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Puyallup River Report
Pierce County, WA

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08/17/2011
Drift Fishing
Pink Salmon
Attractor
Pink
Corky & Yarn
Morning
08/17/2011
5
1642

The river was hot today at least for the time i was down there. Fished my normal spot behind Kmart. Fished from 8am to 10am and landed 14 of 18 fish all catch & release. Some of the fish were good size and most of the fish were still very bright. The fish again came in waves but the waves this time lasted much longer and between waves the fishing was still good. Just basic drift fishin the water is down some so i was able to drop down to a 3/8 weight and i dont think color really matters. Just keep your hooks sharp, examine your line for nics, and check your knots because when your hooking that many fish things start to break down.

The crowds are still out there and growing. Only problems were the guy who wanted to play out every fish he hooked and he would let the thing run all over the place. In combat conditions just need to get your fish in so others can keep fishin. We also got the line ripper who at the end of his drift he would drop his rod tip to water and rip his pole back to 12 o'clock every dang time. The last big gripe is the dope smokers. I dont care if ya smoke weed but do it at home or go somewere so the rest of us dont have to. These guys were standing upriver and everytime they would puff up it would head downriver/downwind into myself and others. Also below us were some kids, so not cool.


Pics are fish from yesterday and a nice shot of about half the lineup and it was a slow people day.


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Kfedka
8/17/2011 9:38:00 PM
Great report, wow that is a lot of people!
kingfisher101
8/17/2011 9:39:00 PM
Nice pinks looks like two folks got one on at the right of the picture ahh i hate people that konw your fishing and just want to piss ya off like one time i was fishing the green river and there teenagers came and thru rocks at my bobber i mean like what the hell is there problem but yea Tight lines i'll me on puke friday behind kmart same area
leviP
8/17/2011 9:50:00 PM
where is the puyallup river? like best fishing.?
leviP
8/17/2011 10:24:00 PM
sorry that didnt make sense, i live in redmond, and sometime want to take a trip to the puyallup river but just wondering where is a good spot on this river?
chengpu
8/17/2011 10:42:00 PM
leviP if you pick up the current issue of Salmon Trout Steelheader there is an article that list all the good spots and how to get to them.
flinginpooh
8/18/2011 11:47:00 AM
When the pinks are in I havent found a bad spot on the river. I try to get away from big crowds and do well. Good job down there.
leviP
8/19/2011 4:37:00 PM
should i use spoons, float and jig, or drift pink corkie and pink yarn?
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