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losaturn · Post by **losaturn** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:00 pm

Thanks knotabassturd.
Last year my reports were about catching pretty much all hen pinks, on Dicknites. Maybe hooked 10 buck pinks all together last year. Every silver I caught last year, came on the 50/50 Dicknite which were all bucks. Tried drifting eggs last year, but couldn't get them to bite. I started getting more serious about bobber fishing this year, after slaying the kings on the Skok.

The two smaller ones, were the size of pinks, and the larger one I'd say around 6 lbs before I gutted it. It had pretty developed skeins, for a fresh fish. The fish were biting on both sides of the tide. When I left around noon, my friend was still getting bites, and he was fishing a pink jig under a float.

knotabassturd · Post by **knotabassturd** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:19 pm

losaturn- my mistake. It may have been kzoo. Either way though good to see your success! Sounds like Gringo Pescador was able to connect too.

BentRod · Post by **BentRod** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:53 pm

Sounds like there is potential. Nice work guys!

losaturn · Post by **losaturn** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:18 pm

Slower than yesterday, I went 2/5 only keeping one hen.

BentRod · Post by **BentRod** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:00 pm

Argh! Day of frustration for me. Tried to get my dad on some at 112th, but spent the majority of the the time re-tying rigs due to snags. My dad is not an experienced drift fisherman. Had a couple of hits, but nothing sticking. Lost a couple dick nites and about a pack of hooks/leaders between my dad and I. Seal pup came and hung out next to me on shore for a bit. Cute, but sure wish he wasn't there.
Did manage to get snagged on some heavy duty mono. Probably 25# test. was able to get it in close enough to shore to grab hold. My 8# leader would not have stood up to that. I managed to unsnag it and pulled up a bright shiny silver buzzbomb complete with treble hook and about 25 yards of line. Nice that someone left all their snagging gear behind for me to find.

NWFshHntr · Post by **NWFshHntr** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:09 pm

I Know what you mean BentRod, I had no luck either.

Look at it this way though, you snagged someone else's gear that they were probabaly useing to ileagaly harvest salmon and now you can go back there with that gear and snag some more extra gear off the bottom. If you fid any of the gear I lost you can use it.

knotabassturd · Post by **knotabassturd** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:19 pm

At least you guys got out

I'm going to do an islandbass this week on the way to work but not sure what day. Figure maybe 1/2 hour recon and pick up some litter if there is any.

oneshot · Post by **oneshot** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:11 am

some days you bonk'em, some days you don't... Coho are tough!!

losaturn · Post by **losaturn** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:27 pm

They're still biting, in spite of the nets.

BentRod · Post by **BentRod** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:08 pm

Nice work losaturn. I wish I could produce. I hit up the lower Duamish this morning after sunrise for about an hour before work side drifting corkie and yarn. Nothing.

knotabassturd · Post by **knotabassturd** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:02 pm

losaturn- is that little bugger a trout? Looks like you are getting into them

Nice pics I now see uploaded on the thread!

I managed a little coho hen on the first salmon trip of the year today so can't complain since it's probably been almost a year since wetting a line for salmon (oy I need to upgrade the gear and get the kinks out). Don't know if I'll get time tomorrow to put up a report but the fish was nothing special, in fact pretty small (maybe 3 1/2 pounds).

I tried an islandbass 25 minutes frenetic fishing pre-work workout. Spent half the time walking in and out and gutting the fish.

One big

that islandbass woul NOT be proud of, I ended up at work about a half hour early mistiming how long it would take to clean the fish and get out of there...

I missed out on a good 20 minutes of fishing LOL.

Nice job lately on the Duw coho.

losaturn · Post by **losaturn** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:08 pm

Congrats on the first salmon of the year. That little one, was a 12 3/4" Jack Coho. He was gut hooked, even with a 1/0 hook.
Might have to go down there again tomorrow as well.

knotabassturd · Post by **knotabassturd** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:43 pm

: Here's the little 3 1/2 pounder from yesterday.; coholittle.jpg (51.48 KiB) Viewed 3038 times

I'd be a little curious to see how fishing conditions change for you with the sliding of the tide timeframes each day and see if there might be any correlation if you are fishing at about the same time each day. Again, nice start to the Duw for you!

PS- also wondering if things might slow a bit later in the week with the nets in...

knotabassturd · Post by **knotabassturd** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:50 am

LOL a 13 inch fish on a 1/0. Darn 4 inch bullheads are prety good at taking down large hooks too. Trying my darnedest to get out today but pretty sure it won't happen. Good luck if you get (got?) out to try to go 4 for 4

losaturn · Post by **losaturn** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:12 am

I didn't go out today, I was too tired to get up to go.

oneshot · Post by **oneshot** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:28 am

I sure do miss working downtown.. not only was my commute better but i used to dash out at lunch to fish the Duwi..
working on the eastside is a drag!

congrats knotabassturd !!!!

knotabassturd · Post by **knotabassturd** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:02 am

losaturn wrote:I didn't go out today, I was too tired to get up to go.

I hear yuh!

And hear oneshot too! I was working weekend overtime this summer just before the Duw opened at a place RIGHT on the river thinking I had a sweet thing going for Fall but found out last weekend they hired on more help there in Tukwila so don't need me for OT any more (normally work Renton).

Crumby timing. I'll keep asking though

Losaturn- what kind of mainline and leader are you running typically with your bobber gear? I need to get more updated with gear but am a cheap bassturd (even use dyed turkey feathers for tying jig tails after running out of 25 year old marabou LOL).

OK time to eat lunch and get ready for work...

Post by **Bodofish** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:06 am

Marabou comes from turkeys........

losaturn · Post by **losaturn** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:21 am

knotabassturd wrote:
losaturn wrote:I didn't go out today, I was too tired to get up to go.

I hear yuh!

And hear oneshot too! I was working weekend overtime this summer just before the Duw opened at a place RIGHT on the river thinking I had a sweet thing going for Fall but found out last weekend they hired on more help there in Tukwila so don't need me for OT any more (normally work Renton). Crumby timing. I'll keep asking though

Losaturn- what kind of mainline and leader are you running typically with your bobber gear? I need to get more updated with gear but am a cheap bassturd (even use dyed turkey feathers for tying jig tails after running out of 25 year old marabou LOL).

OK time to eat lunch and get ready for work...

I'm running a bait casting set-up on a 10ft rod. 40# Hi-vis Power Pro mainline, and 1/0 Gamis on 20# Maxima Ultragreen 2ft leaders. I colored the bottom 10ft section of my Hi-vis braid with a black sharpie. Don't think the silvers are that line shy on the Duwi, but it made a difference on the skok.

Post by **RiverChromeGS** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:24 am

ive noticed at least this year in the LOW water ive been fishing the coho ARE line shy, ive gone to 8 lb flouro, and its helped, also they wont bite past 9am for me either.... anybody else hoping for rain??

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