PINK SALMON RUN INFO

[Smossy]

cool thanks for sharing guys. they look cool too bad they don't taste right.  Would be a cool fish for the kids to catch sounds like when they are in it's easy pickings.

They taste alright, just a little fishier/drier than a silver.  I thought they tasted kind of like silver mixed with canned tuna.  When you get down to it even the kings/silvers get turned away by the folks that try to compare salmon to bottomfish like halibut/cabs/lingcod.  Pinks are lots of fun to catch.  Usually in such big numbers that young kids are constantly getting strikes and even catching, so it keeps their attention span.  You can even use light gear that you already have for things like trout.

They're good in the smoker though. 2 parts brown sugar to 1 part salt, some garlic salt. alittle of this, alittle of that. Soak overnight then rinse thoroughly, dry. Throw into smoker until it reaches your desired texture.

[gasman]

I filet the one I caught this morning and BBQed it up with some shrimp kabobs.

 

Not one piece left 

[lokidog]

Here are few pinks from this morning!!!! Can't keep them off the line. Fishing for kings and hooking pinks non-stop.

Where were you?  Eagle Point this morning sucked, one fish in the boat for three lines and about six short bites and quick releases.  Saw very few fish getting caught.   

[Back At It]

Here are few pinks from this morning!!!! Can't keep them off the line. Fishing for kings and hooking pinks non-stop.

Where were you?  Eagle Point this morning sucked, one fish in the boat for three lines and about six short bites and quick releases.  Saw very few fish getting caught.   

We hit Eagle point this morning. 4 pinks in 45 min in the boat. one king 1 1/2 hour later. then everything died at slack.  My brother got 2 kings in his boat, and lost 3 due to technical difficulties.  It was combat fishing at it's finest! I figured about 50 boats, including charters, and one really larger sail boat.  all in all... better than working!

[lokidog]

Here are few pinks from this morning!!!! Can't keep them off the line. Fishing for kings and hooking pinks non-stop.

Where were you?  Eagle Point this morning sucked, one fish in the boat for three lines and about six short bites and quick releases.  Saw very few fish getting caught.   

We hit Eagle point this morning. 4 pinks in 45 min in the boat. one king 1 1/2 hour later. then everything died at slack.  My brother got 2 kings in his boat, and lost 3 due to technical difficulties.  It was combat fishing at it's finest! I figured about 50 boats, including charters, and one really larger sail boat.  all in all... better than working!

Saw that big catamaran, told the guy he was fishing in style, he laughed and said you do what you gotta do.   

Congrats on your success.  How deep were you guys going for the kings, 120?

[Back At It]

We hit a double, two pinks, I was pulling up and hit the king about 75' we managed to land one pink and the king.  My brother hit all his kings at 80' - 120'.  I was surprised we didn't run into more.  there were several "bait balls" on the screen between 80 and 120 that we drug through but nothing. The only other surprise we had was a halibut that ripped the reel from my rod and eventually took off with my flasher and spoon.  It was my first halibut fight!  made the pinks seam like gold fish!

[Rob]

Halibut love Pink Salmon...  I hear they sit in the mouth of the Sekiu river and slurp them up as the run upstream.  I wonder if he took a pink off your hook!

[Button Nubbs]

Picked up a nice clipped coho off the beach this morning

[WSU]

Then in a month or so they look like this in the river

Thats where the name, "Humpies" come from.

I don't care if I catch them with the hump or chrome bright.  I don't want to eat them either way, so I might as well catch a dark one!

[Smossy]

Then in a month or so they look like this in the river

Thats where the name, "Humpies" come from.

I don't care if I catch them with the hump or chrome bright.  I don't want to eat them either way, so I might as well catch a dark one!

If thats the case Ill gladly take them.

[Back At It]

Halibut love Pink Salmon...  I hear they sit in the mouth of the Sekiu river and slurp them up as the run upstream.  I wonder if he took a pink off your hook!

I had never heard that before.  it make since the more I think about how it all went down. too bad the seasons don't over lap I'd leave the pinks on weighted to the bottom.  I'd take a halibut over a pink any day! 

[lokidog]

Halibut love Pink Salmon...  I hear they sit in the mouth of the Sekiu river and slurp them up as the run upstream.  I wonder if he took a pink off your hook!

I had never heard that before.  it make since the more I think about how it all went down. too bad the seasons don't over lap I'd leave the pinks on weighted to the bottom.  I'd take a halibut over a pink any day! 

We used small salmon heads for bait up in Yackutat a few years ago.

[crow360]

Here are few pinks from this morning!!!! Can't keep them off the line. Fishing for kings and hooking pinks non-stop.

Where were you?  Eagle Point this morning sucked, one fish in the boat for three lines and about six short bites and quick releases.  Saw very few fish getting caught.   

Eagle pt and salmon banks catching them between 80 to 100ft.  I got there around 5 and limited by 9am. Two rods in the water. The day before I hooked a nice 20lb and about ten minutes a even bigger fish and right when we were about to net it at the boat a seal took it and gave me the fight of a life time. Leader finally broke after about 5 min and me almost going overboard.

[Carp Commander]

Leaving next week for Deception Pass. Any reports from up North would be appreciated.

[7mmfan]

Halibut love Pink Salmon...  I hear they sit in the mouth of the Sekiu river and slurp them up as the run upstream.  I wonder if he took a pink off your hook!

I had never heard that before.  it make since the more I think about how it all went down. too bad the seasons don't over lap I'd leave the pinks on weighted to the bottom.  I'd take a halibut over a pink any day! 

We used small salmon heads for bait up in Yackutat a few years ago.

When I captained a charter boat out of Sitka, my favorite bait hands down for halibut was a fresh pink head with the belly meat still attached. You could have 4 different baits down and jigs and whatever, they always ate the head. Here is a pic for reference