Post by: bennybooboo on July 23, 2009, 10:23:47 AM
EH
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2009, 10:26:32 AM
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 23, 2009, 10:34:14 AM
Total dog food IMO.
Post by: boneaddict on July 23, 2009, 10:36:42 AM
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 23, 2009, 10:40:45 AM
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 23, 2009, 10:42:56 AM
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2009, 11:15:59 AM
Post by: klickman on July 23, 2009, 11:16:50 AM
I used to give mine to some Indians so there dogs would have enough food. They would freeze them in a chest freezer and just get one out every day for the dogs :dunno:
:yeah:
Post by: Cascade on July 23, 2009, 11:24:00 AM
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 23, 2009, 11:25:47 AM
Post by: cohoho on July 23, 2009, 11:32:11 AM
Post by: backwoods_boy on July 23, 2009, 11:42:20 AM
Post by: FrankDown on July 23, 2009, 02:30:29 PM
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 23, 2009, 02:32:54 PM
Post by: russ on July 23, 2009, 02:36:20 PM
Post by: rainshadow1 on July 23, 2009, 02:38:35 PM
---Good crab bait!
:yeah:
Great for hanging bait. For shrimp too.
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2009, 02:39:22 PM
When I was growing up my friends and I would have humpie tournaments almost every day in AK.. there were some days I landed 200+ fish mostly just kicked them loose. I was just wondering if they were considered table fish in washington :chuckle:
if anything i think they're considered good in the smoker if they're from the salt or down low in the rivers...my neighbor catches a ton of them in the snohomish and smokes them. they're still bright with little to no "hump" and they smoke up good. i've tried them on the grill and they're mediocre at best and only from the salt. not worth keeping if you ask me.
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 23, 2009, 02:42:01 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2009, 02:44:11 PM
he didn't care if they were good eating or not.
Post by: GoldTip on July 23, 2009, 02:45:15 PM
Post by: dirty.dan4 on July 23, 2009, 02:50:21 PM
Post by: Happy Gilmore on July 23, 2009, 03:02:57 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on July 23, 2009, 03:13:04 PM
MS
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2009, 03:16:15 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on July 23, 2009, 05:39:02 PM
cuzz where we fish them there's no kings and a couple weeks before silvers...
NO KINGS??!! Sucks for you guys! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: PolarBear on July 23, 2009, 06:20:12 PM
still early but the hoodsport hatchery has been getting some. i fished there yesterday morning and got one. my buddy fished last 2 mornings and got 4. he ate one said it was good. i tossed mine back. they will be in soon in numbers!The tribe has been netting across the creek at the Hoodsport hatchery this week. Today they had it completely blocked off with their nets. That is great, we pay to raise the fish and the tribe steals them from us at the hatchery.
Post by: Tony 270WSM on July 23, 2009, 06:22:59 PM
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 23, 2009, 06:25:31 PM
Post by: couesbitten on July 23, 2009, 06:35:14 PM
humpie tournaments
:yike: He said humpie tournaments
Post by: sisu on July 23, 2009, 07:00:31 PM
Id never eat a male..some of the females that are in salt are tempting but....... :bdid:and whatever cohoho and klickman said.
Males are throw aways, females with sea lice on them go in the smoker or fillets for my hunting dogs.
Post by: CoryTDF on July 23, 2009, 07:04:20 PM
Post by: bowtech721 on July 23, 2009, 08:32:51 PM
You guys are crazy, pinks are good to me. Do me a favor and send them my way and I will eat them :EAT: :chuckle::yeah:
Ive never had them out of a river but we always catch a ton in salt water and clean and ice them on the boat and i think theyre fine :dunno:
Post by: PolarBear on July 23, 2009, 08:58:15 PM
I here hay bails do a pretty good job on "cleaning out" nets! :chuckle:The problem is that the nets are literally within 50 yards or less of the hatchery and in a creek that couldn't move a bale of hay if it wanted to. The hatchery workers were standing on the bulkhead watching the Skoks work their nets right in front of them.
Post by: saylean on July 23, 2009, 08:59:11 PM
Post by: CoryTDF on July 23, 2009, 09:49:45 PM
I here hay bails do a pretty good job on "cleaning out" nets! :chuckle:The problem is that the nets are literally within 50 yards or less of the hatchery and in a creek that couldn't move a bale of hay if it wanted to. The hatchery workers were standing on the bulkhead watching the Skoks work their nets right in front of them.
Well i guess you need to work on your super secret underwater midnight ninja net cutting kungfoo salmon saving skills! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on July 23, 2009, 09:56:24 PM
Post by: Huntbear on July 23, 2009, 10:13:19 PM
Post by: Sneaky on July 23, 2009, 10:15:04 PM
Post by: cohoho on July 23, 2009, 10:43:11 PM
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 23, 2009, 10:52:57 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 23, 2009, 11:01:23 PM
Post by: Antlershed on July 23, 2009, 11:23:58 PM
Post by: bowtech721 on July 24, 2009, 12:02:53 AM
If you bleed them and ice them as soon as they hit the boat they are great eating.
Exactly! Thats the difference between good and the crap you can buy in the store that had sat in the hold of a seine boat for days before anything was ever done with it...
Post by: dirty.dan4 on July 24, 2009, 07:46:09 AM
Post by: C-Money on July 24, 2009, 02:30:26 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 24, 2009, 02:35:52 PM
don't reel it in, just let it swing. if it gets stuck on the bottom or stops, get rid of a little weight a little at a time.
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 24, 2009, 02:38:01 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 24, 2009, 02:38:28 PM
some lead and a treble hook get it done for me :rolleyes:
cheater
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 24, 2009, 02:39:08 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 24, 2009, 02:40:10 PM
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 24, 2009, 02:42:34 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 24, 2009, 02:43:46 PM
:puke:
Post by: WDFW-SUX on July 24, 2009, 02:45:28 PM
Post by: oneshotkill on July 25, 2009, 11:53:36 PM
You guys are crazy, pinks are good to me. Do me a favor and send them my way and I will eat them :EAT: :chuckle:
I will second that! They may not be as good as the kings but they are still good in my opinion.
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on July 26, 2009, 12:50:20 AM
with gear i always use pink jigs like the one in the pic i posted or a little tiny 50/50 brass/chrome dick nite spoon with enough pencil lead about 30" above it to make it tick the bottom.
don't reel it in, just let it swing. if it gets stuck on the bottom or stops, get rid of a little weight a little at a time.
Josh, I will trade you and friends an antelope hunt in WY for a humpy expedition. I think that's fair I am willing to barter.
Beau
Post by: h2ofowlr on July 26, 2009, 03:41:51 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 26, 2009, 07:34:31 PM
with gear i always use pink jigs like the one in the pic i posted or a little tiny 50/50 brass/chrome dick nite spoon with enough pencil lead about 30" above it to make it tick the bottom.
don't reel it in, just let it swing. if it gets stuck on the bottom or stops, get rid of a little weight a little at a time.
Josh, I will trade you and friends an antelope hunt in WY for a humpy expedition. I think that's fair I am willing to barter.
Beau
Beau...i guess we're on, because you've already met your end of the bargain. whenever you want to come over, let me know. we'll float the sky.
Post by: rasbo on July 26, 2009, 07:52:20 PM
Spur_Ride and I have gone over to the puyallup river the last few seasons and never done real well. People all around us were catching fish, but we only would get one or two every 4 hours! The river is milky white, and we used corkys with pink yarn, with pencil lead sinker about two feet below the fly. Dose this sound right to the veteran humpy fisherman? Guess the weight would skip along the bottom a little slower that the current. Dont know what we were doing wrong!!!I cant seem to keep them off my hook on the carbon,pink corkie and yarn red hook
Post by: C-Money on July 27, 2009, 06:38:29 AM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 27, 2009, 07:13:06 AM
it makes for a lot more peaceful steelhead and coho fishing on the rivers i like to fish!
Post by: rasbo on July 27, 2009, 07:25:57 AM
Post by: Gobble on July 27, 2009, 07:47:17 AM
Spur_Ride and I have gone over to the puyallup river the last few seasons and never done real well. People all around us were catching fish, but we only would get one or two every 4 hours! The river is milky white, and we used corkys with pink yarn, with pencil lead sinker about two feet below the fly. Dose this sound right to the veteran humpy fisherman? Guess the weight would skip along the bottom a little slower that the current. Dont know what we were doing wrong!!!I cant seem to keep them off my hook on the carbon,pink corkie and yarn red hook
:yeah:
Try Chartreuse (green) yarn and a pink or orange corkie, very visable in murky water. The combo works well for me, and you can catch silvers, kings and humpies at the same time.
Post by: C-Money on July 27, 2009, 01:30:13 PM
Post by: CP on July 27, 2009, 01:36:49 PM
Caught some of these too:
Post by: rasbo on July 27, 2009, 01:46:40 PM
How long of liter above your weight and how fast should the drift be???I use 18" leader,but I dont fish for the humpies,Im fishing for silvers.I only fish one hole its the edge of a cliff with some brush on it..I let it drift under the brush,the silvers like to lay there.I like to barley touch the bottom with lead..If I using a noodle rod I just float a chunk of eggs no weight..The body of water I fish is only about 20 to 25 feet wide
Post by: C-Money on July 27, 2009, 03:45:05 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on July 27, 2009, 05:43:05 PM
Caught my first Humpy of the year yesterday, nice bright hen – she’s going in the smoker when I get off work.
Caught some of these too:
Your humpy looks like a chinook Jack???
Post by: rasbo on July 27, 2009, 05:46:37 PM
dont think he was speaking of that oneCaught my first Humpy of the year yesterday, nice bright hen – she’s going in the smoker when I get off work.
Caught some of these too:
Your humpy looks like a chinook Jack???
Post by: big ed on July 27, 2009, 07:27:29 PM
Post by: JBar on July 27, 2009, 07:35:28 PM
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Does the corkie and yarn color really matter when the water is mud brown??? But I'm with ya Ras except the yarn color needs to use chartreuse! Might see you down there mid month!
Post by: rasbo on July 27, 2009, 07:58:25 PM
I cant seem to keep them off my hook on the carbon,pink corkie and yarn red hook
Does the corkie and yarn color really matter when the water is mud brown??? But I'm with ya Ras except the yarn color needs to use chartreuse! Might see you down there mid month!
[/quote]I dont know but they like green for kings..I use orange sometimes.when the water is that dark I dont fish.
Post by: SuperDave on July 27, 2009, 10:10:24 PM
Caught my first Humpy of the year yesterday, nice bright hen – she’s going in the smoker when I get off work.Is that a 4x8 sheet of plywood? :chuckle: Nice looking fish!!
Caught some of these too:
Post by: h2ofowlr on July 28, 2009, 08:04:21 AM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 28, 2009, 11:12:45 AM
-Steve
Post by: klickman on July 28, 2009, 03:46:39 PM
Klickman
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 28, 2009, 03:49:36 PM
Caught my first Humpy of the year yesterday, nice bright hen – she’s going in the smoker when I get off work.--You need to work on the fish ID bud, go talk to D-Man! :chuckle:
Caught some of these too:
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 28, 2009, 03:51:27 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 28, 2009, 04:00:40 PM
Caught my first Humpy of the year yesterday, nice bright hen – she’s going in the smoker when I get off work.--You need to work on the fish ID bud, go talk to D-Man! :chuckle:
Caught some of these too:
reread the post...he said he caught his first humpy, and he caught some of those...
Post by: Hillbilly270 on August 03, 2009, 08:13:51 AM
Caught my first Humpy of the year yesterday, nice bright hen – she’s going in the smoker when I get off work.
Caught some of these too:
is that a 4x8 sheet of plywood that is laying on?
Post by: CP on August 03, 2009, 09:42:14 AM