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Green River Report
King County, WA

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09/26/2011
Casting
Pink Salmon
Evening
09/26/2011
5
1436

Stopped to fish the Green river after seeing so many fish the day before. Stopped by the hole under the bridge in Kent. I assumed it wouldnt be packed since it was mid day on a monday and people are generally at work. Unfortunately it was packed with fisherman and trash. It was absolutely horrible, I wouldnt suggest any decent fisherman to fish there. Every dirty guy there was on edge. I thought for sure there was going to be fist fights. There was a constant three to five fish on among the fishermen. Saw only one fish hooked in the mouth. So many fish snagged and so many dirt bags fishing over their limit, yelling at eachother, and throwing beer cans right into the hole they were fishing in. The worst thing was when someone would catch a salmon that they decided not to keep, instead of carefully unhooking it and reviving it they would kick it across the gravel and into the water. Which of course the fish just floats off or dies right there. I just dont get it. There was only a few respectable fishermen there. Its just a shame people are like that. After watching the dirty circus of dirtbag fisherman for about 10min I moved on. Went to a quiet spot just down the river along the trail. So many pinks and chinook were cruising up and down the river. Started out using spin and glows, after the schools of hundreds of pinks passed by my lure a few times without a bite i switched to a little half oz weight and a 2 foot leader to a tiny river bait hook with a pink curly tailed grub. First cast a nice chinook or silver charged the worm. I was after pinks btw. Second cast I hooked into a nice fish that put up a great fight, thought it was a nice sized chinook by the way it fought. Got the fish in and my bf netted it perfectly. Unhooked it real quick picked it up for a quick picture, (first fish of the year for me), and let it go on its way. Thinking it was a chinook I wanted to do everything real quick. Afterwards I realized it had a white mouth. It was a very nice coho buck. Ah well it was a wild anyways, I hope it goes on to make lotsa babies. Just a few casts later I hook into the biggest chinook Ive ever caught. Gorgeous buck that went back healthy to help repopulate. It was a great day on the river. A nice guy on the way out gave us a little pink hen, such a nice gift, we didnt go home empty handed.


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knotabassturd
9/27/2011 9:30:00 AM
Good on you having the right attitude. Pinks crowds for some reason seem to carry some, uh, not-so-great characters. Just for your own future knowledge since you are clearly on the good path, when releasing a fish it is best not to hold them around the gill plate area and even better not to hold them at all (just take the hook out with needle nose pliers while they're in the net or near shore if without net). That is an AWESOME (bright) looking fish that those crazies unfortunatelt would have fought over LOL. Good hting it was you catching it. Think of the fish's gills like our lungs and our hands as bacteria infested towels to them. You wouldn't want a bacteria infested anything touching your lungs unless you want pneumnia or worse :-) Don't worry though- looks like you barely have that one held at the gill plate and it is nice and bright so if you saw it recover and swim off, it likely will be fine. Nice report, nice pic, nice fish! Geesh, I may have to get back out there...
DeepHolefishin
9/27/2011 9:32:00 AM
you can keep native silvers on the green....yes there are lots of loosers on that river....I saw those guys on saturday throwing beer can after beer can in the river by the golf course...fucking loosers make me sick........next time youll keep the silver!!
Tostyfisher11
9/27/2011 9:40:00 AM
What part of Kent were you fishing? Sounds like you started out by the footbridge by S 277th St? Nice report. Also you could always call fish and game. That kind of attitude is not acceptable. Those type of fishermen, if you want to call them that, looses privileges for us good fishermen :-(
Jake Dogfish
9/27/2011 10:09:00 AM
I too stay far away from the bridge. Whats funny is I fish that stretch of river alot and I don't even like that hole even if there is no one fishing it. The area where you are pictured works fine for me. Thanks for the report.
Gringo Pescador
9/27/2011 10:30:00 AM
Alycia - nice report and nice fish! Like knot said - when releasing a fish never hold it by the gills and if at all possible don't remove it from the water at all (in some areas for some species it is illegal to remove them from the water even). Keep reporting!...... DeepHolefishin - this is a family site, please watch the language.
schu7498
9/27/2011 1:09:00 PM
We fished just past the bridge, you take a left I think at the first light by the Shari's. I talked to a few farmers on the Samish river up by Edison last week, who were telling me about all the fishing privileges lost to fisherman because of the way they act on that river. Farmers were saying they used to allow fishermen to fish from their properties, but the fishermen started using their crops as bathrooms and trash cans and the poor farmers had to destroy acres of good crops. Also said fishermen were trying to sue them for stupid things like falling off the dike system, and legally they could because it was on the farmer's property.
maxxy
9/27/2011 6:01:00 PM
Nice fish!!! I have to agree with you on your comment about some fishermen. Something about millions of pink salmon makes people go crazy and treat these fish with little respect. I saw a lot of illegal and horrible things done to these salmon this season. One time I was on spokane street bridge fishing for them and a guy next to me snags a pink and yells, "flying fish!!!" The guy then takes his rod and hucks the salmon over the railing and it lands on the cement with a huge thud. He then kicks the salmon into the water.
maxxy
9/27/2011 6:04:00 PM
Nice fish!!! I have to agree with you on your comment about some fishermen. Something about millions of pink salmon makes people go crazy and treat these fish with little respect. I saw a lot of illegal and horrible things done to these salmon this season. One time I was on spokane street bridge fishing for them and a guy next to me snags a pink and yells, "flying fish!!!" The guy then takes his rod and hucks the salmon over the railing and it lands on the cement with a huge thud. He then kicks the salmon into the water.
maxxy
9/27/2011 6:07:00 PM
Nice fish!!! I have to agree with you on your comment about some fishermen. Something about millions of pink salmon makes people go crazy and treat these fish with little respect. I saw a lot of illegal and horrible things done to these salmon this season. One time I was on spokane street bridge fishing for them and a guy next to me snags a pink and yells, "flying fish!!!" The guy then takes his rod and hucks the salmon over the railing and it lands on the cement with a huge thud. He then kicks the salmon into the water.
maxxy
9/27/2011 7:39:00 PM
Nice fish!!! I have to agree with you on your comment about some fishermen. Something about millions of pink salmon makes people go crazy and treat these fish with little respect. I saw a lot of illegal and horrible things done to these salmon this season. One time I was on spokane street bridge fishing for them and a guy next to me snags a pink and yells, "flying fish!!!" The guy then takes his rod and hucks the salmon over the railing and it lands on the cement with a huge thud. He then kicks the salmon into the water.
jelin20
9/27/2011 9:00:00 PM
I took my 9yr old son to that nice fishing hole under the Meeker bridge once (about a month ago). We were one of the first ones there and within an hour, it was full of guys with no respect for people around them. I had to take my son away from that mess. We were able to catch 4 nice pinks though! Never been back since and my son always askes "why don't we go there?" I tell him it's not worth it!
mtom938
9/28/2011 11:27:00 AM
Excellent report and attitude, Alycia. It's this horrid behavior that led me to spurn bank fishing and buy a kayak. Turns my stomach.
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