Downtown Bellingham urban salmon fishing

[jeepster]

Ok so this is the weirdest fishing hole I've found yet, but the park along the waterfront in downtown Bellingham (where that big creek dumps into the bay) is loaded with salmon right now... I bet they are dogs, but they smoke up well and are fun to catch....there were a bunch of guys fishing it today, saw some guys walking out with fish. No point keepin this spot a secret....urban salmon fishing

[CP]

Whatcom creek, not much of a secret:

[jeepster]

I never go to Bellingham..... Ive never seen it before  I live under a rock

[aaronoto]

And what takes place there is the furthest thing from "fishing"....

[bowhunterforever]

  Bet that just a pain in the butt

[paytonma]

i hate that place with a passion so many snaggers its terrible 

[go4itlab]

Aaaaaaah the Ol Wall of Shame!!!! One of these days I'm going to wade out at low tide and paint that on the wall.

[6x6in6]

Ah yes, Whatcom County's finest venue for combat fishing.  I'll pass thank you...

[wildweeds]

I can remember actually fishing there............ for steel head over 30 years ago.It wasn't no snagfest either.It turned into a snaggapalooza down there late 80's early 90's,guess things haven't changed much

[go4itlab]

It turned in ti a real zoo. I was there the day of stabing of the guy with the needle noise pliers, Watcheed fist fights. The breaker for me was when I was standing need the wall. I wasn't fishing I was going to over to the other side, Well the kid pull of his jacket to his side and he packing large revolver. He thought I was going to slide into his spot on the Wall of Shame. All over chum that most even when see bright, sea lice on them already have loose eggs and the bucks you pic up and jizz runs out of them.
I have always though it would be a perfect spot for a handicap fishery and/or Seniors. Get the homeless out, the poaching rusians, etc..... Shut down the WALL OF SHAME!!!!!!!!!

[Button Nubbs]

That place is nuts! I watched a kid snag a chum in the back and had it planing on the surface about 30 yards out. His leader broke and his led came flying back and tattooed his a$$ right between the eyes. K.O.'d his a$$, out cold.

[wildweeds]

Sheesh, when was that?Stabbed with pliers really?

It turned in ti a real zoo. I was there the day of stabing of the guy with the needle noise pliers, Watcheed fist fights. The breaker for me was when I was standing need the wall. I wasn't fishing I was going to over to the other side, Well the kid pull of his jacket to his side and he packing large revolver. He thought I was going to slide into his spot on the Wall of Shame. All over chum that most even when see bright, sea lice on them already have loose eggs and the bucks you pic up and jizz runs out of them.
I have always though it would be a perfect spot for a handicap fishery and/or Seniors. Get the homeless out, the poaching rusians, etc..... Shut down the WALL OF SHAME!!!!!!!!!

[BOWHUNTER45]

That place is nuts! I watched a kid snag a chum in the back and had it planing on the surface about 30 yards out. His leader broke and his led came flying back and tattooed his a$$ right between the eyes. K.O.'d his a$$, out cold.

I am sorry but  lmao ! 

[6x6in6]

I'm surprised the Bellingham City Council has not amended their Muni Code to ban fishing or any kind in Whatcom Creek.
Wouldn't surprise me if they tried considering they are as  as a council could possibly get.   

[singleshot12]

That place is nuts! I watched a kid snag a chum in the back and had it planing on the surface about 30 yards out. His leader broke and his led came flying back and tattooed his a$$ right between the eyes. K.O.'d his a$$, out cold.

I am sorry but  lmao ! 

gotta love irony

[GEARHEAD]

found youtube videos of that park hole,  one from last thanksgiving weekend, they were hauling in alot of steelhead on that one...get ready!....wish it were closer to me.....looks neat.

[go4itlab]

The stabing with the pliers I think happened in 97-98. Used to be a good place to go early and catch a couple of hens and get out but the homeless is living in the area. A couple years ago a young woman was killed right near the holding tanks. They do have a have very small run of stealhead that the crowds don't come out for. The fishery is sad especially sense the tech school runs it and they are trying to do right.