I was wondering if chum will hit green spinners or spoons. I get to fish during my lunch as long as the tides are right. most people just use the corkies and ripp method, but I was wondering what else would work.
I work by mud bay and its full of chums right now....


thanks

I don't target Chums specifically,but Green,Chartruese,Cerise and Purple are usually good colors.

If the water has current ,pink and purple mixed, marabou jigs fished under a float is unbeatable .

SundayMonday, you have to get rid of that avatar. I'm too busy to sit here staring at the screen all evening!

I second the jig under a float when the Pitt Bulls of the river are in thick---you'll get alot less foul hooks w/ a jig.

Tip the jig w/ a small piece of fresh prawn and your arms will be sore from all the Chum you catch.

I really don't have much preferance, as long as I have fun. I have only worked in Olympia for a year or so , and I can't think of any thing better to do than fish. Besides, I would like to get my hands on some chum eggs for steelhead'n later this winter. I have always done pretty well on chum eggs in Feb on the Puyallup.

The problem with jigs is the limited space to fish. I am hitting a creek mouth as it dumps into mud bay, very tight with plenty of pine tree coverage. But if I can con my boss into letting me take a extra long lunch, (an hour is'nt long enough when your fishing) I like to try jigs..

Green spoons....absolutely. Hit em on the green stuff all the time whille targeting Silvers.

I have had pretty good success with yellow Pot o' Gold spoons over at Hoodsport in the open water.

Ya SundayMoney--I have not left this page ALL DAY.

I was gonna answer you.............but then I saw SundayMoney's avatar and I forgot what I was going to say.

Sundaymoney

Your avatar rocks

Im still here!!

COHO

Me neither, I have been waiting for a wardrobe malfunction.

Sunday,

I thought that I had seen everything on this site.....thanks for the laugh.

Ike

Tried the pink/cerise jig with the prawn tail "kicker" tonight.

Had great success...went 1 for 2 on COHO! A fat 13.5 lb. hen grabbed it first, and gave a great accounting of herself in a battle to the beach (of which there was very little at this spot). Second one hit on the next cast to the same spot...looked like about a 15 lb. buck, but he came unbuttoned right at the beach.

Thanks guys for the great tips!

Mike

p.s. There were mucho Chum in the neighborhood, and not one even looked at it.. :rolleyes:

Funny how I seem to struggle in the fresh water for Coho during the run but as soon as I stop fishing for them or the Coho run is supposedly over I start catching them. A few years ago I caught a mint Coho over Christmas break. A friend c&r'd one several years ago on New Years Day.

And yes, Chum will hit a green spinner!