Nick's getting Sandy?

I am sandy dammit!

It's kinda hard to match the hatch on 1" bait unless you are Paker. I prefer to give em' something big and meaty.


Edit: Nice stealth edit there Paker. Fixed!

Yeah we have that tiny stuff in my neck of the woods right now. Looks great boiling all over the surface in the morning, but no idea how to match it up. Makes a coho killer look huge.

BTW I was thinking this site was dead, and then an actual fishing report thread got going! Praise Jesus!

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Used to catch a lot of kings back in the day using smaller tandem hook coho flies behind a dodger.
SF

Try a dick nite about that size. Years back when I fished the salt a lot, that's how we matched the smaller baitfish. Caught some nice sized kings & silvers with those.

you guys go ahead and match the hatch... I'll catch the fish that are eating the big baitfish

we got a late start this morning but still managed to limit on resident coho and this nice King... dressed out at 19#...

Nice fish Piper - looking good. Let me know if you ever need gas money, big baits or a deck swab [cough cough].

Nice work Piper!
SF

That's a good one Piper!

Nice fish Piper!

I see that WDFW posted the catch estimate MA9 and 10 for the opening day. For MA 9 the estimate is 1,059 Chinook landed; 19% of the 5,599 quota. For MA 10 the estimate was 81 Chinook landed; nearly 4% of the 2,166 quota.

Have to wonder if the MA 9 season will make it to August 5.

Curt

I'm guessing it'll about one more week and they'll need to move 10 to two fish to make quota. If we leave fish on the table due to an artificial deadline, I'm going to be super pissed. We can't give the Mucks a reason to take more next year IMO.

Warning for those planning to use the Everett Boat Ramp:

Rooster tails of black sand from a few boat motors coming and going from boat ramp basin into channel at low slack Friday morning. Lower minus tides this Sat. and Sun. at around -3.0 feet.

I got through Wed Morning with semi-tilted motor when the tide was at -0.4, but the depth finder showed around 1’ of water in some spots--- a little more or less in others.

Fishing report, WDFW LE stopped by, when we were fishing, and said that it was pretty slow from the boats they targeted on Wednesday. No fish checkers at the ramp Wed. when we got back.

In MA 6 at the Port Angeles ramp, the checkers had seen 2 Chinook by 2 p.m. this afternoon. Pretty slow.

Cruised back from the San Juans yesterday morning after a week of Island hopping. The boats were thick from Pt Wilson to Midchannel Bank. Didn't fish but the action must have been good from the numbers of people. Even shoulder to shoulder casting from shore at Pt Wilson.

WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov

July 27, 2017

Anglers can keep 2 chinook per day
in Marine Area 10 beginning July 29

Action: Increases the daily limit for hatchery chinook to two fish in Marine Area 10, excluding Sinclair Inlet and fishing piers.

Effective Date: 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 29, through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.

Species affected: Chinook salmon.

Location: Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton Area).

Reason for action: Preliminary estimates indicate that anglers had caught 227 fish, or 10 percent, of the chinook quota of 2,166 fish for Marine Area 10. WDFW anticipates that sufficient quota remains to allow the fishery to run through Aug. 15 as scheduled. The changes to the chinook fishery are consistent with conservation objectives and agreed-to management plans.

Other information: The daily limit remains unchanged at a 2-salmon limit; chum, wild chinook and wild coho must still be released. The catch estimates and quotas for Marine Area 10 can be found at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/reports_plants.html.

For specific regulations, anglers should consult the 2017-18 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet available online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/.

Information contact: Ryan Lothrop, (360) 902-2808, or Mark Baltzell, (306) 902-2707.

and don't forget that starting monday, its beach fishing for hatchery coho only in MA-9...

two fvcking weeks... I'm on a 5 year plan to leave this sh!tty fishing hole of a state...

Agree with Piper .... WDFW has become a laughing stock .

Starting Monday I doubt there will be any fishing for hatchery chinook in MA10 since Area 9 needs less than a 1,000 fish to reach quota.... and over 1,200 were caught Mon-Thurs this week...

Thanks for opportunity!

Ike

Retired here 20 years ago after booming construction work all my adult life with my bride from the PNW to retire to peaceful livin' and great fishing! Loved the North Sound "S" rivers with many epic days but what it is today I'm with you Piper> Time to move on!

for what its worth, coho fishing was lights out today, lots of fun on light tackle... and 90% hatchery