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RE:Puke Thread

Post by chazman253 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:22 am

From Tacoma area.. I would like to learn how to fish on the Puyallup since I have never been. Any takers want to help me out???

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Post by tnj8222 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:01 am

Fishon pm me a number and we can go tom
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Post by platypus22 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:25 pm

kingfisher - Try behind K-Mart or across the street from the Toyota dealership. Both pretty easy access and not overly-snaggy. (though it's a river...so finding snags is somewhat mandatory for drifting. lol)

The current is manageable there and usually running thigh-deep to waist-deep. The downfall is that there is really no bank to land a fish on. So, I'd only hit it if you have a net. I usually bring a large trout net (barely big enough and takes some aim) to land small pinks, and leave a big net on the bank in case I find myself in need of it.

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Post by kingfisher101 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:46 pm

Ok thanks plat,ill try and ok ill bring the net just incase
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Post by Brian253 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:19 pm

Quick king before work
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Post by knotabassturd » Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:38 pm

Nice prework fish Brian! My little Puke pinks are in the smoker right now. How have the pinks been lately in your area? The lower river ones have been pretty bright.
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Post by Brian253 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:19 pm

Actually nOt many pinks back there

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Post by EAmon___hoffman123 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:37 pm

Nice fish brian!:)
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Post by natetreat » Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:41 pm

knotabassturd wrote:Nice prework fish Brian! My little Puke pinks are in the smoker right now. How have the pinks been lately in your area? The lower river ones have been pretty bright.
Yea, the pinks aren't going above fred meyer and the confluence with the white. The day my dad and I fished we drove up to catch up to the big schools that had passed through, but we went up too far. Drove back down and found out what they're doing. They're pushing up and holding in the lower river, going up and down.

I guess that's a good deal if you wanted to target the big kings, but I can't argue with the brightness and abundance of the pinks! My first batch is done with the brine and going in my new smoker in a couple hours, I've got three more batches to do!
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Post by Brian253 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:35 am

Nice bright king after work today
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Post by kingfisher101 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:38 am

Dang Brain all you catch is nice bright kings LOL.We was your last time hooking onto a pink on the puke.Anyways nice catch pink corky and yarn or something new?
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Post by Brian253 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:26 pm

Well I got one pink I mostly fish kings, but I may go slay pinks with my girl one of these days and stock up on eggs

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Post by Fish_Bait111397 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:40 pm

Damn Brian, I didnt know there was that many kings in the Puke ! [laugh]
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Post by kingfisher101 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:39 pm

Well finally im going to go try the Puke tomarrow anyone gonna be there im probably going to fish behind kmart
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Post by racfish » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:48 pm

Brian ,those are the nicest looking kings out of the puyallup river. Im so jealos when you say before and after work.
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Post by tnj8222 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:05 pm

Anybody seing any silvers?
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Post by returnofthefish » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:44 am

Saw a small silver on a stringer today. It was the size of a cookie cutter pink.
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Post by Brian253 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:34 am

Hooked and lost THREE kings today, two were one long enough to see the net a few times but managed to spit hook, thebummer is the second one I hooked was the biggest brightest king I think I've ever hooked

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Post by knotabassturd » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:45 am

Brian253 wrote:Hooked and lost THREE kings today, two were one long enough to see the net a few times but managed to spit hook, thebummer is the second one I hooked was the biggest brightest king I think I've ever hooked
Dang, running big this year or are you just dialing them in better (or both)? If I hook a 'nook I have the setup to get it in but it makes it way too easy to pull the hook out of the pinks. Crackering too many pinks. They have had sea lice tho.
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RE:Puke Thread

Post by beerhounds » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:05 am

Damn Brian, leave some kings to the rest of and go back to the Cowlitz! :)
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