Green River

Air Temp: 51° - 55°
Method: Casting
Species: Coho Salmon
Color: Silver
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Tackle: Flatfish
Time: Afternoon
Water Temp: 46° - 50°
Rating: 2
Views: 2867

I've been hitting the Green in my spare time for several weeks and haven't seen anything but zombie pinks. After reading a few reports the Green was picking up Brett and I decided to try our luck. We went to Golf Course Rd in Auburn and fished the first big bend. Was only one other person there who was twitching a jig (pink & back) and swore he was just missing fish but who knows, could have been snagging a rock or something. He never did get anything. I did switch to a dark pink jig after trying spawn sacks with no luck. After maybe 20 casts twitching a big male pink in surprisingly good shape hit about 10 feet from shore. Gave me a good 2-3 minute fight and I finally landed him. Decided to keep him for the smoker. After another 45 minutes of no luck with the jig and watching some bright coho jumping all over the place, I decided to try to piss them off and put a fairly large silver flatfish with pink spots on my regular drift rig weight and about 6' of leader. Did that for 30 minutes and got down to my last cast of the day when this a slightly pink female decided to make my day. She too put up a good fight and got added to my fish bag. These were my first two fish EVER on the Green after several years of half-hearted trying. Finally broke the ice! Maybe things will come a little easer now. Brett unfortunately got skunked and was none too happy about it. He hates it when the ol man out-fishes him. The other two guys fishing there didn't get anything or I might have given this a 3. Cleaning the fish was a chore. The meat was pretty pale and the small bones you normally pull out of the fillet just broke off. In the future I'll probably just put these kind of fish back in the river because I hate trying to pull bones and have them break off. Hoping after the brine they'll be easier to get out. Any tips would be appreciated.


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