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#1045652 - 01/11/21 05:25 PM Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD
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Hard to stay optimistic considering the trajectory of some of our favorite river fisheries. Is this what Pugetropolis stream fishing will look like in another 25 years?

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#1045653 - 01/11/21 05:36 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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#1045785 - 01/13/21 08:56 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: fish4brains]
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Registered: 01/26/00
Posts: 6424
Loc: Vancouver, WA
You know, one of my favorite kid time fishery memories was catching grass carp out of salmon creek here in Clark County. We used to fish the side channels with dough balls and worms and them suckers can fight! We had many of 10-20 fish evenings after school down below my grandmas place.

Although not table fare, they're a blast!

Keith
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#1045791 - 01/13/21 10:27 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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Three Time Spawner

Registered: 06/03/06
Posts: 1531
Loc: Tacoma
Sorry Keith,
No bait will be allowed.

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#1045794 - 01/13/21 10:52 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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Registered: 12/11/02
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Loc: Carkeek Park
Stalking Golden boners on flats is a lot of fun.
It is the closest thing we have to bonefishing and they aren’t pushovers by any means. They can be downright finicky at times.
A big one will smoke your reel quickly into your backing.
One man’s trash, another man’s treasure.
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#1045801 - 01/13/21 11:24 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: stonefish]
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Originally Posted By: stonefish
Stalking Golden boners on flats is a lot of fun.
It is the closest thing we have to bonefishing and they aren’t pushovers by any means. They can be downright finicky at times.
A big one will smoke your reel quickly into your backing.
One man’s trash, another man’s treasure.
SF
I fished for carp years ago . Then I got help.

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#1045802 - 01/13/21 11:29 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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Registered: 04/20/09
Posts: 1269
Loc: WaRshington
This guy's positivity is refreshing.
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#1045807 - 01/13/21 12:33 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: stonefish]
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Registered: 08/04/99
Posts: 1463
Loc: Olympia, WA
Back in the day, the Shuffleton power plant was located on Lake Washington, adjacent to Renton Boeing. They used to discharge warm water into the lake. As teenagers, we frequently caught largemouth bass and crappie in their discharge canal. This involved trespass and stealth, as crawling through an opening in a heavily posted fence was required. The off the charts fishing for pie plate sized crappie and 2-4 pound bass seemed worth the risk of being caught. We were never bothered by security. One evening, my dad and I were boat fishing for bass along the Shuffleton shoreline. He was casting a plug, and I was tossing a spoon into the shallows. I hooked a huge fish, and my first thought was, this is a really big BASS! My second thought was, how am I ever going to land this on my 6 foot spinning combo and 4 pound test line. For 25-30 minutes, we rowed, or were towed all over the south end of Lake Washington. It was "The Old Man and the C", and the "C" was a seventeen pound tail hooked carp.

A seventeen pound carp was the largest fish I had ever landed at that point in my life, but what does one do with such a trophy? I took it to Seattle Sporting Goods, in Renton, and asked them if they wanted to put it in their outdoor display case. A deal was struck; they got to display the fish for a day, and I would receive $1.50 worth of fishing tackle. When I went to pick up the carp, they said they had more people stop into the store to inquire about this fish, than any steelhead or salmon they had ever displayed. Most wanted to know what kind of spoon I was using... grin

The carp ended up buried at "C". Composted in our garden.

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#1045810 - 01/13/21 12:55 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: CedarR]
ArvidBarker
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I guess people eat carp in certain locales. Personally I'm not ready to throw the towel in just yet on salmon and steelhead.

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#1045824 - 01/13/21 03:20 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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Registered: 02/24/00
Posts: 1526
yep there are better days a comming.. maybe not in our life time but than again maybe not in this worlds life time way the state does things..
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#1045826 - 01/13/21 03:48 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
Bent Metal Offline
Carcass

Registered: 01/09/14
Posts: 2312
Loc: Sky River(WA) Clearwater(Id)
Very sad to see the trajectory of PS salmon and steelhead fisheries. There is potential for some productive fisheries if everyone was united to make if happen, but I'm afraid excessive development and marine predators will thwart those attempts along with politics.....Without getting too wordy, my best guess is we are circling the drain with an end to all salmon and steelheading coming soon.
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#1045827 - 01/13/21 05:08 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: CedarR]
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Repeat Spawner

Registered: 12/06/07
Posts: 1382
Originally Posted By: CedarR
Back in the day, the Shuffleton power plant was located on Lake Washington, adjacent to Renton Boeing. They used to discharge warm water into the lake. As teenagers, we frequently caught largemouth bass and crappie in their discharge canal. This involved trespass and stealth, as crawling through an opening in a heavily posted fence was required. The off the charts fishing for pie plate sized crappie and 2-4 pound bass seemed worth the risk of being caught. We were never bothered by security. One evening, my dad and I were boat fishing for bass along the Shuffleton shoreline. He was casting a plug, and I was tossing a spoon into the shallows. I hooked a huge fish, and my first thought was, this is a really big BASS! My second thought was, how am I ever going to land this on my 6 foot spinning combo and 4 pound test line. For 25-30 minutes, we rowed, or were towed all over the south end of Lake Washington. It was "The Old Man and the C", and the "C" was a seventeen pound tail hooked carp.

A seventeen pound carp was the largest fish I had ever landed at that point in my life, but what does one do with such a trophy? I took it to Seattle Sporting Goods, in Renton, and asked them if they wanted to put it in their outdoor display case. A deal was struck; they got to display the fish for a day, and I would receive $1.50 worth of fishing tackle. When I went to pick up the carp, they said they had more people stop into the store to inquire about this fish, than any steelhead or salmon they had ever displayed. Most wanted to know what kind of spoon I was using... grin

The carp ended up buried at "C". Composted in our garden.



No Way! I worked at Shuffleton, Puget Power then, as a summer helper while in college back in early 80's. We used to go out there at lunch and sight snag the big ones. I mean huge, 20+#ers. They always busted us off the pilings. We then made rebar spears w/ rope attached and finally got em. Fun times. Also got into the Sockeye w/ the full time employees w/ the boat in the water ready to go out of there. Limits before work! and no wait time at Coulon Park launch. That's all been sold and developed.
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#1045846 - 01/14/21 09:42 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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Registered: 01/27/15
Posts: 4549
Puget Power.

Now those were the good ole days for sure.

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#1045883 - 01/14/21 11:25 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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River Nutrients

Registered: 04/25/00
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Bow and arrow, 1964-68 while going to college in South Dakota. We'd leave then on the bank.....next morning there was no carp left, on the bank, just lots of foot prints from bobcats, fox, and coyote.
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#1045887 - 01/14/21 11:33 AM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7413
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
While in HS in Sacramento one of my Biology classmates whet out and bow fished enough smallish carp that the class got an extra treat of dissecting a fish. He must have gotten them out of a nearby creek.

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#1045903 - 01/14/21 01:07 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: Carcassman]
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I have hooked them in upwards of 15 to 20 pounds. The red and white ones fight the best ,had one run 75 feet across the lake on 4 pound test and a noodle rod. That was back when I had lower self esteem smirk

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#1045910 - 01/14/21 01:25 PM Re: Fishing Washington Rivers... looking FORWARD [Re: eyeFISH]
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