Puyallup River King Fishing

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Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:51 am

Hey guys, so this will be my first year of fishing the Puyallup for Kings. The only other River type fishing i have ever done is the Minter Creek Combat fishing for Chum. So i could use all the tips or pointers i could get, like good spots, types of lures, colors of yarn/corky. Anything would be great! Thanks! :)
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by bass4days » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:57 am

i usually fish off of levee road and throw orange corkies and sometimes some yarn.

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:01 am

Thanks! also what is the bag limit for kings?
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by bass4days » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:08 am

2 a day and they got to be hatchery

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by chrome_chasin » Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:31 am

Starting tomorrow it will be open above Freeman rd to the mouth of the Carbon. good luck

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by 253Caster » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:09 pm

I'll be down there, hopefully I see some fish.

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:10 pm

Ok Thank you! The run wont start getting good for another couple weeks though right?
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:12 pm

narrows11 wrote:Ok Thank you! The run wont start getting good for another couple weeks though right?
starts offdabat last yr opener.gotum on my lunchbreak puy 7 min from work
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by chrome_chasin » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:16 pm

heard tell that they are already seeing some at the hatchery. I havent checked it myself so take it for whats its worth. I plan on hitting it bright and early tomorrow.

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:17 pm

Wow! Thats a good lookin fish!
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:19 pm

Wish i didnt have football practice in the morning or i would be there to!
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:23 pm

bring mideum heavy gear cuz rivers high/fast ,dont mess around with light gear youll regret it.
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by 253Caster » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:25 pm

So eggs probably won't work too great then? I'll probably just stick to cork/yarn and maybe toss a blue fox a few times.

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:32 pm

How many pound test is medium heavy? Right now my rod real set up is a 8 1/2 ft ugly stick with a Pflueger real 15lbs test is that strong enough?
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by chrome_chasin » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:44 pm

narrows11 wrote:How many pound test is medium heavy? Right now my rod real set up is a 8 1/2 ft ugly stick with a Pflueger real 15lbs test is that strong enough?
just be ready for a long nasty fight. take your time and you be alright.

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by chrome_chasin » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:47 pm

253Caster wrote:So eggs probably won't work too great then? I'll probably just stick to cork/yarn and maybe toss a blue fox a few times.
I plan on throwing some big flashy hardware. But will be taking eggs just in case I find a nice deep pocket.

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by narrows11 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:52 pm

Ok! Thanks!
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by tsath24 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:56 am

Where are some easy access points on the puke?

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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:01 pm

tsath24 wrote:Where are some easy access points on the puke?
toyota dealer on river rd or behind tiffanys ice scating ring both on river rd
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Re: Puyallup River King Fishing

Post by tsath24 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:36 pm

OFFDAAHOOK wrote:
tsath24 wrote:Where are some easy access points on the puke?
toyota dealer on river rd or behind tiffanys ice scating ring both on river rd
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