Puget sound?

[Smossy]

Does anyone know of any good slatwater fishing palaces in the port orchard area? New to fishing and trying to learn some things. . . What is there to fish out of the sound. I've really only heard about the dogfish

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Sixgill Sharks @ night. Get 20+ feet. Closest related relative to great white sharks. 3rd largest shark in the world I think?
Dont count on ever getting one that big. Largest Ive ever heard caught off the piers is 14 feet.

[Smossy]

What all would you need for shark i got steel leaders, #1 hook, herring. . . Anything else needed. And how about for salmon

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That will certainly work for sharks, but it might be overkill. I’ve caught dozens of dogfish and sometimes they swallow the hook, but I’ve never had one break a line. Salmon is tough to do without a boat, but I have a 10’5” rod that lets you really chuck a lure out there. Make sure to give your reels a good rinse in fresh water after every trip or the salt will eat through your line in no time. Also, bring a bunch of extra lures because you’re going to snag the bottom as much as anything else.

Since you’re a beginner, you’ll need to learn how to use a baitcaster. It can be frustrating at first, but you’ll get it.

the rod o got is 7' 5". And what exactly is a baitcaster ha

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Nvm cant catch no sixgill on that haha.

[Smossy]

What all would you need for shark i got steel leaders, #1 hook, herring. . . Anything else needed. And how about for salmon

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Depends on the shark your fishing for. For sixgill, your going to have to make your own home-made steel leaders out of heavy duty cable. Most people use (dont quote me on this) about a 10 foot ugly stik rated around 40+lbs (this would be your fishing rod) with some type of heavy duty reel that can hold a ridiculous amount of 40+lb mono. These guys are HEAVY and it will feel like your about to get yanked off the pier. (If night fishing from a pier) Then at the end of your mono, they rig about 3-5 feet of that heavy duty cable with two extra large hooks. I couldnt even guess the size, Theyre the largest you can find locally from what Ive been told.

For bait they use full size dogfish, 3 feet average, Stick them through side by side one facing left one facing right so they look like wings right above the pectoral fins. Then they do some fancy casting and get it out as far as possible, OR have a kayak to carry the bait out as far as possible and drop over the side of the boat. Then you wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. and If you see your pole move with bait that large, More then likely you have just hooked yourself a sixgill.


This is all just from MY experiences with them. Ive spent probably 100+ nights with shark fishermen out on the tacoma waterfront piers. Mostly Les Davis at night. This time of year if you just go out there, talk to a few of them, check out theyre gear/setup. You will be good to go. Theyre almost never NOT out there. One guy I met out there who does it religiously. Curtis, Hes a heavier set big guy, White dude, Big beard and crazy hair. He would be the guy to talk to about it.

[Smossy]

I think its a 10 foot ugly stik tiger too, btw. Is what the rod is called. Its a yellowish brown color.

[thegamejr]

Hey smossy. Are you ever out the port orchard way?

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[Smossy]

Hey smossy. Are you ever out the port orchard way?

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Not that i know of, i pretty much stay in the spanaway/roy/tacoma area. No employment keeps me pretty local

[thegamejr]

Yeah. That makes sense. Well if Im ever out that way i will pm you on here and we could probably get together for somefishing. I Dont know where anything ostensibly out there ha

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[Smossy]

Yeah. That makes sense. Well if Im ever out that way i will pm you on here and we could probably get together for somefishing. I Dont know where anything ostensibly out there ha

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Yeah if you havent done any fishing man your really missing out. Its one of my favorite things to do. Nothin like wrastlin with some sea monsters

[lokidog]

What all would you need for shark i got steel leaders, #1 hook, herring. . . Anything else needed. And how about for salmon

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That will certainly work for sharks, but it might be overkill. I’ve caught dozens of dogfish and sometimes they swallow the hook, but I’ve never had one break a line. Salmon is tough to do without a boat, but I have a 10’5” rod that lets you really chuck a lure out there. Make sure to give your reels a good rinse in fresh water after every trip or the salt will eat through your line in no time. Also, bring a bunch of extra lures because you’re going to snag the bottom as much as anything else.

Since you’re a beginner, you’ll need to learn how to use a baitcaster. It can be frustrating at first, but you’ll get it.

NOT!  A large spinning real will work for any fish, other than the biggest halibut and maybe sixgills, you are likely to catch in Puget sound.  I really like the Cabelas Salt Stryker SS50, I just picked up 4 or 5 of them when they changed colors for the new models at $31 each.  Put some 30 or 50 lb Power Pro braid on there and you can outcast any baitcasting real.  I think the new model goes for about $65.  I have used one for over ten years and finally replaced it as one of the housing screws broke and the gears don't mesh correctly.  Put this on a 9 or ten foot spinning rod and you should be able to cast a looooong ways off the bank.  I put mine on a 6'6" Med heavy generic $18 rod from Big 5 and can cast a 1/2 oz to an 8 oz lure.

[Holg3107]

NOT!  A large spinning real will work for any fish, other than the biggest halibut and maybe sixgills, you are likely to catch in Puget sound.  I really like the Cabelas Salt Stryker SS50, I just picked up 4 or 5 of them when they changed colors for the new models at $31 each.  Put some 30 or 50 lb Power Pro braid on there and you can outcast any baitcasting real.  I think the new model goes for about $65.  I have used one for over ten years and finally replaced it as one of the housing screws broke and the gears don't mesh correctly.  Put this on a 9 or ten foot spinning rod and you should be able to cast a looooong ways off the bank.  I put mine on a 6'6" Med heavy generic $18 rod from Big 5 and can cast a 1/2 oz to an 8 oz lure.

 

No novice here, avid bait caster user when fishing for bass but in the salt I almost exclusively use spinning gear. I run a cabelas Salt striker (Same as Loki picked it up for $31) with 30# Fireline on a 9' med heavy rod. No problem throwing 2oz. jigs or 3/8oz jigs. The only reason you would need to go to a heavy bait casting set up is for sturgeon, halibut, and shark. Most of the time people aren't casting these setups anyways, they are dropping and jigging so minimal knowledge of a baitcaster is necessary. The setup I described above would also work fine for salmon fishing in the rivers or the sound. Once a boat, downriggers, ect... come in to play everything changes.

[PolarBear]

I can hook you up with some spots for coho in september around Hartstine island. 

[TheFewTheProud]

I go all the time man. Let me know some time you are free.

[Jingles]

Do you salt water fanatics ever double rod and reel? Use a large Spinning rod and reel to cast a weighted anchor out as far as humanly possible then use live bait on a second reel there it is clipped to the first line and allowed to travel out until the liver bait is just below the surface of the water? Did this a lot back east NC , SC, VA  and had great success for catching sharks, Large Blues and an occasional cobia

[Smossy]

Spinning reel all day on sixgill sharks. Bait casters are a pain in the butt sometimes.

[magnanimous_j]

Huh. I was always told that salmon would tear up spin casters.