New to salmon

[Bullkllr]

 

And I would add, regarding this...

You could also come to the W.WA side around August - September to fish pinks in the Puyallip. 6 catch limit

...Here is the catch limit for salmon on the Puyallup: "Min. size 12". Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults may be retained. Release wild adult CHINOOK."

6 fish limit means 2 adult salmon and up to 4 jacks. Since there are few jacks of any species in that river, the limit is basically 2 fish including pinks (jack pinks do not exist). There may be a bonus of 2 pinks added later (as has happened most odd years), but there has never been a 6 adult limit to my knowledge. People get ticketed for believing this all the time; how it is misread 

[Ridgeratt]

Nice screen shot Skillet!!!

We just got back from Drano lake we caught 1 but lost 4, 2 broke the line and 2 just came off. Lots of boat and bank anglers but room for many more.

Did that circus once!!  Hauled a boat from Spokane to play Bumper Boats in a slow motion circle.

[L-ofalab]

Nice screen shot Skillet!!!

We just got back from Drano lake we caught 1 but lost 4, 2 broke the line and 2 just came off. Lots of boat and bank anglers but room for many more.

Did that circus once!!  Hauled a boat from Spokane to play Bumper Boats in a slow motion circle.

When the fish are in Drano it is good! We have limited in 1/2 hour the day after the Indians had there nets out there. We caught all the fish in the East end away from most boats. You would think the fish wouldn't be at that end because the entrance and hatchery are on the West end.

[Ridgeratt]

Nicely done Skillet!!
You stole a screen shot and crashed their site!!!! 


http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environment/Fish/Cams.aspx

[Ridgeratt]

WOW Skillet you must have sent them into a tail spin the site is still crashed!!!!!

http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environment/Fish/Cams.aspx

[L-ofalab]

Another trip to Drano went well. Thursday, the day after it closes for Indians we limited by 8:00. Friday was slow with just 2 caught. Saturday we caught the rest of our possession limit and hit the road early.

[Ridgeratt]

Madcow
Here is a photo of your 600 closest Friend just waiting to meet you!!   

[huntnnw]

been there done that once and never again..not what I call fishing or a way I want to ever fish.

Head to ID...clearwater river is hot right now from cherrylane bridge all the way to Kooskia,ID there are fish in the S fork of Clearwater already.

Salmon river near and in Riggins,ID is good right now too.

To fish these rivers you dont need the massive poles and gear guys are using to plunk below the dams.

[L-ofalab]

been there done that once and never again..not what I call fishing or a way I want to ever fish.

Head to ID...clearwater river is hot right now from cherrylane bridge all the way to Kooskia,ID there are fish in the S fork of Clearwater already.

Salmon river near and in Riggins,ID is good right now too.

To fish these rivers you dont need the massive poles and gear guys are using to plunk below the dams.

Idaho should be smoking hot, now that it is closed in the WA Snake river. We and many other boats limited last Saturday by Clarkston.

[huntnnw]

It is...my buddy is down there now. The lower clearwater is going to close this week.

[TommyH]

It is...my buddy is down there now. The lower clearwater is going to close this week.

Quotas getting close? I haven't looked yet.

[huntnnw]

only allow 25% of the quota per section of the river to be caught, so people get a chance to catch fish all the way up instead of them catching them all before they hit orofino.  1,031 caught in section 1 with 469 more fish till they close that section.

[L-ofalab]

A section of the lower Clearwater River will close to salmon fishing at the end of fishing hours (8:30 p.m.) on Sunday, May 17, the Idaho Fish and Game Department has announced.

The Clearwater River will close to all chinook fishing from the Camas Prairie Railroad Bridge near Lewiston upstream to the Cherry Lane Bridge.

[Ridgeratt]

Madcow!

Your next run will be the June Hogs showing up on the Columbia. Headed for the rivers around Brewster. Last year when the river was on Fire so was the town of Brewster and I just didn't feel right fishing while folks lost their homes. But this is a sockeye and Chinook run. Haven't seen the numbers yet but it is a good fishery.