2019, Pinks Reports

[CaNINE]

Picked up two pinks last night near fox island jigging pink darts.

[h20hunter]

S of muk m, lots of schools.

[h20hunter]

Easy limits. Didn't even bother with downriggers much.  Sight cast to huge schools for easy limits.

[WSU]

What lures did you use?

[h20hunter]

Rotator brand buzz bomb with a pink hoochie over the hook. Sight cast into schools, hard twitch, the hot the hoochie on the fall. Very aggressive fish this year. We had a 5 man limit in less than an hour. Just run and gun looking for schools.

[Stein]

Just finished washing the boat, it smelled and looked like a bad crime scene baking in the sun for a week.

We picked up our 3 limits today, but got out late due to a near mutiny when I went shaking bunks this morning.

Our fishing seemed a bit more challenging then yesterday, which is to mean I had to actually pay attention and get the right speed and depth instead of just dropping everything to 45' and reeling them all in.  Our best rod was the middle bonus rod with a diver set out 60-75' with sockeye gear.   

We ended with only two doubles, but discovered my son is the netting champion of Puget Sound.  He scooped up one mid-air as well as one that spit the hooks to finish our limits.

All softshell crab except one hard keeper, threw back just shy of 50 in two pots including the biggest crab I have ever seen - I should have taken a picture of that pig.

The fish checker said she saw 50 coho yesterday but only 5 today.

Just getting ready to fire up the smoker, I will do a batch in the canner tomorrow.  This is starting to feel like work, but probably the most fun fishery I can think of.

[jmscon]

H2O, where did you get your rotators? Just found out about them on Friday!

[h20hunter]

Gregs in lake Stevens.

[jmscon]

Gregs in lake Stevens.

Thanks, a little out of my way but good to know!

[funkster]

Just finished washing the boat, it smelled and looked like a bad crime scene baking in the sun for a week.

We picked up our 3 limits today, but got out late due to a near mutiny when I went shaking bunks this morning.

Our fishing seemed a bit more challenging then yesterday, which is to mean I had to actually pay attention and get the right speed and depth instead of just dropping everything to 45' and reeling them all in.  Our best rod was the middle bonus rod with a diver set out 60-75' with sockeye gear.   

We ended with only two doubles, but discovered my son is the netting champion of Puget Sound.  He scooped up one mid-air as well as one that spit the hooks to finish our limits.

All softshell crab except one hard keeper, threw back just shy of 50 in two pots including the biggest crab I have ever seen - I should have taken a picture of that pig.

The fish checker said she saw 50 coho yesterday but only 5 today.

Just getting ready to fire up the smoker, I will do a batch in the canner tomorrow.  This is starting to feel like work, but probably the most fun fishery I can think of.

Stein, way to go man! It’s crazy how well the diver set ups work! We’ve been having more success with those than the DR.

Tell your son he had the most important job and it sounds like he was awesome at it! These things are hard to get in the boat.

If you don’t mind me asking, what area were you guys in?

[Jamieb]

I picked one pink this morning off the moth of the Nisqually. A few were caught down here today

[Stein]

I was in 8-2.

[h20hunter]

4 man limit in one stop on a school.  20 min,  done.

[WSU]

4 man limit in one stop on a school.  20 min,  done.

That’s how our action was once I convinced everyone to stop trolling

[funkster]

4 man limit in one stop on a school.  20 min,  done.

Your killing them man! Save some for us 🤣🤣.