Northwest Fishing Reports

I've lost every pink I've hooked. Starting to get frustrated. Can anyone toss me some pointers on successfully bringing the fish on shore?

Lures are dick nites off the botton and twitching hootchie jigs.

Any tips would be appreciated.

I was goofing around on the raft this Sunday at cottage lake. Pulled up a stocker rainbow that had weird bumps and open sores all over it. I ended it tossing it but was curious if anyone else has caught a trout with this or if anyone knew what it was.

Thoughts?

Thanks Nate. Just came back to say I'm running the stop on braid which may be the problem. I'll see what I can dig on your suggestion.

My bobber stops keep sliding down my line. I've tried multiple brands including the string tie ones but every time I cast the stop slides down the line causing way too much line under the float which is leading to snags and lost gear. Anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks for the advice! Never heard of pancake weights before.

I also have a question. I've been having a hard time determining weight and it seems that the river flow pushes my weight down river with the flow. I've also been using cannonball weights in 3-5oz variety. Perhaps I should consider pyramid weights but i'm also concerned that it will get snagged and ...

Longtime lurker, first time poster I've spent a lot of time on the forums looking for an answer but thought I'd just take a chance at just asking this question. The wife and I are looking for some options to pier/shore fish this weekend over on the Olympic Peninsula on Saturday. We don't have a boat...