Post by: Stein on May 26, 2020, 09:00:00 AM
Post by: funkster on May 26, 2020, 09:53:14 AM
I figured I would start a thread for the June 1 opener. I'm not sure if I'll hit it on the opener but weather permitting for sure sometime in the first week or so. I can't remember, is it good from the beginning or does it get better over time? I've caught several but haven't figured it the way a bunch of other people have.
Got the boat ready all weekend, finally got the other Scotty 2106 downrigger mounted, boat cleaned and organized! I’ll be hitting it rain or shine!
Post by: Stein on May 26, 2020, 09:59:27 AM
Post by: OltHunter on May 26, 2020, 10:24:06 AM
Last year we had consistent action in June with the best days aligning with sunrise and tide change within 30 minutes or so of it.
We're dry stored in Edmonds.
Post by: Fishstiq on May 26, 2020, 10:29:19 AM
Post by: funkster on May 26, 2020, 12:26:42 PM
The bubble opens June 1 too, so that's another option. It seems like that fishery has been getting better earlier last several years. I guess it depends on whether a guy wants good odds at small fish or longer odds at bigger fish.
Was also looking at that, I’ve never fished it, is it any fun?
Post by: Stein on May 26, 2020, 12:33:49 PM
The bubble opens June 1 too, so that's another option. It seems like that fishery has been getting better earlier last several years. I guess it depends on whether a guy wants good odds at small fish or longer odds at bigger fish.
Was also looking at that, I’ve never fished it, is it any fun?
It beats work for sure. Not many fish are caught on most days and it's only open Friday through Monday at noon. It is the only chinook game in town so it has been getting a bunch of boats in the last few years. When I started fishing there would be a handful and now there are dozens which is actually nice in that you can get an accurate idea of how many fish are getting caught.
Post by: CP on May 26, 2020, 02:43:34 PM
I figured I would start a thread for the June 1 opener. I'm not sure if I'll hit it on the opener but weather permitting for sure sometime in the first week or so. I can't remember, is it good from the beginning or does it get better over time? I've caught several but haven't figured it the way a bunch of other people have.
It usually starts out red hot but the fish are small.
Post by: CP on May 26, 2020, 02:47:02 PM
Tulalip Terminal Area salmon fishery changes
Action: Opens salmon seasons in Tulalip Terminal Area Fishery.
Effective date: May 29 through Sept. 7, 2020.
Species affected: Salmon .
Location: Tulalip Terminal Area – waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point and not including waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point.
Rules: Salmon open 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 a.m. Monday of each week. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species – no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release all coho.
Waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point are closed to all fishing.
Reason for action: Low expected returns to the Snohomish River necessitate the release of coho. This fishery was agreed to with comanagers during the 2020 North of Falcon season-setting process.
Information contact: David Stormer, Puget Sound recreational salmon manager, 360-902-0058.
Post by: Stein on May 26, 2020, 03:56:26 PM
I figured I would start a thread for the June 1 opener. I'm not sure if I'll hit it on the opener but weather permitting for sure sometime in the first week or so. I can't remember, is it good from the beginning or does it get better over time? I've caught several but haven't figured it the way a bunch of other people have.
It usually starts out red hot but the fish are small.
Hopefully bigger than a kokanee, my family said they are done with that gig so I'm going solo unless I switch gears.
Post by: Fishstiq on May 26, 2020, 04:01:04 PM
FYI -
Tulalip Terminal Area salmon fishery changes
Action: Opens salmon seasons in Tulalip Terminal Area Fishery.
Effective date: May 29 through Sept. 7, 2020.
Species affected: Salmon .
Location: Tulalip Terminal Area – waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point and not including waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point.
Rules: Salmon open 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 a.m. Monday of each week. Chinook - min. size 22". Other salmon species – no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release all coho.
Waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point are closed to all fishing.
Reason for action: Low expected returns to the Snohomish River necessitate the release of coho. This fishery was agreed to with comanagers during the 2020 North of Falcon season-setting process.
Information contact: David Stormer, Puget Sound recreational salmon manager, 360-902-0058.
So in short, no Coho at the bubble?
Post by: Stein on May 26, 2020, 04:02:52 PM
Post by: CP on May 26, 2020, 04:15:34 PM
Post by: Blacktail seeker on June 02, 2020, 09:26:10 AM
Post by: Stein on June 02, 2020, 09:31:35 AM
Post by: funkster on June 02, 2020, 09:33:33 AM
Post by: Blacktail seeker on June 02, 2020, 12:54:05 PM
Yup, made it out yesterday, I saw roughly 40 other fishing boats. Fished from sun up to around 2. It was very slow for us, and didn’t mark many fish, didn’t see many others having much success either. We did released a nice blackmouth around 9:30 and that was it until we called it around 2. I might give it a week or so and try it again.Thanks for the report. I will post up how we do Friday.
Post by: funkster on June 02, 2020, 09:39:24 PM
Yup, made it out yesterday, I saw roughly 40 other fishing boats. Fished from sun up to around 2. It was very slow for us, and didn’t mark many fish, didn’t see many others having much success either. We did released a nice blackmouth around 9:30 and that was it until we called it around 2. I might give it a week or so and try it again.Thanks for the report. I will post up how we do Friday.
No problem, we tried basically every water column and threw the tackle box at them, I’ve had success before with white ace fly high’s & full White and full silver coho killers behind a purple haze. The black mouth bit on a cop car flasher and a cop car spoon, wish I could’ve kept it, beautiful fish!
Good luck!
Post by: Stein on June 03, 2020, 08:16:29 AM
Post by: TriggerMike on June 04, 2020, 12:14:23 PM
Post by: Stein on June 04, 2020, 12:16:02 PM
Post by: TriggerMike on June 04, 2020, 12:27:46 PM
Post by: Blacktail seeker on June 05, 2020, 02:43:36 PM
Post by: CP on June 05, 2020, 03:02:51 PM
The slow start doesn’t bode well for a decent season.
Post by: funkster on June 05, 2020, 04:43:26 PM
In 3 hours of trolling I got one hit, pretty sure it wasn’t a Coho. :yike: I got a reminder not to use Kokanee gear even though the Coho are small.
The slow start doesn’t bode well for a decent season.
Thanks for the update. Why can’t you use Kokanee gear?
Post by: h20hunter on June 05, 2020, 04:46:15 PM
Post by: h20hunter on June 05, 2020, 04:46:38 PM
Post by: CP on June 05, 2020, 05:56:32 PM
Is my guess. Tell us the story cp!
Not much of a story. Wimpy yellow koke rod pops up, then buries the tip deep in the water, drag screams for a couple of seconds, then the line goes slack. Leader broke, brand new Coho Killer gone. I did get the flasher back.
Post by: funkster on June 05, 2020, 10:07:17 PM
Is my guess. Tell us the story cp!
Not much of a story. Wimpy yellow koke rod pops up, then buries the tip deep in the water, drag screams for a couple of seconds, then the line goes slack. Leader broke, brand new Coho Killer gone. I did get the flasher back.
Ok, good, I thought you might of known of a rule I didn’t. I used my Jared Johnson Lamiglas Koke rod with my cold water w/ SS gears running 12lb test to the flasher, 20lb test leader to the lure. This set up caught the blackmouth off the downrigger.
Post by: h20hunter on June 05, 2020, 10:15:57 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on June 05, 2020, 10:22:04 PM
And some of you run some really light set ups. One little fray or knick in the line and done..
My mainline is usually 30lb and my leaders are 30-40. Heavy leader helps transfer movement to the lure from the flasher. Ive never had an issue with fish being line shy. :twocents:
Post by: funkster on June 05, 2020, 10:23:56 PM
Like pinks...my thought is to to run koke gear....10 lb line...40lb leaders....hook up and fight on.
Yes sir, now we’re talking!
Post by: h20hunter on June 05, 2020, 10:27:52 PM
Post by: Alchase on June 05, 2020, 10:28:12 PM
:tup:
Post by: funkster on June 05, 2020, 10:32:44 PM
We use to run coho flies on he surface with 10 lb test leaders and medium action Steelheaf rods for fun. You could see the coho chasing the flies, and a big splash when they hit.
:tup:
Sounds super fun, what was your set back?
Post by: cougforester on June 05, 2020, 10:36:11 PM
We use to run coho flies on he surface with 10 lb test leaders and medium action Steelheaf rods for fun. You could see the coho chasing the flies, and a big splash when they hit.
:tup:
Caught a bunch of fish at Sekiu when I was younger fishing this way, was an absolute blast especially on foggy mornings. We got cocky one year and fished with a medium weight fly rod without much backing.... of course that's when the biggest king I've ever hooked hit that and spooled me in about 8 seconds. Quite the rush and I'll never forget that!
Post by: Alchase on June 05, 2020, 11:09:56 PM
We use to run coho flies on he surface with 10 lb test leaders and medium action Steelheaf rods for fun. You could see the coho chasing the flies, and a big splash when they hit.
:tup:
Sounds super fun, what was your set back?
Well not sure if it really counts as "setback", We would stagger between 50 and 70 pulls, until we got a hit. :chuckle:
Caught a bunch of fish at Sekiu when I was younger fishing this way, was an absolute blast especially on foggy mornings. We got cocky one year and fished with a medium weight fly rod without much backing.... of course that's when the biggest king I've ever hooked hit that and spooled me in about 8 seconds. Quite the rush and I'll never forget that!
This was also out of Sekiu. We usually went up for a week during King Season, then again late for Silvers.
On one trip, I got a 19 lb Silver and a 25 lb King on the same day running Coho flies.
We had been there for four days already and had been doing great on kings, and a couple Coho. August 17, was my Mom's Birthday, and she was sick as a dog back in the cabin at Olsen's Resort. My Dad, my Sister and I, ran over the Bell Boy. The Coho hit just after sun up. It was a jumping fool! Everytime it leaped my Dad would yell "Tip up" as it skipped a crossed the water, we had a few boats watching it play out. It took about 40 minutes to get the Coho in the boat, and it was sketchy whether I would bring it in at all.
The King was just before our run in for lunch. We were heading back towards the docks, about half way between the Boy and Olsen's breakwater when it hit the fly. It made a couple good runs then came straight in kind of lazy. My dad netted him before he realized he was hooked I think. We were shocked that it was a King and how big it was. Sure did not fight like a 25 lb King.
:chuckle:
Post by: cougforester on June 06, 2020, 09:05:53 AM
I've got no idea how big that king was, but he was big. We caught a 19-20 lb silver as well doing that, quite the rodeo. We'd normally go mid to late September just for silvers. Would play football Friday night, dad would have to boat all hooked up ready to roll, catch the last ferry over, drive all night and launch the boat! Good times.
Post by: funkster on June 06, 2020, 09:17:04 AM
You guys know it's mostly resident coho your chasing and the good fishing isn't for a couple months.
And some of you run some really light set ups. One little fray or knick in the line and done..
My mainline is usually 30lb and my leaders are 30-40. Heavy leader helps transfer movement to the lure from the flasher. Ive never had an issue with fish being line shy. :twocents:
Yes, and that’s why we setup at least 1 rod with light weight gear, it’s simple fun! IMO, the likely hood of catching anything over 9lb is extremely low.
We fished coho last season pretty hard, caught many fish, I can’t remember loosing a fish from broken lines or gear. We did loose many fish at the boat, after I got some good info on here, I changed the way I fight the fish at the boat, after that, I can’t remember loosing a fish. Again, thanks guys for that info!
Post by: fishngamereaper on June 06, 2020, 09:30:06 AM
You guys know it's mostly resident coho your chasing and the good fishing isn't for a couple months.
And some of you run some really light set ups. One little fray or knick in the line and done..
My mainline is usually 30lb and my leaders are 30-40. Heavy leader helps transfer movement to the lure from the flasher. Ive never had an issue with fish being line shy. :twocents:
Yes, and that’s why we setup at least 1 rod with light weight gear, it’s simple fun! IMO, the likely hood of catching anything over 9lb is extremely low.
We fished coho last season pretty hard, caught many fish, I can’t remember loosing a fish from broken lines or gear. We did loose many fish at the boat, after I got some good info on here, I changed the way I fight the fish at the boat, after that, I can’t remember loosing a fish. Again, thanks guys for that info!
Oh I hear ya..I like light weight gear fun from time to time. I just have most all of my gear set to run from the sound to the ocean. Just wanted to pass along some info. Keep at it guys...
Btw my best success for resident coho this time of year has been running gear down to 250'. They feed on shrimp this time of year.
Post by: funkster on June 06, 2020, 09:51:17 AM
You guys know it's mostly resident coho your chasing and the good fishing isn't for a couple months.
And some of you run some really light set ups. One little fray or knick in the line and done..
My mainline is usually 30lb and my leaders are 30-40. Heavy leader helps transfer movement to the lure from the flasher. Ive never had an issue with fish being line shy. :twocents:
Yes, and that’s why we setup at least 1 rod with light weight gear, it’s simple fun! IMO, the likely hood of catching anything over 9lb is extremely low.
We fished coho last season pretty hard, caught many fish, I can’t remember loosing a fish from broken lines or gear. We did loose many fish at the boat, after I got some good info on here, I changed the way I fight the fish at the boat, after that, I can’t remember loosing a fish. Again, thanks guys for that info!
Oh I hear ya..I like light weight gear fun from time to time. I just have most all of my gear set to run from the sound to the ocean. Just wanted to pass along some info. Keep at it guys...
Btw my best success for resident coho this time of year has been running gear down to 250'. They feed on shrimp this time of year.
I hear you also, it does take time to set up rods etc. We always have at least 3-4 people on the boat, we’ve been running the okuma mooching rods with penn fathom 2 reels with 30lbs test as our main salmon rods. If we’re fishing derbies or chinook the light gear stays home.
That’s interesting, I did see a few schools of fish around the oil docks that were around that depth. I thought those would be blackmouth and didn’t even target them. Do you mind me asking what you’re using?
Post by: fishngamereaper on June 06, 2020, 12:23:30 PM
You guys know it's mostly resident coho your chasing and the good fishing isn't for a couple months.
And some of you run some really light set ups. One little fray or knick in the line and done..
My mainline is usually 30lb and my leaders are 30-40. Heavy leader helps transfer movement to the lure from the flasher. Ive never had an issue with fish being line shy. :twocents:
Yes, and that’s why we setup at least 1 rod with light weight gear, it’s simple fun! IMO, the likely hood of catching anything over 9lb is extremely low.
We fished coho last season pretty hard, caught many fish, I can’t remember loosing a fish from broken lines or gear. We did loose many fish at the boat, after I got some good info on here, I changed the way I fight the fish at the boat, after that, I can’t remember loosing a fish. Again, thanks guys for that info!
Oh I hear ya..I like light weight gear fun from time to time. I just have most all of my gear set to run from the sound to the ocean. Just wanted to pass along some info. Keep at it guys...
Btw my best success for resident coho this time of year has been running gear down to 250'. They feed on shrimp this time of year.
I hear you also, it does take time to set up rods etc. We always have at least 3-4 people on the boat, we’ve been running the okuma mooching rods with penn fathom 2 reels with 30lbs test as our main salmon rods. If we’re fishing derbies or chinook the light gear stays home.
That’s interesting, I did see a few schools of fish around the oil docks that were around that depth. I thought those would be blackmouth and didn’t even target them. Do you mind me asking what you’re using?
Standard tackle. Coho Killers and hoochies. Have had good luck with the ace hi fly as well, uv or glow most any color pattern. Short leader's on small flashers or naked spoons. Sometimes the resident coho get flasher shy.
Post by: elkaholic123 on June 07, 2020, 10:17:46 AM
Post by: Stein on June 07, 2020, 10:20:25 AM
Post by: funkster on June 07, 2020, 10:41:31 AM
My friend is out with his Dad this morning and has 2 in the boat :tup:
Thanks for the update!
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Post by: fishngamereaper on June 17, 2020, 08:08:26 PM
Are they all 3 pounds still and how long does it stay good fishing? I'm thinking of taking the kids and may just wait until crabbing opens.
Fishing gets better in August and September.
Post by: Stein on June 17, 2020, 08:14:45 PM
Are they all 3 pounds still and how long does it stay good fishing? I'm thinking of taking the kids and may just wait until crabbing opens.
Fishing gets better in August and September.
It gets much better when you can keep the nookies, but for some reason they become harder to catch that day. From what I have been hearing, knock on wood, the chinook fishing has been surprisingly good where it is open in other places.
Post by: elkaholic123 on June 27, 2020, 03:45:01 PM
Post by: funkster on June 27, 2020, 09:12:19 PM
My buddy and I picked up 4 Coho this morning, first 2 at 6:00am and other 2 were 6 hours later. :bash:
Way to grind it out! Thanks for the report.
Post by: STLHDHunter on June 29, 2020, 04:36:40 PM
Action really started about 10 AM and then ran into a nice group after the other boats began to vacate the area around 12:30~.
Post by: funkster on July 01, 2020, 07:05:55 PM
Post by: Stein on July 12, 2020, 01:11:06 PM
I also hooked 2 copper rockfish 50 feet off the deck trolling mach 2 as well as one fish that I've never seen before, looked like a rockfish/bassy looking thing with no spines at all, but not a greenling.
I also seemed to find the softshell hotbed again this year, over 2/3 of the legal sized ones very soft but a few keepers as well. Looks like I need to finally abandoned the place and search out some new grounds.
Post by: Crunchy on July 12, 2020, 02:02:28 PM
Anyone hit 11 today for chinook?
I been hitting 11 pretty hard. Its still slow. Had a couple of decent days, but it just isn't as hot as it should be. 13 has been a ghost town for my regular spots. Hoping the fish are going to show up soon. Normally by now I have nearly filled a punch card. I have only punched 3 chinook, and lost a few dandies.
Post by: WAcoueshunter on July 12, 2020, 10:10:44 PM
First for me today, large framed two point blacktail floating dead just east of deception pass. Very curious what happened, he was a nice buck!
Post by: funkster on July 12, 2020, 10:46:52 PM
Anyone hit 11 today for chinook?
I been hitting 11 pretty hard. Its still slow. Had a couple of decent days, but it just isn't as hot as it should be. 13 has been a ghost town for my regular spots. Hoping the fish are going to show up soon. Normally by now I have nearly filled a punch card. I have only punched 3 chinook, and lost a few dandies.
Thanks for the update! Sounds like I’m not missing much but congrats on the nooks you punched👍🏼.