afternoon of fishing

[starcrafttom]

I got the chance to go fishing on the checkpoint II with dwight. he wasnice enough to pick me up at 3pm in edmonds and we headed to p-n-p. We trolled coho killer and coyote spoons at the 110 to 80 ft range right on the bottom with the current. It was kind of slow but we ended up with 2 nice silver and 2 kings of 9 and 12 lbs. got dropped off at edmond by 9pm. I have salmon in the smoker right now. shouold be good tonight.



thats the 9 pounder.

[tom&shan]

Wasnt the low tide around 2:46 - so you caught them on the rising tide, a couple of hours after low tide ?
Just curious about how important fishing the low tide is.
Also - you using scent at all on the lures or flashers?
Were there a lot of other boats out ?
My son arrives tonight and we plan on fishing next week out of Everett so I'm trying to figure out where and when.
Nice photo.

Cheers,

Tom G.

[Jazzmanic]

Wow, that's a beauty! And that ain't no 9-lber, more like 12 lbs. I'm jealous. I tried fishing Jeff Head & PNP on Sunday and Monday while on the canoe journey, NO LUCK! Just when I was thinking I had it dialed in after catching two in Elliott Bay a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for sharing Tom & Dwight. Maybe I'll see you out there.

Peter

[Susan E]

I caught the biggest and best. Although he may be silver soon, he's warm and funny. Not the cold and slimy kind. And although he may smell like fish occasionally he cleans up really good. He is one of a kind and a really keeper. Catch of my life. And I didn’t even have to go fishing. Amazing what a pair of heels and a short skirt can do when your 17.

Susan e

[starcrafttom]

NO I WAS NOT IN A IN A SKIRT AND HEELS , had to get that out there before some one makes a commit. Susan go back to work.

Tom, we caught the hour after the slack of low tide and stayed until the high slack. I have really became a believer in fishing the top and bottom of the tides and rip lines in between. Go with the tide when every you can and if you find bait just troll back and forth over it a few times before morning on. Yes sent is good to hide your scent. Just remember to wash it off the gear when you are done.

[gljjr]

[gljjr]

Tom's getting far more on the water time than I am lately. But I have found that if you can find feeding fish it doesn't matter what the tides are doing. What the tides generally do for you is to concentrate the bait thus making the above easier.

Salmon are opportunistic predators. Meaning if you put a bait in front of their face they will usually take it if it looks edible. Proper presentation therefore is very important. What that presentation is on a given day may change... That is why they call it fishing, not catching!

[chromer]

[CW]

I've been fishing the mouth of the Kalama River where it empties into the Columbia lately for steelhead. We saw about six caught yesterday. None for us... but then again my crew was livin' the high life and we had fun all the same. C.W.

[CW]

I got two steelhead last night on the evening tide about 6 pm. They were about 8-9 lbs., both natives (protected, have adipose fin) and so I didn't even net them, just reached down the the long nosed needle nosed pliers and twisted the treble hook of the red U-20 Flatfish free. I was anchored in 18 ft. of water, back bouncing way back behind. They fought well and it was exciting to see the light rod yank way down again! I might fish again tonight too after we drop the swine off at the County Fair... but if lightning looks imminent, I'll hold off. C.W.

[starcrafttom]

I will be in portland over the weekend of sept 19 thru the 22. what will be open and good at that time??

[CW]

Chinook salmon will be closed in the Columbia after the 16th. Coho and steelhead will still be open most likely, maybe sturgeon. Chinook in the tributaries should be open (Kalama, Cowlitz and Lewis). C.W.