Does anybody have any info.. on the lakes salmon fishing? Where too go? What to use?Is there still time to hook up with fish this year???

Yes there is still time to get fish, the best is comming up,some places to try is around kennmore-south as far as what tyo use, try some coyote spoons about 16" behind a chrome flasher, hope this helps Doug

I'm thinking of trying this for the first time myself. I looked through the archived reports at Washingtonlakes.com, and found some good info.

It sounds like, at any given time, various gear will work: the above mentioned coyote and dodger or flasher, plugs of various types, jigs, and (sssssshhhhh, don't tell anybody) sockeye gear.

Good luck. I'll post my results after I try it...

Thanks for the info. Im going to try and get out on friday if its not too windy, I will post a report on how i do......

Fished Lake Washington today ( friday the 10th) one 10 # Hen in the Kenmore area.
The tribal guys pulled their nets at noon and said they won't be back until Sunday night. He had 385 fish this morning, silvers and cutts.......

Doug P, Were you marking any fish? Any rolling on top?
I was planning on being out there tomorrow morning and was wondering if there are still fish around?

The fish were scattered 23 to 48 feet. Some fish in the channel from the slough. Try between the red can and the white steel float it is only about 16-17 ft, Mag warts, chrome or red, good luck!

Thanks Doug.
Craig

Doug P, when you got your tribal netting report, did you get any sense what the % bicatch was of the cutts? What do they do with the trout? I would imagine they're isn't any market for them...

Jeff'ed,

There isn't a market for any of those fish. It is strictly an egg fishery. They strip the coho hens and toss the carcases.

They said that they get .60 # for chrome and .25 for a little color. The silvers that I saw were not cleaned but the cutts gutted and the heads removed. I just took a look in one cooler and saw three cutts about 2 1/2 lbs maybe 21 to 23" on top of the silvers.