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Another quick trip to the river before work....but this one actually produced something other than curses. Yes, I finally had a stellar trip. I rate it a 4 in my own book, but still had to work for the fish and can't really say fishing was on fire. Went 2/2 this morning.
Anyhow, got to the river at 9am. A few guys already fishing there. Nice calm overcast morning with fish rising in multiple places. Tide was out and just starting to turn around. Found a backwater to cast my jig into. Less than 10 minutes later I had a heavy blow on the second "twitch". Knew right away it wasn't a rock and that it had some size to it. Took a few minutes to get him to bank as he made three really great runs after getting him close to shore. The whole time I kept expecting him to come unbuttoned. And who says praying doesn't work?! Missed one attempt at netting him, but got him on the second. Not sure how heavy he was, but dwarfed my previous two. Will weigh the gutted fish when I get home and report back. He had a little color to him, but beggars can't be choosers, eh? Shortly after I saw two guys upriver both hookup (not sure what they were fishing with). One guy landed two in short order (one chrome and one darker) and I found out later the other guy had gone 0/2.
A guy came down a joined me and a boat moved into the area. About 30 minutes later I hooked another on the same jig. Not as large, but an average sized hen, which I was more than happy to catch as I've been wanting some skeins. She fought well, but came in easier than the buck. The guy next to me asked if he could buy a jig from me. Since my jigs are all unique, I let him borrow one until I left. He tried it for a while without success before handing it back in lieu of something else. The guy in the boat trolled through, then anchored up and seemed to be jigging something. Didn't see him hook up either.
I tried pitching for a few more minutes to see if I could fill my limit, but that was all for me. Spent a total of an hour there, so was very happy with what I was taking home especially since I caught them on a home made jig. WOOT!
Props to JJ for the jig advice.
Sorry for the crummy cell phone pics, but Jens, this is for you! LOL.

jojo

10/11/2012 12:51:00 PM

Nice job man! Way to get that skunk off your back. Hopefully the rain coming will open this up for us.

jumpinjim

10/11/2012 2:14:00 PM

Way to go !!!

First you gotta love shedding the skunk!!!

Second nothing beats popin fish on something you crafted yourself

And Third, 2 fish in an hour is nothing to shake a jig at!!!!


Well Done !!! Looking forward to the next time I get to go out there.

knotabassturd

10/11/2012 3:13:00 PM

I was just thinking of laying low here since I'm not too sure I'll get back out for the coho this year but HAVE to log on and say GOOD JOB MAN! Not only that, you got a nice looking buck for the Duwamish 'screened' fishery LOL (i.e. the smaller ones that can squeak thru the nets). Looks like that swimmy-looking long profile jig jumpinjim has mentioned and perfected is something the coho like. Having green on there can't hurt either ;-) Did you have any krystalflash?NICE for one hour's work! Big congrats to you for being patient and persistent and a mention to jumpinjim and losaturn too for being the consistency guys on the Duwamish this year (I'm sure there are lurkers too but those 2 have been very consistent and helpful to others). Hope you are on your way to joinging their ranks with success on the Duwamish!

kzoo

10/11/2012 3:13:00 PM

Awesome! I've been rooting for you on each report. Good Job, hope they keep on coming!

BentRod

10/11/2012 3:20:00 PM

Thanks guys!...I think I can say they've been well earned. Knot, yes, there was plenty of Krystal flash on that jig. I'll try to get a better picture when it dries out. In honor of Jumpin, I think I'll name that jig "The Chartrugly" :)

tele_maniac

10/11/2012 4:47:00 PM

Great news BentRod! Nice fish. Glad to see you broke the skunk.

knotabassturd

10/11/2012 4:51:00 PM

Speaking of "Chart...", that might be a nice crossover jig to continue targeting the coho and have a shot to maybe hit an early chumly on the Duw :-)

oneshot

10/11/2012 5:09:00 PM

woohooo!! good work.. your persistence has paid off!! hopefully it picks up next week too!

congrats!

The Quadfather

10/11/2012 7:39:00 PM

BentRod,, just know that I am in your chearing section!! So glad to see you have a good day out there.

BentRod

10/11/2012 8:54:00 PM

Yeah, I know Quad. Thanks man. Ok, the big guy weighed in at ~7..25 lbs. (cleaned) and measured 28.5". The hen was 3 lbs. (cleaned) and 23". I thought the buck was bigger, but not complaining! lol. And here is the jig...a bit worse for wear.

Eddie L

10/11/2012 11:48:00 PM

Nice catch there Bentrod.... I was the guy on the boat... http://i47.tinypic.com/t5j794.jpg
I did some fishing but was mainly just taking the boat out on the river running Seafoam in my gastank to clean(decarbing) my main and kicker motor.
Ended up with 1 wild hen... http://i46.tinypic.com/348kd50.jpg

Gringo Pescador

10/12/2012 7:02:00 AM

Nice job BR! Getting it dialed in!

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