Northwest Fishing Reports

All the fillets of my pinks have worms in them. Still taste fine though.

Mike Carey wrote:I know they will make one big smell in about a month.

True dat, Mike.

FishBaitThe2nd wrote:I cant remember exactly how I did it, but I use to take a knife and stab it right behind there nose, stab it in at a 45 degree angle or so, remove the knife, and blood would start squirting out. Kinda cool lol

Thats how I do it.Works great if you do it right, kills em instantly.

I cut the gills, and then give a quick stab through the skull. I used to bonk fish, and it was never really effective for me. This is what I do now, too. Used to bonk, but watched a video on the through the brain technique. I forget the Japanese term for it. The Japanese technique is called "Iki-ji...

Sweet. Thanks. When do they start running? I guess I could google, but Im exhausted and this is easier :) their are summer runs in a few rivers on hood canal and i've seen dark ones in the nisqually in september but usually late october to early december with a really late run in the nisqually in j...

I've been limiting out for days now on pink 2in Buzz Bombs. Don't diss the Bomb!

Anyways I thought that the T didnt open until Oct 1?

If your going to fish a Dick-Nite spoon work it SLOW! A nice slow wobble is what you want. Pretty much just drift fishing with a super slow retrieve. Or you can plunk it. Plunking sand shrimp behind pretty much any spin glo is a good bet as well. Pretty much, no wobble no fish. Spinning spoons are ...

17 pound king, in the Wallace while fishing for silvers. It was caught on a yellow bucktail jig, under of bobber. And I caught it on 10lb Maxima Ultragreen. Damn good line!

Brat Bonker wrote:I use a 8'6 medium lamiglas norwest special bait caster but I don't twitch that many jigs only in the quilcene.

You twitch jigs in the Quilcene? I thought I was the only one.

Im just a kid but, I prefer casting. I use the same casting for everything except bluegills and perch and pike minnow, .etc. Ive caught a 17 pound king, 4 pound 7oz triploid rainbow, 3 lb smallie, 4 humpies so far all on a 8'6" Shimano Clarus and Shimano Caenan with 10 lb Maxima Ultragreen. The king...

Mordalphus wrote:Found some poopoo, eh? Better there than in the river I guess...

Meh. It all ends up in the river one way or another.

obryan214 wrote:you can use the carcasses for bait.

saw a guy recently using trout he caught at spanaway lake for lingcod bait, he got a ticket.

Trout for lingcod bait? How does that work?

You should really learn to respect ALL wildlife, no matter how,lowly or ugly. Id eat any dark salmon, ive had dark humpy, tasted better than carp, and carp isn't that bad.

DannyL wrote:Went 1-1 today, was slow slow slow all day. Up to 15 now lol

Hmmm. Sunday was on fire! I went 2/3 and my dad went 2/5.

That's it! I'm dropping everything and hitting the Skagit tomarrow!

Try the Jetty at Cape Disappointment State Park. There are a lot of crabs there, so you might want to bring your crab gear.

Why fish a lake? Fish the salmon run in the Snohomish, Skykomish, Stillaguamish, and Marine Area 8-1, the fish are going to be a lot bigger and way more plentiful.

Get about 3 or 4 cloves of minced garlic, a little bit of minced ginger, 6 or 7 tablespoons of brown sugar, and enough soy sauce to wet the sugar. Oh, and add a little lemon juice. Put fillet on foil, add all of that sauce on top, and let it sit in the fridge for an hour or two. Then put it on the ...

I have a question, is it normal for humpies to be caught this early? I remember last season I didn't catch my first humpy of the season until Aug 23. Humpies already in the Skagit? Could this be the sign of a massive return?