Post by: MADMAX on August 09, 2014, 02:36:33 PM
2 day trip
18th and 19th of August
I'd be interested to hear any feedback on this guide from Hunt Wa members
I hope I can fish this myself next year in 18ft Duck
Post by: L-ofalab on August 09, 2014, 03:44:55 PM
Post by: MADMAX on August 10, 2014, 04:32:13 AM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on August 10, 2014, 07:35:22 AM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on August 11, 2014, 06:49:43 AM
Post by: MADMAX on August 11, 2014, 07:48:40 AM
:chuckle:
I just want to learn this fishery with someone before I take the duckworth down
Post by: Stein on August 11, 2014, 10:27:14 AM
My buddy runs the boat and I run the rods. I usually don't sit down during the trip.
Post by: WSU on August 11, 2014, 10:31:56 AM
Post by: Mfowl on August 11, 2014, 10:46:05 AM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on August 11, 2014, 10:47:54 AM
Post by: mkcj on August 11, 2014, 02:03:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRFa9OzdgW8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRFa9OzdgW8)
Post by: Come Get Some on August 11, 2014, 07:25:47 PM
Post by: cohoho on August 11, 2014, 09:28:49 PM
Post by: WSU on August 11, 2014, 09:32:36 PM
Post by: coachcw on August 11, 2014, 09:43:09 PM
Post by: MADMAX on August 12, 2014, 04:10:10 AM
does sound like fun
staying in Hammond, leaving Kitsap Sunday around noon
Fishon
Post by: Fish4Fun on August 12, 2014, 11:25:32 AM
Post by: SkookumHntr on August 13, 2014, 03:01:52 PM
Post by: MADMAX on August 16, 2014, 08:25:54 PM
Post by: Mfowl on August 16, 2014, 08:35:17 PM
Post by: cohoho on August 16, 2014, 11:03:56 PM
Post by: MADMAX on August 17, 2014, 04:52:49 AM
whats the size averaging ?
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 17, 2014, 11:48:22 AM
Tons of boats. We were off the water by 1130.
Madmax, is it a pump? I run a 19 foot jet with no problems other than massive boat chop yesterday.
Post by: Mfowl on August 17, 2014, 11:51:02 AM
Nice job
whats the size averaging ?
The size is ranging widely. Our biggest was 20+ and we busted off a bigger one than that. All 4 were different. You'll have a good chance at a big one as plenty of nice of sh are being caught.
We haven't done very well today. 1 small one in the box, 3 more crackered off, 1 wild coho and a few more takedowns. Overall slower than Saturday.
Post by: Tealer on August 17, 2014, 05:00:56 PM
Post by: Tealer on August 17, 2014, 05:02:06 PM
Nice job
whats the size averaging ?
Most of ours were cookie cutter 18's with a couple 25s to add excitement.
Post by: mkcj on August 18, 2014, 04:48:46 PM
Post by: Mfowl on August 18, 2014, 05:47:30 PM
So this will be our first time fishing this, we will be fishing Aug. 21, 22 and 23 and are staying at eagles nest in Ilwaco. I have a couple questions, we have a 22' Hewescraft OP HT, can we launch at Chinook it will be a 0' tide at 5am? if it gets rough is it that much farther if we launch in Ilwaco instead of Chinook. Everything else I think I have a pretty good idea, being that it will be low slack when we start the day I'm thinking we should start low in the river and fish up river with the tide and be at or around the bridge at high slack? Thank guys.
Do you have a GPS/ chartplotter on your boat? If so than you should be fine to launch out of Chinook. The channel from the marina was clear on my fishfinder and we had no trouble getting in and out of the Chinook launch. The channel is also marked well but you need to follow it well out into the river. No short cutting the last few hundred yards due to the sand flats all around. There will also be plenty of boats to follow out! Good luck! Have fun! I'll be back down the 23/24.
Post by: mkcj on August 18, 2014, 06:32:11 PM
Post by: bullcanyon on August 18, 2014, 07:05:08 PM
Post by: mkcj on August 18, 2014, 07:58:25 PM
Post by: WSU on August 19, 2014, 09:07:34 AM
Post by: Tealer on August 19, 2014, 11:07:59 AM
We did alright over the weekend. Got most of our Chinook but no keeper Coho. We had a smaller sled so got off the water each day before the wind comes up around 1 or so. Our size wasn't great. Our biggest king was probably 15 and a lot around 10 to 12 lbs.
Most guys are fishing under the coho. We were catching them all weekend on delta divers with 15 to 25' on the line counters.
Post by: Buck_Nasty11 on August 19, 2014, 12:34:15 PM
Post by: WSU on August 19, 2014, 01:35:51 PM
We did alright over the weekend. Got most of our Chinook but no keeper Coho. We had a smaller sled so got off the water each day before the wind comes up around 1 or so. Our size wasn't great. Our biggest king was probably 15 and a lot around 10 to 12 lbs.
Most guys are fishing under the coho. We were catching them all weekend on delta divers with 15 to 25' on the line counters.
We caught wild coho and lost some coho that we didn't get a good enough look at to see what they were. We got the coho suspended also.
Post by: mkcj on August 19, 2014, 03:42:39 PM
Post by: Tealer on August 19, 2014, 04:30:01 PM
Post by: WSU on August 19, 2014, 05:11:34 PM
We usually run 6 diver rods and two rods dragging with lead. Unless the water is plus 40' then the rear rods get divers too.
It helps to have so many rods. It's tougher to locate the suspended fish when only fishing 2 or 3!
Post by: mkcj on August 19, 2014, 07:38:53 PM
Post by: ryanfam on August 19, 2014, 09:56:37 PM
Post by: Tealer on August 19, 2014, 10:11:02 PM
Tealer how much weight do you run on the back rods? Banana/crescent weights?
6s or 8s waaay back so the don't tangle. Cannon balls rigged on a sliding swivel.
Post by: mkcj on August 20, 2014, 12:38:16 AM
Thank you.Tealer how much weight do you run on the back rods? Banana/crescent weights?
6s or 8s waaay back so the don't tangle. Cannon balls rigged on a sliding swivel.
Post by: MADMAX on August 20, 2014, 04:24:02 AM
Good learning trip for me
Post by: Tealer on August 20, 2014, 08:28:12 AM
Slow on Monday only one nice coho about 8lbs and then this one on Tuesday plus some native coho relased
Good learning trip for me
Don't be afraid to move around....... Monday was a hot bite at the checker board.
Post by: cohoho on August 20, 2014, 09:35:15 PM
The ocean is still retarded good.
See that's part I want to hear about.... Rather run out then fish the crowds, were heading tomorrow night through Sunday...
Post by: Tealer on August 20, 2014, 10:03:00 PM
The ocean is still retarded good.
See that's part I want to hear about.... Rather run out then fish the crowds, were heading tomorrow night through Sunday...
Take crab pots.
Post by: hollymaster on August 20, 2014, 10:06:11 PM
Post by: Come Get Some on August 21, 2014, 06:20:03 AM
Post by: cohoho on August 21, 2014, 06:46:21 AM
I hear alot of guys having many take downs with few fish landed or broken off. I have fished Bouy 10 every weekend since July 1. We limit an average of 4-6 guys and are rarely fishing past 11-12 am. Use BIGGER HOOKS. I use an 8/0 in the rear and a 7/0 in the front with whole herring. The bigger the bait the better. We have landed fish pushing 30 lbs or better every day. I also use 100 lb test leader. NEVER break 1 off or have them chew thru my leader. I am using the same leaders I started with in July. Salmon are not leader shy in the ocean or the river this time of year.
It is funny you say that as I was going through all my old stuff from AK and bingo - BIG hooks and I do not remember breaking off fish hardly at all as we used 50lb leaders... I know what I am switching back to for a bit of a challenge to the group on my boat. We got three boats rallying there this weekend, so will see a comparison of sorts, as yes they have been breaking off quite a few in the past several days... And I know what they are using for hooks and leaders...
Post by: Tealer on August 21, 2014, 05:12:41 PM
I don't have a problem getting mine to the boat...... I was 3/4 today only fish list had nothing to do with angler.
Post by: Mfowl on August 21, 2014, 05:19:56 PM
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 21, 2014, 07:39:56 PM
If you teach people how to fight fish properly they will not lose as many. The bend is your friend.
Post by: WSU on August 22, 2014, 09:34:29 AM
I've been running 3/0 hooks my whole life. I also run green labels and anchovies. I run them on 30 lb leaders and never had problems landing fish quick. And i have never had a salmon chew through a leader.
If you teach people how to fight fish properly they will not lose as many. The bend is your friend.
I ran 40 last weekend and had one chew through a leader.
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 22, 2014, 07:49:23 PM
I do change my leaders after every fish. I don't want to lose a fish and say man i should have changed leaders. I just do it.
I should switch to 50. I saw a guy on one of the other fishing boards that had a fish hit his spinner so hard it snapped his 40lb leader. That would suck.
Post by: Tealer on August 22, 2014, 10:19:26 PM
We fished the B10 challenge today. Took third place if we could have found one more hatchery ho we would have had first.
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Post by: Angus on August 23, 2014, 10:05:59 AM
I saw a guy on one of the other fishing boards that had a fish hit his spinner so hard it snapped his 40lb leader. That would suck.
That guy may want to consider backing his drag off a little or trade in his telephone pole for a fishing rod. There is no way these fish should snap 40lbs. leaders unless he had already caught fish on that leader, if that's the case, he deserved to lose it for being lazy. :twocents:
Post by: cohoho on August 24, 2014, 06:27:40 PM
Post by: Mfowl on August 24, 2014, 07:56:10 PM
Post by: cohoho on August 24, 2014, 08:30:28 PM
Second day- Holy crap they would be pulling line, rod tip diving- grab rod, fish gone... Pull it up and herring cut in half between hook???? We scratch our limits out of 30 plus takedowns....????
Buddies on river had a rough two days of fishing, we stayed on the salt, got pretty rough on return crossing the bar.......
Post by: buckhorn2 on August 25, 2014, 07:28:48 AM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on August 25, 2014, 08:30:24 AM
We fished above the bridge the last 6 days and had awesome King fishing with many, many hookups a day. We came home a day early on Sat as we had too much fish to process. Which is a good thing!
I have run 30 pound ultra green leaders everywere my whole life and never had a King chew thru a leader. Even all those private trips to Rivers inlet with 40 to 60 pound Kings.
Use quality line!
Post by: MADMAX on August 25, 2014, 11:31:41 AM
impressive !
Post by: cohoho on August 25, 2014, 09:19:53 PM
Mike Its hard for me to see you used bait what happened to the spoons fish still biting up here this is turning into a fishermans year.
I only used bait when I had too.... :chuckle: My tested Coho Killers caught about half the fish.... Bigger kings both were caught on the Cop Car Coho Killer, behind a triangle glow in the dark flasher...
Post by: Come Get Some on August 27, 2014, 09:36:20 PM
Post by: Tealer on August 27, 2014, 10:06:03 PM
I fish BIG HOOKS, BIG BAIT and heavy leader. I target kings. The big fish will swallow the bait and both hooks, I have had big fish chew thru 40-50 lb leader. I use 100lb and have no problem getting whole herring to spin as fast or faster as plug cut. We very seldom loose them once they are on. I use 8" plugs as well with a 10/0 hook and 100 lb leader. Works great . Good action from stiff leaders especially on hoochies.
Good for you. I'll stick to my tiny baits and tiny hooks. I too have never had a fish chew through a leader. I usually run 30 pound leader to 50 pound braid. Only time I run heavier is when I'm hog lining wobblers and that's only do to other anglers.
How big are the kings where you are? The average here is low to mid 20's with a rare 30 plus thrown in.
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