Thanks Hunt WA! Got my first Salmon! Updated 8/22

[shadowless_nite]

I've lived here since the late 90s and never have caught a salmon. Thanks to all the advice posted on here about fishing for pinks I decided to give I a go! I know I know.... there are a million better fisheries near Vancouver etc etc. But honestly my skill level is virtually rock bottom when it comes to salmon and this seemed easy enough and was very encouraging to me and the wife when we first got here and seen people landing fish! I caught 2 and lost a few and unfortunately the wife lost one and had to give up due to her carpal tunnel bothering her wrists. I'd say it was worth the 2hr drive to catch my first salmon, get the wife in waders in the water trying to catch a fish and just the experience in general is definitely something to see!

THANKS EVERYONE ON HERE FO THE GUIDANCE!





Still need to get a good feel of what is a bite and what is the jig bouncing around, I need a better pole ( in an affordable non avid salmon fisherman price range), and bring a net next time.

[chester]

Looks like you had a fun trip.


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[Lucky1]

 
Sweet. Good job!

[bearpaw]

That's great, congrats! 

[Blacklab]

First of many

[wadu1]

Well done 

[Fl0und3rz]

Nice! How about comments on your tackle for other noobs?

[NW-GSP]

Congrats! You need to print those pictures and frame them.

[shadowless_nite]

Nice! How about comments on your tackle for other noobs?

I was using pink jig head with hoochie skirt and one of those marabou jigs as well with a about a 3ft leader and some small weights clipped on the swivel. Unfortunately neither pole I had was ideal but my smaller more responsive trout pole did the job compared to my bigger rod meant for casting into the columbia. But it's all I had at the moment to work with, I'll come better prepared next weekend! But for the most part I pretty much followed the advice posted in the link found in the "Puyallup pinks" thread on here.

[Okanagan]

shadowless_nite,
Thanks for the most enjoyable post I've seen in ages!  Straight and true and infectiously fun, it makes me grin.  Catch a bunch more!

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Good work!

[dmv9]

Good job!!!!

[Ripper]

Good job!  Now you are hooked for life. For me this is what this forum is all about, helping each other be successful in the field. I'm looking forward to more posts from you in the near future.

[shadowless_nite]

Good job!  Now you are hooked for life. For me this is what this forum is all about, helping each other be successful in the field. I'm looking forward to more posts from you in the near future.

Yes, hooked for life now. Gonna go look at a more appropriate rod for salmon and steelhead fishing. And this site has been an immense help. I've always wanted to get into salmon fishing but all my friends that do usually have a schedule that never matches up and every time I've gone it's been slow and unsuccessful. With this site and links to all the articles and comments from real people not random Internet blogs and random reviews comments etc it really helped a lot and I definitely couldn't have done it without!

Thanks again everyone for the comments and encouragement!

[BABackcountryBwhntr]

Nice! You should fish Astoria w me on the 25th. I'll show you what fun a 20 plus lb king can be.