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By: the piranha
Posted: 1/1/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went down Tuesday after work to try to get anything really. I got there at about 4, so there was only a little bit of time to fish. As usual I was at 116th st hole. I crossed the tail out (jus...
By: the piranha
Posted: 12/28/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went down Saturday morning for about an hour, water was high as usual. I saw one fish roll when I was putting my waders on, that was the only action for me. The river closes on the 31st, might get ...
By: the piranha
Posted: 12/14/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So we arrived at first light, I had the kid started first. After about 15 minutes I started casting also, right away I saw a coho hit my jig right at the bank, I set the hook and the line breaks. ...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 12/14/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
With the water lowering I decided to try the Puyallup one last time this year. I went to my usual chum spot and only one other angler there. After about an hour of trying to get the hang of the new cu...
By: the piranha
Posted: 11/21/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kid down to try to get him a fish for his 16th birthday. We didn't start fishing until 4 so there was barely any time. Before we got to the hole err could see fish rolling. I had him start ...
By: the piranha
Posted: 11/18/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I met up with a buddy and started where the carbon/Puyallup meet, I caught one dollie right away, it was about 16 inches. We worked out way down the river, eventually we arrived at one of my favorit...
By: the piranha
Posted: 11/10/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the upper section on the morning, mostly checking for high water areas to fish. I mostly used sardine wrapped kwikfish either flat line from shore or with side planer. I threw jigs a little a...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 10/28/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Conducted a scouting trip down to the lower river to see if the chum might be in. There were some fish, but the seals were Chasing them around. One seal caught a nice chum. He made it look very easy a...
By: catchanything66
Posted: 10/19/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my fishing buddy and his son hit the puyallup early and when we started it wasn't until about an hour or so later that we saw the first other risers to come out and fish. It was good practice f...
By: the piranha
Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I finally caught one this morning, it was pretty dark though. Mr fire truck was about 4 or 5 lbs. He took a purple jig. Purple/white is my second hottest color, but I added more legs and tried some g...
By: Diamonddave
Posted: 9/28/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 5th st using bobber and eggs, spinners, bobber and jigs, buz bombs. A lot of casting practice and learning to read river and working gear. NOT any fish were caught while I was there but some gu...
By: pinkpole
Posted: 9/27/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got into my first silver on the Puyallup this morning. Did not land it. I was distracted and honestly thought I was on another snag until it jumped. I saw only one other fish and he landed h...
By: odddoylerules
Posted: 9/26/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 6-dark in what seemed like high water at the soccer fields, fish were all up on the banks hooked one in the pool upstream from the rocks after hitting opposite bank, then saw fish near shore on...
By: the piranha
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fish the river better when the water is clear, but I'm getting impatient. I started on the carbon, but left after about 10 min. The water is still too dirty n. I then went to 115th st hole. There ...
By: salmonslayer264
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went down to the puyallup river/carbon river seam after i tried the nisqually with no luck,I fished until around 8:30 pm.I saw a lot of fish surface and a couple guys catch some nice chromers.I figu...
By: cpt.bungee
Posted: 9/17/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2014
Hot Spots: 1
North of the White river ... fished for a few hours after work. .... fish rolling around everywhere ... used black yarn ... got a nice one after about an hour ...
By: bairfishin
Posted: 9/6/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the north side of Levee Rd today behind Toyota. In the river at 6am and had one at 7am. Sweet, my first silver of the year, pretty good sized too; then I realized I forgot my net on the shore. ...
By: the piranha
Posted: 9/2/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I took the kids to the hatchery on Saturday afternoon and the pond was stacked with fish, even saw a couple chrome silver's jumping. I got excited and went to 115th st hole. My favorite spot was tak...
By: bairfishin
Posted: 8/30/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Puyallup up today for about four hours. No action at all. Saw a few fish roll but no catches. A lot of people on the river. I didn't see any fish brought in but a few people I talked to sa...
By: Diamonddave
Posted: 8/22/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2014
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I fished behind Safeway only caught a garter snake no fish caught by us or any one with in sight! We need more rain!
By: bigdaddy3769
Posted: 8/20/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the upper river a week ago and saw a hole I wanted to target but the river was running too high to get where I needed. I went out last night around 4:30 and as I got into position and was re...
By: dhunter_02
Posted: 8/19/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing this morning behind the old KMart from about 10:30-1:30. Couldn't even get a bite. Did see one guy pull in a really nice fish but the was about all. Once again it was rather slow but nice...
By: plunker
Posted: 8/19/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took a walk on river walk by the stuck/white river. right at 7pm watched several silvers being hooked and one small king. Lots of trash already building up. please pack out all you can. water was lowe...
By: Ripple
Posted: 8/16/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished behind Safeway in Puyallup for a couple hours in the morning. Saw a guy walk out with a 8-10lb king and saw a guy foul hook a fish across the river. Not much action at all for how many people...
By: bigdaddy3769
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I have never salmon fished on a river. I spent the afternoon on Saturday tying my leaders and had everything organized and ready to go for Sunday morning. I hit the river at 6am and nobody was there...