Nice job getting the Puget Slam today Brian, those were all nice fish. It felt a bit silly to release those hatchery resident silver salmon in July, but the regulations are clear. This is the earliest in July I've ever landed a decent sized silver, the 4 jumps woke me up. It was very encouraging to see healthy populations of sandlance and juvenile herring in the eel grass beds, with cutts and salmon chasing them. The big dogfish was cool too, I almost stepped on it.
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Hit the beach yesterday and today with fellow member Dimebrite.
Regardless of the naysayers, there is still some fun to be had in regards to our local saltwater.
Today we ended up with a PS slam, with a blackmouth plus multiple searun cutts and coho.
The coho were hatchery resident fish that were excellent size for early July and both put on nice aerial show with multiple jumps.
We saw lots of sandlance around today in various sizes.
We also got to see a 3+ foot dogfish attacking crab bait in a couple of feet of water.
We didn't get any pictures of the coho but took a couple of a cutt and the
blackmouth. Photos courtesy of Dimebrite.
The coho we caught would have been tonight's dinner in years past.
We had to settle for the consolation prize for dinner.
Thanks for the fun couple of days Tim.
SF
Regardless of the naysayers, there is still some fun to be had in regards to our local saltwater.
Today we ended up with a PS slam, with a blackmouth plus multiple searun cutts and coho.
The coho were hatchery resident fish that were excellent size for early July and both put on nice aerial show with multiple jumps.
We saw lots of sandlance around today in various sizes.
We also got to see a 3+ foot dogfish attacking crab bait in a couple of feet of water.
We didn't get any pictures of the coho but took a couple of a cutt and the
blackmouth. Photos courtesy of Dimebrite.
The coho we caught would have been tonight's dinner in years past.
We had to settle for the consolation prize for dinner.
Thanks for the fun couple of days Tim.
SF
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Dimebrite and I headed out again today to a different beach.
We got into some small cutthroat and a few nice resident hatchery coho.
We took one picture of the largest coho that was pushing 22".
These coho are bigger then most of the fish we were catching last fall, which is a good sign.
All the fish were fat and likely feeding on sandlance based on the schools of them we were seeing.
We had our second battle in as many days with a big dogfish. They just don't give up easily.
Photo courtesy of Dimebrite.
SF
We got into some small cutthroat and a few nice resident hatchery coho.
We took one picture of the largest coho that was pushing 22".
These coho are bigger then most of the fish we were catching last fall, which is a good sign.
All the fish were fat and likely feeding on sandlance based on the schools of them we were seeing.
We had our second battle in as many days with a big dogfish. They just don't give up easily.
Photo courtesy of Dimebrite.
SF
Puget Sound rarely disappoints, there is always a good fishing option out there somewhere. Nice work on the coho again Brian, you matched the hatch well. I need to spend time at the tying vise, there are salmon out there waiting to be caught.
In the meantime I'm cooling off a few guests in preparation for my 4th of July celebrations.
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In the meantime I'm cooling off a few guests in preparation for my 4th of July celebrations.
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