Puget sound?

[Smossy]

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

lol WHAT? Who told you that. I use a spinning reel religiously, Ive caught 30lb salmon on my Pflueger 5.2:1 easy.

[Kola16]

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

lol WHAT? Who told you that. I use a spinning reel religiously, Ive caught 30lb salmon on my Pflueger 5.2:1 easy.

I have caught 20 lb. fish with my small spinning reel and 10 lb. test 

There are plenty of videos of guys catching HUGE fish (large sharks, marlin, halibut etc.) with spinning reels (bigger than mine of course).

Walmart has a large spinning reel (Shakespeare) for $15 

[wildmanoutdoors]

Size dont matter with Spinning reels. Just get the right size. We land 180 pound Tarpon on Quantum Boca's with no problems.

In fact I fly out tomarrow for 10 days of Keys fishing. Gonna put the Boca's to the test again!

[lokidog]

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

One of the reels I would bring with me was a lesser quality spinner when I worked on commercial tuna boats, I landed a crap load of mahi mahi, wahoo, and tuna as well as a few 6+ foot sharks with it, never had a problem, and that was with 25 lb test mono back in the day.  I hooked one yellowfin tuna about 250 pounds with it, saw him hit it, and fought that thing until I was down to about five turns of line when I busted it off so as not to lose my line.  I then fished the rest of the trip with it, no problems.

That Cabelas Salt Stryker is a good deal, especially for the price.

[krism83]

As far as salt water fishing goes Bruce, I am limited in knowledge to the areas around my house for Kings and Silvers and then off of charter boats in Westport.

Like mentioned before you can go to the mouth of Curly Creek down in South Colby, just around the point from the Southworth ferry, or the more successful option is find a friend with a boat.