Hood Canal Chums...I need some help!

[Kaptain King]

I was thinking about taking my kayak over to Silverdale or somewhere where there is a decent launch and trying my luck for Chum salmon. I just got a new smoker and would like to try some fresh Chum on it and maybe keep some eggs for some steelies. I have never tried for Chum but have read up that purple or chartreuse colors work well...But are we talking Vibrax, Pt. Wilson Darts, etc? I was also going to brine up some herring. Anyway, I am going to hit it hard and need some tips. Anything would help, area, technique, etc. I am not new to salmon by any means but this is my first time targeting Chums out of my kayak.
Thanks and tight lines!!!!

[obryan214]

i use vibrax and mepps, size 3 to 5 for a couple places in hood canal and the sound. done well with pink, orange and the mepps with silver, pink and blue blades.

[Jerry H]

Park yourself out front of the Hoodsport Hatchery. Toss most anything as long as it is green or orange or comb.

[3footvis]

Fly rod with a hootchie or yarn/marabou fly works good too. Purple/cerise/chartreuse

[schu7498]

Hoodsport his a good spot, also youll have much more access to the fish with a kayak! The silverdale area try chico bay. You can launch your kayak from the water access along the river. Chico gets a decent run, but they wont be showing up in numbers til the end of the month. Twitching jigs works good, also bobber and herring or sardines.
-Also avoid hoodsport on tuesdays and thursdays, the natives net the hatchery those days.

[Toni]

Here is a little action at Hoodsport.

[ResQ]

Nate or Mike, were you fishing from anchored or free drift/troll? I am planning on a trip out there. Are you just flossing your gear river style? If so, what weight? 1/2 ounce or 1/4? I was also thinking of bobber and anchovie.

[cjjohnston14]

Hoodsport his a good spot, also youll have much more access to the fish with a kayak! The silverdale area try chico bay. You can launch your kayak from the water access along the river. Chico gets a decent run, but they wont be showing up in numbers til the end of the month. Twitching jigs works good, also bobber and herring or sardines.
-Also avoid hoodsport on tuesdays and thursdays, the natives net the hatchery those days.

When you say end of the month for good numbers in a run, at which end of the month do you mean? I am new to this area and style of fishing and need any help I can get to catch fish. I have fished PNP, Salisbury Point State Park, and Curly Creek in Port Orchard as well as a handful of lakes. I want to find productive spots that can also be accessed by a Kayak. I just came from Connecticut and the East Coast style of fishing is quite different.

Thanks in advance for any information!

[Mike Carey]

Nate or Mike, were you fishing from anchored or free drift/troll? I am planning on a trip out there. Are you just flossing your gear river style? If so, what weight? 1/2 ounce or 1/4? I was also thinking of bobber and anchovie.

Anchored. Weight just enough to cast, so 1/4 ounce depending on tide. I use slinkies btw.

"Flossing your gear..." yikes, not a flossing debate. I will say this on the subject. That day we tossed our corkie/weight with 3 foot leader for about 2-3 hrs with hardly a hookup, and a ton of fish milling about. Then the bite turned on and for an hour and a half we got bit constantly. Then, like a switch, it stopped. Same fish swimming in the same concentrations before and after the bite. So do I think these fish were flossed? No, or the hookups would have been random through the day. But I'm not underwater in scuba gear so I wouldn't presume to be 100% certain.

[ResQ]

wow. a little sensative on the subject? That method is called flossing. Not looking for a debate, just techniques that work! What depth would you say you were anchored in?

[schu7498]

Those hoodsport chums will take a corkie willingly. Specially a green pink combo.

[3footvis]

Or one of these if you want to get fancy

[Mike Carey]

wow. a little sensative on the subject? That method is called flossing. Not looking for a debate, just techniques that work! What depth would you say you were anchored in?

Sensitive about flossing debates breaking out, because they tend to degrade into name-calling. We anchored in around 5-6 ft deep water. The method is called drifting/retrieving a corkie. (here we go...)

[schu7498]

Chico bay chums should be coming in full force about now. They come in really bright compared to other rivers.

[ResQ]

Cant say I have ever heard of chico. Hmmmm.

[Mike Carey]

Cant say I have ever heard of chico. Hmmmm.

Never been there myself either. It's Bremerton area.

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