to use the sling launch atEdmonds until it got too expensive and now I launch at Everett. But back in the 90's, several times, when I still launched at Edmonds we got limits of Chums at Kingston. They seem to school up in there just north of the ferry lanes. The weather is suposed to be better on Thurs. Think I'll launch at Everett and give the Shipwreck and Browns Bay a shot for late Silvers, Chums or whatever..