Hello, fellow fisherpersons...

I'm new to the board and wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I live in the greater Seattle area and have been fishing the local rivers for a couple years. This spring, I bought a fishing rig and have spent most weekends this summer aboard. I've been reading and enjoying the posts on this board for a couple months and have found the information extremely valuable. Thanks to each of you who are willing to share!

I couldn't resist responding to this one... I fished Possession Friday and Sunday nights and lost 4 nice fish! One because my drag was set too tight, but all the others simply threw the hook. FRUSTRATION!! We were using different hooks (Eagle, Gami, and others) on different set-ups, with 20 or 25lb line.

I feel your pain, crazyfisher. I feel your pain.

The good news is that there's some fish out there...in fact, they are still there (at least 4).

We also CNR'd a couple small kings.