Hey Fishnfool-

Were you down near Possession or up farther north? In past years we've had real good luck up by Bush Point that way. Last year was not so good.

Sure is fun to catch them on a spin pole!

Thanks for the info.

Hey Fishnfool-

Were you down near Possession or up farther north? In past years we've had real good luck up by Bush Point that way. Last year was not so good.

Sure is fun to catch them on a spin pole!

Thanks for the info.

Anyone suppose I need to run all the way up to Bush Point to find some good Coho action now considering all the reports of people getting their limits of the ocean fish near edmonds and possesion?

possesion??? ...nope.... stay home and dont fish at 45'/65' either.

The magic number for us last weekend was 80' on the DR wire. This of course translates into something less accounting for blow back, but still deeper than 60' (or less) which was unproductive for us.

Finally after putting in about 3 hours trolling this morn;hooked 2 nice 10#+ silvers in the shipping lanes off Kingston @ noon slack.About 95' down w/ green spackle back hootchie w/ green flasher.

I'm so excited, headed out in the A.M. on the tailcatcher! If you're out there feel free to tune to 68 and don't be afraid to say hi.

Went out of Edmonds today and fished mainly SouthWest of the marina on the east side of the shipping lane and lost 3, caught one 8# Silver at 70ft deep on a GS Bucktail(gree needlefish)/ Green/glo hotspot. I almost felt retarted considering everyone and their brother was nailing fish all around me. Prolly because I had no herring. Buds was out. Saw atleast 4 boats hit 6 or more fish. Saw atleast 20+ fish taken just in the other boats rolling near me.

I always start at 30 feet in the morning. I'll run one rod at 30 and another at 45. If nothing, I'll put one at 50 and the other at 75. And so on, until we start hitting fish. Once I find a zone, I still separate the lines by about 10 feet. That's probably just because I'm anal.

For gear, I like a chartreuse/glo hotspot flasher, about 30 inches of leader, a chartreuse glo squid, with a herring fillet hanging from the squid. If they're around, that seems to get them pretty reliably. Kings bite it pretty well, too.

And refreeze. As long as the bellies aren't decomposed the re-thawed herring will work again.

I'm wondering, do most people put un-iodized salt on their herring before they fish it?

How do you brine it after thawing? A bucket? how much salt do you use?

The night before I either use Sea water or a tub of ice, add rock salt, I guess as to the amount (if your hands sting when you reach in that's a decent amount ), and then the frozen herring. If I am not going to fish again for a few days I zip lock the herring and freeze it again but only for herring strips. I don't use the re-frozen for cut plugs although you probably can. If you thaw it first remember to punch some holes in the bag or it won't thaw well.

Thanks for the info, seems like there is alot of knowledge I am gaining from the folks on these boards. Now this is probably a stupid question, but where do you get rock salt?

Grocery stores have rock salt. I think it is near baking soda.

Where the spices are.

So how long would you say these silvers will be around in the sound before they drift on up the rivers?

Looks like October is an excellent time to take the boat up the river or maybe even on Lake washington according to the forums from last year.

blue_jay,

Don't forget to check the archived reports for lake Washington on silver fishing over at WashingtonLakes.com. There are reports dating back several years with a lot of great tips on catching coho in lake Washington. It's a short fishing season but very enjoyable. good luck!

I was just talking to my fishing partner on the phone, I guess were hittn the water in the morning around 7am near edmonds, if you see the "tailcatcher", say hi. I expect it will be a busy morning

Ok heres a report from today:

Went out at 8:30am. Fished the high tide right outfront of the Edmonds marina and my partner had one bust his line as soon as we got the rigger down to 80ft. That was a bucktail/green hotspot setup (total loss $20 setup). After that we didn't hit any fish, just watched other people all around us hit them until just before we had to bring the boat back to the dock ( had to be at work at noon ). We ended up getting a double on with a 7# and a 8#. Mine was on a green hotspot/bucktail and his was on a green hotspot/ army truck squad/herring strip.

Heres mine: