I live in Longview and have always wanted to get into the pinks. without specific spots where, when and how to go about catching some on some light spinning tackle. any info apreciated.
Buzz

Drive up to Snohomish and start throwing a pink humpy jig to the masses of slimers.

You will catch them.

Have a small boat and you will catch more.

The Snohomish and Sky are plugged with pinks. Popular access on the Sno is from Lowell on the outskirts of Everett up to Snohomish. There is a good ramp on the Lowell river road just above the park. Expect it to be crowded. Launch fee is $3.00.

Bank access is good along the dike all the way to Snohomish on Lowell road.

Pink leadhead jigs or leadhead jigs with small pink hoochies are best for tossing to pinks. Pink buzz bombs work, but will result in many foul hooked fish, so jigs are a better choice.

A small boat will give you more access, but bank fishing is productive. An incoming tide when it first starts is a good choice for the lower river.

Fish in the lower system will be brighter.

The Snohomish and Sky are plugged with pinks. Popular access on the Sno is from Lowell on the outskirts of Everett up to Snohomish. There is a good ramp on the Lowell river road just above the park. Expect it to be crowded. Launch fee is $3.00.

Bank access is good along the dike all the way to Snohomish on Lowell road.

Pink leadhead jigs or leadhead jigs with small pink hoochies are best for tossing to pinks. Pink buzz bombs work, but will result in many foul hooked fish, so jigs are a better choice.

A small boat will give you more access, but bank fishing is productive. An incoming tide when it first starts is a good choice for the lower river.

Fish in the lower system will be brighter.

Go to Sekiu, drop your line in the water with herring and those pesky pinks will be on your hooks faster than a bob cat on roller skates

thanks for the replies, anything further south?

You don't find strong pink runs much south of the Snohomish River system. I understand they were once found mush further sout but no anymore.

There is a record run going to the Puyallup right now. We have caught several just fishing the saltwater waterways around the Port of Tacoma. Nobody can remember the pinks so thick around Tacoma.

I stand corrected. Has there often been a fishable run in the Puyallup?

Surecatch, From talking with people who should know, they have not seen this kind of return for generations. Great fun for the kids (and the older kids as well )