Nisqually Chum

[Soldier5]

So the wife and I decided to not spend the money on a guided fishing trip and instead try to do it ourselves. We want to try fishing close to home (lacey) and I've heard there are chum salmon to be caught in the Nisqually. I was wondering if some of you out there could give me some pointers in where to fish and what to use to catch something. I read a fishing report that said near the RV park on the nisqually is a good place to catch chum, I'm guessing this is the RV park off of Martin Way??? It's her birthday wish to catch a salmon and it would be awesome to see her hook into something. Thanks for any help.

[BLKBEARKLR]

Fish by the handicap hole, off of mounts road.

Joe

[lokidog]

It's a little farther away, but Kennedy Creek on Totten Inlet (I think) is a good place as well (at least it was 10 years ago).  Not sure when the run starts.  It is pretty obvious where to fish there as there is only a short area between the bridge and the mudflats for fishing as ther is no fishing allowed upstream from the bridge (again, used to be that way, I haven't looked at the regs). 

[fishcrazy]

It's a touch early yet for Nisqually chum. it's good in December. start looking after  turkey day.


Kris

[billythekidrock]

My step-brother caught a couple last week, but it is still slow. It will pick up at the end of the month as stated above. BBKLR mentioned the best access and some people fish above the tressel and some down by the cement bridge on the old hiway.

Use anything green. Corkies, yarn, large flies, and heavy line. Wait until the water is high and fish tight to the shoreline.

[PolarBear]

If you have access to a boat, trolling a 5/0 blue or black octopus hook with a mini pink or green hootchie 2 feet-26" behind a small flasher or a bobber and herring/anchovie rig will work for slightly brighter fish in Totten.  There are a ton of them between Baron and Windy points and from Kamilche Pt. to Kennedy Creek.  My cousin who lives out there has been knocking the piss out of semi bright chums.

[TheHunt]

I will be down with my son just after Thanksgiving. Should be a fun time. 

[murphyranch]

They are running now at mudbay and also perry creek on Hwy 101 just past west Oly.

[Houndhunter]

hoodsport can be a really fun place to fish aswell, i just wouldnt go on a weekend due to the amount of people

[dawei]

So the wife and I decided to not spend the money on a guided fishing trip and instead try to do it ourselves. We want to try fishing close to home (lacey) and I've heard there are chum salmon to be caught in the Nisqually. I was wondering if some of you out there could give me some pointers in where to fish and what to use to catch something. I read a fishing report that said near the RV park on the nisqually is a good place to catch chum, I'm guessing this is the RV park off of Martin Way??? It's her birthday wish to catch a salmon and it would be awesome to see her hook into something. Thanks for any help.

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[duckmen1]

hoodsport is a joke with the indians netting on tuesday and thursday.they wipe it clean on those days and wed/fri are a joke to because fish have'nt made it back in yet.
every trip i went there this year sucked with no fish even on a monday
something needs to change with them

[BigGoonTuna]

i drove by mud bay and perry creek on the way back home yesterday, couldn't believe the freakshow going on down there!  must have been 30+ cars at perry creek.  i used to fish there when i was just out of high school(less than 10 years ago) and there would be maybe 1 or 2 people there.

nisqually is sort of the same way, but i started fishing for chums there in 1991.  back then you got looked at funny if you actually tried to catch them(steelhead was still open then).  any more there's probably more guys down there on a typical december day than there are at blue creek, and they're all 6ft+ leader tossing flosser crowd(try a 12" leader with a spin glo and chunk of prawn meat).  no thanks.