Fishing for Coho Salmon in Puget Sound 101 with WDFW

ShipwreckedDude · Post by **ShipwreckedDude** » Mon May 27, 2013 7:22 am

Thanks, I found it useful. I just moved here and am looking to get into some salmon fishing this year.

Dustin07 · Post by **Dustin07** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:19 pm

i thought this video was really fantastic. Would be awesome to see the game dept do one for many different fishing and hunting opportunities in the state.

kzoo · Post by **kzoo** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:25 pm

Awesome tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

Post by **G-Man** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:19 pm

I was expecting to see a seal\sea lion grab one of the netted fish, not like it hasn't happened before. I id the fish before I net it and get it on board as quickly as possible.

BARCHASER10 · Post by **BARCHASER10** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:05 pm

I don't really agree with the idea of keeping the motor in gear while you net the fish. I've been fishing silvers for 40+ years, we had two doubles and a triple last Fall, got all of them and limited every trip except one.

There is always at least some wind out there, so somebody still has to steer the boat, otherwise you will end up going in a circle! Not a good idea where I usually fish for Silvers in the Shipwreck area since you will have a bunch of other boats around you and may wind up crossing in front of somebody else.

If somebody is steering the boat who is going to reel in the other lines and lift the downriggers? I tell you what, you will wind up with a Chinese fire drill and lose the fish! Best method... pop the other lines off the downriggers, reel them in and lift the downriggers. I did notice that guy had a rear helm station so maybe he can steer the boat and still do all the other stuff.

Also I have swivel mounts on my Scottys and I had swivel mounts on my Penn manuals before that. That guy had his DR booms completely extended with the ball hanging down. Real good way to get the fish tangled in the cable and ball. We always swivel the boom towards the rear and get it our of the way of netting.

Works for us!

Dustin07 · Post by **Dustin07** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:13 pm

BARCHASER wrote: If somebody is steering the boat who is going to reel in the other lines and lift the downriggers? I tell you what, you will wind up with a Chinese fire drill and lose the fish! Best method... pop the other lines off the downriggers, reel them in and lift the downriggers. I did notice that guy had a rear helm station so maybe he can steer the boat and still do all the other stuff.

this is why I prefer to fish with my brother over anyone else. He is just as knowledgeable, if not more, than me, can rig his lines alone and correctly, has a feel for the 'art' of fishing, the tap or pull or bite, the hook set, the fight, etc. and we are in sync. When a fish is on, we know how to be watching for other boats, debris, etc. obviously one man must take the helm if the other is to the fish.

but every boat and crew will have their own idiosyncrasies to learn and hash out. I have a C-dory, which is essentially a flat-bottomed pilot house. that means it has a large blunt side to take to the wind, and it skirts across the waters surface easy. if I kill the motor we'll travel faster in the wrong direction than without. However on my dad's lund, which had a wider beam, no pilothouse to act as a sail, and was heavier, we could kill the motor and not drift so much.

BARCHASER10 · Post by **BARCHASER10** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:58 pm

It varies. I have some old buddys (I mean over 60!), fished their whole lives, who are just not handy and no matter what, they have problems with the gear. One of them is a retired airline pilot, great guy but just cant handle gear. Another one is a retired Boeing engineer. They both always make a mess. On the other hand my son in law, 30 yo, never fished before, I took him out and after a few hours, he could handle the rods, check the lures, manage the downriggers, net fish, plug cut a herring... like he did it his whole life. All I had to do was steer the boat.

Dustin07 · Post by **Dustin07** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:21 pm

BARCHASER wrote:It varies. I have some old buddys (I mean over 60!), fished their whole lives, who are just not handy and no matter what, they have problems with the gear. One of them is a retired airline pilot, great guy but just cant handle gear. Another one is a retired Boeing engineer. They both always make a mess. On the other hand my son in law, 30 yo, never fished before, I took him out and after a few hours, he could handle the rods, check the lures, manage the downriggers, net fish, plug cut a herring... like he did it his whole life. All I had to do was steer the boat.

ha that's good stuff. Last time I took my wife and a buddy out I had 4 fish boated while they were both retying new gear for the SECOND time (no bites yet), lol.

however, this weekend I had my wife watch me very closely as I let the flasher and hoochie back, setup the downrigger, and let out line to 100ft or whatever. Then I said OK, here's a rod, there's the other downrigger, good luck! after some fiddling she had it going as well as anyone else and I was free to drive! She's shaping up to be a pretty good fishing buddy.

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