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Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by the Tilton on the way home after a day out lookin for that buck,
Landed a few coho out of the gate drift fishing then quickly got tired of that so headed up river and worked are way throu...
By: natetreat
Posted: 9/28/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
On my way out to the coast, decided to take a detour through Puyallup and hit highway 7 into Morton. Man, I'm glad I did! They've been putting fall chinook into the Tilton for a while now, but recentl...
By: JS
Posted: 12/18/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by the tilton for an hour on my way through morton. Caught one and headed on my way. It was a good looking fish but a native so back it went.
By: fishslayer61
Posted: 12/9/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
decided to check out the tilton after watching the gauge for a few days and seeing that it was back in shape after the rain had it blown out two weeks ago.was not diappointed.caught three fish in abou...
By: yooper_fisher
Posted: 12/6/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Figured I'd try the Tilton with my first trip since I've been back. Long story short, no fish caught or even seen. I talked to a guy (I think the caretaker) who said they dumped yesterday, but they mu...
By: JS
Posted: 12/3/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Not red hot by any means but we caught a fair number of fish throughout the day. Only brought home one hatchery hen, all other fish released(too colored for my liking or natives). Definitely a ton of...
By: fishslayer61
Posted: 11/11/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well she did it again,took my girl fishing and she kicked my butt!we were the second truck in the lot at 6:30 a.m.thought it might not be to crowded today,boy was i wrong!place started filling up bout...
By: yooper_fisher
Posted: 11/8/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Since I'm flying back to Michigan on Wednesday for whitetail season I figured I'd get one more day of salmon fishing in before I had to get ready to leave.
I arrived at the Tilton a bit late, aroun...
By: JS
Posted: 11/5/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the tilton from about 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on friday. Ended up going 3 for 6 on coho. All fish landed were kept and all were hatchery fish of course. Biggest went 13 pounds(pictured) and the other ...
By: yooper_fisher
Posted: 11/1/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit up the Tilton again after my luck on Sunday. I arrived around 1100 to find out the truck hadn't showed up yet and the rumor was that they were done dumping (if anyone has more info on t...
By: yooper_fisher
Posted: 10/30/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Despite my better judgement, I went to the Tilton on a weekend. I was hoping the rain would deter some people and it wouldn't be as crowded. As luck would have it I was somewhat right. The swimming ho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/30/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
went to the Tilten hooked up onto a lot of snagged fish and caught two nice silvers and one very nice king. Fished the snagging hole for a few and then walked up the river and found a nice hole where...
By: JS
Posted: 10/29/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First time to the Tilton today. Went to the park, lots of people. LOTS of fish in that hole though. I would have liked to go to a less crowded area but I havent been able to scout out any better spots...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/21/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
started morn at barier. to many guys so went to tilton.lighted em up in under 2 hours.fish are stacked and all bright. seen a couple bright kings caugth to. everyone i seen fishin had a sivler or limi...
By: yooper_fisher
Posted: 10/17/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I've never fished Tilton before and had heard bad things. I understand what people were talking about, but I wouldn't let it deter me from fishing there again.
I arrived at first light and had a fi...
By: fishslayer61
Posted: 10/14/2011
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my girlfriend on her first salmon fishing trip, being a california transplant the only fishing she had done was very limited. After catching her first 20# hatchery king shes 'hooked'. I think the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/12/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished gust backstrom again. fished all weekend and this mornin. punched 18 fish.let go the boot kings.not many people but some have no clue. dont rip the hook after every bump.all mine are in the mou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/4/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished up at gust backstrom. no secret.cast out and get your limit. best biters are in the morning right before light comes up. 4 of us all limited out in by afternoon. kings are pretty much molded bu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/23/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Tilton about 1145 fished till 315. you could see lots and lots of trout congregating in the middle. The only issue was what you could get them to bite on. had one on with a small yellow ...
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 10/23/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit up the Tilton again. Arrived and was in the water right around 8:30. I wanted to try experimenting with nymphs and streamers on a sink tip in a few holes. Tried a beadhead pheasant tail...
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 10/17/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Tilton around 7:30 or 8:00 this morning. Didn't get water temperature...but willing to bet it was quite a bit warmer than the air temperature was. It was fairly chilly and even had to break...
By: arrowtim
Posted: 10/13/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fish early,no fish .about 11am used yellow corky/flo green yarn and sardine glow sent.Bam fish on/ fish off.next cast fish on /fish off. after playing tag with about 6 fish ,finally landed one,12lb ch...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/11/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend out fishing on the Tilton Saturday morning. On the water around 8:00. Starting catching fish within a few minutes. Worked our way down stream dead-drifting nymphs on a 10' leader and flo...
By: knotabassturd
Posted: 10/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Free drifted some eggs for rainbows thinking I was never gonna get a coho so better get some torut and thinking the Mrs would call off my long trip fishing excursions for the season since this would b...
By: knotabassturd
Posted: 10/9/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got seriously hungry looking at Matt and Pilchuck's coho chromie fest on the river forum so I hit up the Tilton thinking maybe it was my turn to get lucky even though natetreat and I went 0 fer on t...