Post by: kramman on July 08, 2010, 11:01:50 PM
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Post by: Hunterman on July 09, 2010, 08:24:33 AM
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Post by: 1morebuck on July 09, 2010, 09:18:47 AM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on July 09, 2010, 10:56:30 AM
Post by: Dustin07 on July 09, 2010, 04:16:02 PM
the last few years since then it's been incredibly slow. I don't I caught anything out there last year but maybe a rockfish when I dragged bottom one time. I'd like to work the area again this summer but like you said.. bad taste in my mouth. especially after the incredible pink run we had in the puyallup last fall.
Post by: kramman on July 09, 2010, 06:20:38 PM
1st kings then right into silvers last year the only fish I had on I lost to a seal.
Post by: bowtech721 on July 10, 2010, 09:41:51 AM
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Post by: kramman on July 11, 2010, 04:23:29 AM
Post by: Hunterman on July 11, 2010, 12:04:15 PM
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Post by: Hunterman on July 11, 2010, 09:14:37 PM
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Post by: MuleySniper on July 11, 2010, 09:22:18 PM
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Post by: bowtech721 on July 12, 2010, 08:18:11 AM
Just how much is the launch fee now??Im not sure right now but last time i was there i think it was like 13 bucks or something like that :yike: Im from down south so I think im gonna launch at zittles and run up.... uses a little gas but i hate crouds
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: toe-jam on July 12, 2010, 08:39:45 AM
fished it several times with only a couple hits, then hit the rivers and hooked 80 fish. Makes me wonder why I have a boat. :chuckle::yeah:
got a boat three years ago but i do more bank fishing then out of my boat.
Post by: Dustin07 on July 12, 2010, 08:48:56 AM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on July 12, 2010, 08:50:21 AM
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on July 12, 2010, 01:19:18 PM
The Puyallup river run used to be bonkers 5 to 6 years ago. Trolling infront always yeilded good numbers. But even that has died over the last 3 to 5 years.
This years King run is down also so dont expect much. Ill be out again this weekend though. Its so close to home and I only fish high slacks. Morning or evening, never in mid day. That I cant stand not trying for an hour or so.
Last year I must have fished Southworth area 7 or 8 days and only got 1 18 pound hatchery fish.
Doubt it will get any better this year..
Post by: Alchase on July 12, 2010, 01:50:14 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on July 12, 2010, 02:02:23 PM
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Post by: 1morebuck on July 12, 2010, 02:15:09 PM
Remember guys it's not Westport. Learn techniques, tides and put your time in knowing the area and you'll do fine. If you go out there anticipating filling your freezers I suggest finding a different fishery.:yeah: Perfectly said. I more enjoy it because I usually catch one and don't have to worry about the bar (not the tavern). There is definitely a technique to it and mine is fairly consistent. Down rigger+uv flasher+spoon+smelly jelly+specific depth=fish, oh and secret spot :chuckle:
MS
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on July 12, 2010, 05:12:08 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 13, 2010, 08:31:30 AM
a lot of those fish are nisqually fish, and they don't bite worth a damn once they get anywhere near their home river.
Post by: 1morebuck on July 15, 2010, 11:09:12 PM
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 15, 2010, 11:35:52 PM
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Remember guys it's not Westport. Learn techniques, tides and put your time in knowing the area and you'll do fine. If you go out there anticipating filling your freezers I suggest finding a different fishery.
MS
Well said!
I fished Pt. Defiance, the Narrows kelp beds, Pt. Fosdick, Fox island, and the concrete dock off of Anderson island since I was able to crawl until I was 21 and moved away. Dad would call home from work and tell me to get the boat ready, 'we're hitting the evening tide'. In the early years we lived on the west side of Tacoma, in the later years, out in the north end. I can't tell you how many times we launched at Narrows marina or Pt Defiance launch, or dropped the smaller boat from the hoist at Willets docks at titlow beach near the old ferry landing. Anyone that fished the southern sound needed to know where to fish depending on what run was coming through. Early fall silvers were always targeted off the clay banks of Pt. D. The two year old blackmouths were trolled off Anderson/Fox and mooched in the kelp of the Narrows. The late summer Chinook run was targeted on the edges of the jetty and the 200ft hole between the jetty and the lighthouse and mooched on the incoming tide from the west end of the clay banks swinging out past the point toward Gig Harbor, then you'd pull your gear and run up for another drift. In the slack of the early morning, just about dawn, the old timers would meat line troll with 9.9hp on the 12 and 14' boats from the boathouse to the point. Some would follow the 100' line and others would go to 170' or so. I always used to keep some light gear in the boat for Cutthroats under the bridge. Heavy gear for Lings around the mess of galloping gerty.
Those were the days.
Who doesn't know what a meatline is?
-Steve
Post by: Dustin07 on July 16, 2010, 09:00:46 AM
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Post by: MuleySniper on July 16, 2010, 09:24:45 AM
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 16, 2010, 09:30:29 AM
-Steve
Post by: GregE on July 16, 2010, 10:11:25 AM