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By: ilikefish
Posted: 8/22/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try something crazy, catch a pink on a little trout rod with 2lb test. I went to my usual beach and hooked one within ten minutes. Well, that pink kicked my butt. Drag was screaming, there ...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/21/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Area 11, Pierce County, 8-21-15
We started trolling the Slag pile about 7am. The problem with the kicker starting this morning was it wouldn’t stay running. But once it decided to run it did well. I ...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 8/20/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to try something different this morning so I launched the pontoon and tried trolling for the pinks with some Kokanee gear. Started about 6am and trolled around until 830 without a bite or see...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/19/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So work has been absolutely crazy busy but actually saw an opportunity to get in a little fishing before work today so with the weather, tides and all the stars lining up in place, got the Tin cup rea...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/19/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So this will be a 3 derby report but the first 2 there was not much to report so just put it all in one~
August 1st- Saturday South sound derby:
So my buddy Craig who had missed both the Chelan ...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/18/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My first salt water adventure with my brother Richard, and pinkpole, Kim.
I got the big motor adjusted and it ran great. The kicker started in 20 pulls. None of us were skunked. I am trying to learn...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Well.. we battled today. Lost a few pinks running deep, but was able to net a 17# king for my brother. Added three pinks to the mix for one limit for three fishermen. Casting was not the best today a...
By: nascarrich64
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Out the door and to Dolphin Pt by 5:45 PM to pursue the elusive summer run Chinook. Got the gear in the water down to 65 FT, Irish Cream Tailwagger Spoon behind the Hot Shot 11" flasher trolled with t...
By: Fish2eat
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the beach at Browns point between Lighthouse and club house. About a dozen boats off shore and a little over a dozen of us working the beach. Only saw 1 fish caught between 2p and 4:30p....
By: ilikefish
Posted: 8/16/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the Tacoma waterfront this morning and I was not disappointed. Stayed away from the masses on Les Davis and picked a little beach by the Silver Cloud hotel. I was using a pink jig that is large...
By: ActiveAngler
Posted: 8/15/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great day of fishing. Pinks are in thick my dad brother and I went and hooked up on probably 10-12 fish. Slow in the morning but really picked up in the afternoon. Casting out a hoochie jig and slowly...
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/15/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Last night I was on the phone with member Machewbacca and we made a last minute decision to do some fishing out on the salt. Headed down to Redondo where I met him and helped launch his boat. Setting ...
By: billyl
Posted: 8/14/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
More pinks around this week and good size.Great weather! We all had a good time. Using pink Jigs
Caught two each fished for about 5 hrs.
By: FishingArtisan
Posted: 8/14/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Report#5:
Fished Browns Point again last night, and went 3/7 jigging off the shore. A couple friends new to fishing stopped by, but weren't able to hook into anything (other than seaweed), so I let...
By: gunnybyrd
Posted: 8/13/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Third cast from a kayak and got hammered by a feisty Pink...good fighter...about 4.5 pounds. Spent the next several hours paddling around and pitching a jig, landing three more "pinks" before the end...
By: FishingArtisan
Posted: 8/13/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Report#4:
Fished Browns Point for the first time since returning from my 1 week visit to Baltimore. Arrived around 7 and fished until 8:45ish. Had the first hit around 7:45. Fish didn't stick, howe...
By: obryan214
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
giving up on the puyallup mouth. 2 pinks released, another became a seal meal. trolled hootchies/flashers/herring strip again. trolled all the way back to the ramp. saw several schools of pinks rollin...
By: obryan214
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
hit the mouth of the puyallup looking for the elusive chinook. found a pink instead. she lived to fight another day. trolled an assortment of hootchies behind flashers with herring fillets.
By: nascarrich64
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Marked lots of bait & fish through the morning but never got a Chinook hookup, 1 hatchery Coho 21" long was the only hookup for the morning. Compared to Dolphin Pt, the Southworth area is yours alone ...
By: obryan214
Posted: 8/9/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
trolled around the slag pile while waiting for the crab pots to load up. 1 pink released, 1 what had to be a king lost. caught 2 crab pots that were fully submerged at the slag pile with they're doors...
By: billyl
Posted: 8/8/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First time out for pinks this year. Fishing was slow. Caught one, lost one. Great weather. Hope it gets better.
By: nascarrich64
Posted: 8/7/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 3 days in Area 11, Southworth 1 day 2 days at Dolphin Pt. Only 1 Chinook hookup off of Dolphin but had a problem with the line release clip, "My Bad"!! Two Pinks only for the efforts. Watched/l...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 8/6/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The fish was a 5 star for sure, but the bite just isn't on yet at the mouth. Caught this 22# king trolling a cotton candy hoochie behind a polar orange breakaway dodger. Bloody tuna was the scent of ...
By: centralia165
Posted: 8/5/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Boys and I went fishing and crabbing, caught two decent pinks, lost one at the boat. Had a wonderful day. Oh yea and someone stole three of our crab pots. Watch your pots boys.
They must have neede...
By: obryan214
Posted: 8/3/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
trolled around by the mouth of the puyallup with a green ace hi fly with a herring strip behind a dodger looking for kings. released 2 small humpy's about 3lbs each. nice calm morning, overcast. a cou...