Northwest Fishing Reports

i know alot of people like to go to certain beaches and fly fish for these but since I dont fly fish I would love to take out my trout gear and try for these, anyone have any advice on what kinda lures would prob work for this? im thinkin maybe castmasters or vibrax? and if anyone has ever tried fishing for the sea runs and silvers at Titlow beach? Ive heard of some goin there but have never seen anyone there. thanks agian

Sea-Run cutts are very aggressive in the saltwater. They will take about anything if they are in the mood. Small buzz bombs, wedding rings, flies, spinners, spoons of all sorts, all will take them...

Remember to pinch the barbs and use single barbless out there....

Find a rocky beach with a stiff current and you will likely find cutts...

Sam Kafelafish wrote:Sea-Run cutts are very aggressive in the saltwater. They will take about anything if they are in the mood. Small buzz bombs, wedding rings, flies, spinners, spoons of all sorts, all will take them...

Remember to pinch the barbs and use single barbless out there....

Find a rocky beach with a stiff current and you will likely find cutts...

What time of year are the cutts in the salt?

JT26 wrote:

Sam Kafelafish wrote:Sea-Run cutts are very aggressive in the saltwater. They will take about anything if they are in the mood. Small buzz bombs, wedding rings, flies, spinners, spoons of all sorts, all will take them...

Remember to pinch the barbs and use single barbless out there....

Find a rocky beach with a stiff current and you will likely find cutts...

What time of year are the cutts in the salt?

Year round. They return in winter/spring to their small coastal streams and spawn, then return back to the saltwater...

I do best on them in the summer on evening nights when their is an incoming tide, from an hour and a half before, and all the way up to a high tide...

Sam Kafelafish wrote:

JT26 wrote:

Sam Kafelafish wrote:Sea-Run cutts are very aggressive in the saltwater. They will take about anything if they are in the mood. Small buzz bombs, wedding rings, flies, spinners, spoons of all sorts, all will take them...

Remember to pinch the barbs and use single barbless out there....

Find a rocky beach with a stiff current and you will likely find cutts...

What time of year are the cutts in the salt?

Year round. They return in winter/spring to their small coastal streams and spawn, then return back to the saltwater...

I do best on them in the summer on evening nights when their is an incoming tide, from an hour and a half before, and all the way up to a high tide...

Thanks for the tips. Im gonna try to get out there this year. Is there a good population of them out there?
I still have like 15 buzzbombs from last season when i was going for pinks. Luckly, i didnt get all of them in the hot pink color.
Do you think a fly on a clear bobber would work?

Yes, if you know where to find them. They don't roam far from their streams/rivers..Usually they stay within a few miles of their stream....I've always fished for them on the West side of the Puget Sound, in fast moving water, rocky bottom, oyster beds or points. If they are in the area, you'll know. If they don't jump and reveal themselves, chances are they aint there.

Lots of Kutthroatkilla's fish are Sea-runs, returning to the Cedar and other small streams that feed into both Lake WA and Sammamish...

Flies do work. I have taken them on clousers...Just casting and stripping it back and twitching it into shore...

Wedding rings also do well for me. I like to avoid buzzbombs, they WORK, but not as good as a spinner or spoon...

Kastmasters would work great....Like I said before, they are very opportunistic feeders. They aren't too picky...

Remember single point hooks and barbless...

Sea Runs are probably one of the most enjoyable saltwater fishery there is here in the Puget Sound....It's not uncommon to have 10-12 fish evenings out for an hour or two...

Nice Fly Box KTK, did you tie all of those yourself or buy them?

When i lived on Utsalady i used to start doing pretty good around Mothers Day for cutts. I caught fish on most of the lures i threw at them but it seemed that i caught 90% on a brown trout krocodile. For silvers the only beach fishing i do is out at Lagoon Point and i limit out everytime i go with a white krocodile with the pearl on 1 side.

SmokinAces wrote:Nice Fly Box KTK, did you tie all of those yourself or buy them?

It's all about fly fishing man. I tied up about 1/2 myself and bought the rest. Just a blast!

KTK

No bonking cutts in saltwater! You can keep them in freshwater but not in the salt. You can catch them but please gently release them. Read the regs. The only trout that you can keep in the salt are 2 steelhead. Release all others.

wolverine wrote: No bonking cutts in saltwater! Read the regs. Release all others.

Not sure anyone mentioned "bonking cutts in saltwater" -- most everyone knows that SRC's in Puget Sound are C&R only per WDFW regulations. KTK

kutthroatkilla wrote:

wolverine wrote: No bonking cutts in saltwater! Read the regs. Release all others.

most everyone knows that SRC's in Puget Sound are C&R only per WDFW regulations. KTK

I beg to differ. Many people don't even know what these fish are when they catch them and they keep em. Unfortunately many people do keep these beautiful fish...

Years ago we used to fish the Lincoln Park area and Beach Drive SW stretch of the bay.I trolled pop gear with a small herring strip.I found best fishing for cuttys in and around salmon season.From what I heard is that they follow the salmon eating eggs that are being dropped by the females.They are great fun to catch in the salt.This was probabl 5-10 years ago that wed fish for cutts.Havent done it for a spell now.
Jerome the Utsalday area is a real good fishery when its open for keeping.I crab that area quite a bit.

racfish wrote:From what I heard is that they follow the salmon eating eggs that are being dropped by the females.

I don't believe females drop any eggs in the salt. Their skeins are very firm and small at that point and they are no where near ready to pop any eggs out. They can often spend weeks in rivers before being ready to push eggs out...

But yes, I find that around late summer and fall is the best time for these fish to be had.

jesus, locked and loaded once again, you dont mess around do ya ktk?

we were trolling for cutts out on camano with dick nights and got to fight a 22# king on my trout rod!

fly fishing for these things is awesome though

kavykid2k6 wrote:jesus, locked and loaded once again, you dont mess around do ya ktk?

You got that right kavykid2k6 - I'm always locked, but most importantly loaded...at all times too bro both literally and figurately. If you wanna hit up some of these beaches in the late summer when salmon season opens lemme know and we'll knock em dead! Tight Lines brutha-- KTK

I was out at Richmond Beach a few weeks ago and caught what I believed to be a small Silver? My buddy said it was a Blackmouth, but I don't think so. We were going for Sea-runs of course. What is the best place close to Bellevue/Seattle to go for these right now? I got laid off and plan on doing a ton of fishing before going back to work. The idea of Fly-fishing in salt-water seems to add a sense of flair to the fresh water lake fishing that I mostly do. Thanks for any replies.

Toad

has anyone ever fished the westport/grays harbor area? rivers, beaches or even piers? Would really love some good hints and helpful techniques to get started with some fishing over there doesnt have to be salmon or anything just something different than the average rainbow in spokane...I have a place in between grayland and westport on the highway.