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10/05/2011
Casting
Pink Salmon
None
Green
Spinner
Morning
10/05/2011
5
1220

I made it to my usual spot at 0800. There was a guy fishing just downstream that I saw had one male humpy. I got set up and first cast... Fish on! He looked surprised and all I said was "when you're lucky, you don't have to be good." It was a nice hen pink. Cast after next, another pink, this time a male that was released. The guy's wife told her husband he better switch to what I was using. I lost a half dozen more before he left. The great part was that no matter how many times I tried to make conversation this guy ignored me. I couldn't believe it, but I guess the fish spoke for themselves.

I left at 1000 with my limit of pinks, having released 5 and lost at least 15. Tomorrow I'm going to try some different tactics on advice from fellow WAlakers to try to get a silver or two.


Comments

snake7676
10/5/2011 6:50:00 PM
How the meat look on em pink / humpy's ! no trick to hooking them your just boss flossing em ! darker the corkie color the better , black works wounders ! if your looking to beach a chromer go down river !
Anonymous
10/5/2011 7:50:00 PM
How do you get the old pinks to bite?
yooper_fisher
10/7/2011 6:26:00 AM
@Snake, I don't believe I'm flossing them, they're hitting on their own as far as I can tell. The meat started to really turn on them the last couple days, I'm no longer keeping any.
@mrmarkhill, Spinners in deep water
islandbass
10/7/2011 2:21:00 PM
Nice job, yooper! It is always cool when you can put on a clinic. lol

@snake: What's your proof he's flossing? Your claim is baseless and he wasn't even using a corkie. Check your hate at the gate. Sheesh! If you're ribbin' him jokingly, then I apologize that I misconstrued your intent.

@markhill: I would guess instinct. I've seen it myself. I made a short cast once with a marabou jig and it rest on the bottom in clear view. As I was making an adjustment to my reel an old pink came from out of nowhere and made a bee line toward the jig. I was thinking, "What the...!? Really?!" It nipped the lead head and did a 180, missing the hook completely. It was a humped humpie. No reason or logic, but it did what it did.
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