Well I woke up at 530 to head north with a buddy but we were soon discouraged once we saw the river flows for anything north of Seattle! A couple of our destinations doubled over night. We talked for a bit discussing our next move. He decided to stay home and work on the honey do list, so I figured Id go scout the duwamish since I had a free day and the only hole I know is the 112th hole. Its a great hole for a lunch break trip but it can be a bit crowded on the weekends.

So off I go coffee in hand realizing that no matter where I end up on the duwy Ill be there well before sun light. Oh well wouldnt be the first trail walking in the dark and probably wont be the last. But I had plenty of time to figure out my plan of attack for the day. I decide that I was going to try jigging the entire time to attempt to figure this whole jig thing out.

I found a decent little spot down stream from I5 with no one there (uh oh can I fish here??) Within the ten or so minutes it took to get set up a sled heads up stream which I took as a great sign. The tide was high and on its way out (perfect!) the water wasnt nearly as stained as I figured it would be with all the rains.

On goes the marabou jig. About twenty casts in (with fish showing everywhere!) I start to think this jig thing is a bunch of smoke and mirrors. When all the sudden my next twitch is accompanied by a head shake. YEAH!!!! FISH ON!!! He put up a great fight, he came out ouf the water two or three times. The whole time Im thinking "really on a jig?!? sweet!" Now I get to net him in the nasty mud that borders this wonderful piece of scenery. First net attempt failed, fish gets mad and runs but I saw it was a solid hookset so I just held on. Second attempt leads to the first time using my new fish bonker I made at work the other day. ( I think I made it a bit heavy haha) A great looking rosey buck which is good because my wife is getting very tired of me curing eggs.

I retie (thanks to all the advice on this forum) and get right back at it. Sure enough very next cast toward the end of my drift/jig another head shake. Sweet!!! But I got excited or something (jig learning curve) I dont think I set the hook well enough because I felt all of three good head shakes then nothing. While I was disappointed I was very stoked how well this was all beginning to work out.

A few more casts and I change colors to something a little less bright. Two casts in to the new color and a solid head shake following a twitch. Man did I set that hook! Not missin another one. Once again great fight, a bit more than I was expecting. He ran me down river a ways. I was a little worried he was foul hooked. Finally got him in and saw it was right in the chops. I tell ya I have got to start bringing my bigger net. Got the second one in 15-20 minutes bonked. Another rosy buck.

At this point Im thinking Ill limit wthin an hour or so. Well I saw nothing after that last fish. They stopped showing nearly as much and the bite stopped for me. Packed it up and headed home at about 10:00.

Great morning on the river for not expecting much. Woulda limted in under an hour if I woulda been on it.

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