hey all, i'm finally going to get out on the green tommarow evening for the tide change. i've never fished in a river from a boat and need some help. i bought the pink wiggle wart(thanks easy) and am going to launch from the 1st ave bridge area, that's about all i know so far.

which way do i troll, with current or against.

how deep is the river around there and how deep should i troll?

what baits work around there and are they leagal, regs a bit confussing.

since i've never fished around there how do i figure out where the 43rd st. bridge is?

thanks in advance.

From what I saw they were catching fish going both ways on the river, with and agianst the current. As for depth, they seemed to let out about 50-60 feet of line or so, and a lot of the boats trolled pretty quickly. The river is pretty deep in most spots, but watch out at low slack tide as it gets kinda low. Baits, most of the boats weren't using baits, but if you want to I'd either plunk or use a float with some eggs. I saw one boat plunking hook into a nice king using eggs but they lost it. Umm, well hopefully Carl can respond to you because he knows about this fishery more then I do. This is just what I saw today. Good luck.

Sushi,

Once you leave the launch head left or upstream, that is were the fish will be. Troll against or with the current, it does not matter which direction.

Most of the fish today were up by the Boeing access bridge. This area can change depth greatly. At the slack low today some areas are only FIVE FEET DEEP. Stay in the middle of the river and you wont hurt any equipment! On a high slack it goes up to fifteen feet. Heck, today, there was a big (26ft) older Bayliner as far upstream as the Pak Hwy bridge. The Pak Hwy bridge is about as far as you want to go with a prop. The 43rd St. bridge is up stream by Southcenter Mall.

Troll your Wiggle Warts with no weight, right on the surface. You will see, the fish will be right on the surface.

Everyone, except for a few guys of European decent, today were using Wiggle Warts. Trolling spinners and large spoons can also produce fish. Once again, NO WEIGHT!

See ya out there!

thanks guys, looks like it'll be hitting it sunday evening and monday morning. hopefully the smoker will be going by wednesday anyway thanks again! sushi

The nets will be in the river Sunday evening and Monday morning. The indians can only net up to the Boeing access bridge. You will want to fish upstream from that.

Am new to fishing this area. Am fishing around the Tukwila area...what's best to use if fishing on shore? See lots of em' rolling in the evenings.

Most guys will toss spinners, like Vibrax's, in size 3 in orange, pink, silver, and gold. Drifting eggs also work.

These fish get a real bad case of lock jaw so patients is the key.

Thanks so much for the info Easy. Will toss some of those around and report back any success.

Anybody have any luck on the Green recently? For the past three years, I've spent a few days every October throwing spinners, D-Nites and even jigs at those jumping silvers near the Boeing complex. Haven't hooked one single fish! I'm all ears if anyone has anyone suggestions. I don't have a boat so I'm pretty much shorebound...

Anyone have any ideas why the silvers on the Green are such poor-biting fish?

I do a lot better fishing from my boat than from shore. On the other hand my buddy Barry does better from shore. Go figure. :rolleyes:

hsl, ive been fishing the green the past few days, and i have hooked one silver, but have had many bites, the silver was powerful and took me down river and wrapped me around a stump..i totally seen it coming too, but anyways, i have had a few others on but i dint realize it, they bite so fast, you have to be quick on the hookset, i have been using eggs (red cured) havent done well with jus orange eggs cured with borax..may want to check the tips section for a good egg cure..i will be down there tonite..i will post if ive done any good.. **bb**

thursday after work, hooked 2 fish, one silver (lost it) and landed one stealhead..let her go, but she did take my hook and eggs down in her throat, wi.l she die?? ive caught trout that had hooks in there mouth and they were getting along jus fine..so i jus went with that and released her..anyone else got reports? bb

BB, if the hook is in a sensative area like the throat, tongue, or near the gills, just cut the line close to the hook. Trying to dig out a hook will cause way more damage. Hooks are cheap...

Did anyone go out on the Green today? How did you do? I am going to go out after work around 3. It will be my first time fishing on a river for salmon. Hopefully the rain brought in more fish!

FISHIN CHICK, what part are you gonna fish? i am up around the 277 bridge, i seen quite a few up there allready, lots of jumpers, and seen some coming up the shallows, eggs are a good bet,one person says use a red and white crappie tube jig, says it works, i may try it..anyways, tell us how you do..bb

I am going to be fishing down closer to Boeing...near BECU and ITT Tech, there is a river path there and couple of spots I might try. I am going to try using dick nites and some other spoons. I heard that using a spoon with a little weight (like those ones that clamp on) about 2 feet up from the spoon will work. I am going to put some fish egg smelly juice stuff on the spoon. I don't know how to get the eggs to stay on the hook, so that is why I didnt want to try to use them. I heard you have to tie the hook a certain way to get the eggs to stay on. Let me know if there is an easier way or if you have any other ideas on what I could use (just keep in mind I am very inexperienced).
Thanks for you help! I'll definately let you guys know how I do.

Here is a downloadable VIDEO (scroll down about half way) on how to tie an egg loop to a single hook.

Practice, practice, practice!

thats a tuff one to tie, so easy, do you have any eggs that your not gonna use? or do you toss your over board when cleaning the fish? im running low..i will even travel if i have to..bb

I don't have any fresh eggs right now. All of mine are last years and don't work very well.

Someone told me that the little conner store in Allentown, right next to the Tukwila community center sells salmon eggs.

Hey is the area by the golf course open now. I think it's below that 277 bridge but I'm just makin sure. Also where is the 277 bridge, I've never been able to find it. Thanks a lot.

Ya know where S. 272nd is? Same road, S. 272nd turns into S. 277th in the valley.

Went out fishing the Green in Tukwila with spoons Friday, Saturday and Monday....didn't catch anything. Going to try again on Thursday. Wish me luck! I'll let you guys know how I do.

Went out yesterday afternoon near Allentown (Tukwila), by the community center bridge. Didn't catch anything!!! I didn't see anyone around me catching anything either. I saw a lot of fish jumping, but none biting. I hope next week will be better. I heard the tides are bad this week. Someone told me that next week will be the last week fishing will be good lower on the river where I have been fishing (Tukwila), is that true?

I just want to catch one damn it!! It is just so frustrating when you can see 'em jumping, but aren't even having bites.

Hope everyone has a good weekend and goodluck fishing

I seriously doubt that Fishin Chick. Fishing in the lower Green should be good till the end of the month for silvers. Then the chums start to show and that is good till Thanksgiving and beyond.

I can remember, two years ago, catching a 15lb mint bright chum day after Thanksgiving with trout gear at the S.112th St. foot bridge. Man, was that a hoot. To bad no one was around to see it. I did not even have a net.

Next week (Oct. 16th), the area up by Hwy 18 opens up. Fishing there is a slam dunk. Good place to practice technique and try different tackle.

Easy, you wrote earlier that lures were your choice up near hwy 18. Is this correct? What colors again? was it the red white daredevil?

Yup.

Egg loop wasnt to hard to learn. I started just tying the kind of leaders that eagle claw usually makes... Only longer, lighter, and different hooks.

The egg loop is just the exact opposite. you start at the opposite end.

BBVD, did you download that video that is on this site?

so has anyone hit the green this weekend? i may head out tommarow but am leary after getting skunked three times in a row .

I stopped by the Soos Creek Hatchery today. The hatchery has had 9500 kings and 1500 coho return. There are a ton of fish in those holding ponds, quite a sight!

Fished down by the 277 bridge today. Got a small hen on a red worden's blue streak spinner. Had some nice eggs in it. Saw one other fish today. The Soos creek area opens next week. That's where I'll be.

Me too!

see youb guys tomorrow morning. heeheeheeheeheehee
I know I haven't posted in awhile. IT IS BECAUSE I HAVEN"T CAUGHT A FISH IN.............. I am to embarrased to say.

Wing, we are all feeling your pain. This years silver run is a BUST! If I had not gone over to Hanford with Mike C. a couple of weekends ago I would be fishless also. :rolleyes:

Time to move on..........to CHUMS!! :p

Carl did you fish highway 18 on the opener today. Or anyone else for that matter. Just tryin to find out if there's that many fish up there yet. Thanks

Ya, I stopped by there after work to do some recon. There weren't any fish at the mouth of Soos Creek. All the silvers are holding in the Car Body Hole just down stream from Soos. Saw quite a few caught just in the hour or so I was there.

Most guys were chucking orange/red corky and yarn.

I can confirm Carl's observations. There are lot's of fishrolling in the Carbody hole. I stubbornly threw eggs for a while with no results- the switch to small corkies proved successful. Lot's of people, but I can't report a success rate, I went to a vacant area.

Where is Car Body Hole?

fishhin chick,
say you know where highway 18 is? its jus downstream maybe 3/4 a mile or less, depends on where your coming from, where you see all the cars is where you'll want to park and walk down the trail, i prefer bringing my mtn. bike, a heck alot faster in and outa there..

I fished it and caught 1 with corky and yarn. Many people hooking into them yesterday.

Floatuber, I wished I had my D-camera when I saw you yesterday. Could have taken a pix of your first salmon. That was your first wasn't it?

Carl, wanna hook up for some fishing Sunday?

Sure. When and where (do I have to ask?)?

REPORT:

A good buddy of mine is STILL catching nice silvers down by S. 112th St. at low tide. He has been pitching eggs with good success. Seems as though the indians have reduced their netting effort this week.

I was going to go this afternoon, but I cannot find anyone to go with me I don't think it is very wise for a girl to go down by the river by herself. I need to meet some more fishermen, so I can have partners. Anyone know of any type of clubs or something that meet in the Renton/Eastside/Southend?

Goodluck to everyone this weekend.

Just had two reports phoned in. Overall slow in the upper section and the fish seem to be on the dark side? One of my partners picked up and moved locations and nailed a 10-12 lb crome summer run hen.
Fish chick- there is a puget sound anglers club meeting on the 2nd wendsday of the month in kenndydale at 7pm. I forget the name of the hall but if you take the kenneydale exit and go east past the gas station apx 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile you will see it on the left before you make the turn in the road.

My buddy, who has been getting fish down a S.112th St., got three more today (2 jacks 1 adult). :rolleyes:

He has now passed me in the catch record card race.

Fishin Chick, this forum is "club" enough for me. If you, or anyone else, would like someone to fish/show you the Green let me know. Drop me an email.

Carl,

I wish you had your camera too. I ended up grabbing the one from my office and have pictures a day later in my kitchen. Just isn't the same as at the river. And yes it was my first salmon. I was excited. Quite an experience.

I don't have access to add pics to this forum and since you saw it at the river I won't send them to you. They aren't the greatest.

Go ahead and send them to me. If you like I can post them in this Forum for you. Geezzzz, this is your first salmon, that is note worthy. I would be showing it off to everyone!

Well I will be hitting the green hard for the next 3 days. If you see a young man wearing a K2 backpack thats me. Stop and say hi. Have a great weekend fishing.

Easy - the way you catch and post you show yours to everyone......

Looking forwars to this Sunday. Let's knock em dead.....bonk!

Busy, now that I read my own post, I see there needs to be some clarification on my part. I am refering to, if I were Floatuber and I just caught my first salmon I would be posting pictures all over the place.

Like this!

Floatubers' First Salmon

Oh ya, Floatuber, after I saw you today I moved a little downstream and ran into Berkley Boy75. Good to have met you BB75!

I changed my gear to a Daredevil spoon with a pink Gammi hook and had two fish on, didn't land them though.

Thanks Carl. Had a great time this morning. Crappy pics already sent to you.

got down there at dark this morning. Withing an hour I had successfully limited out. And I am a beginner. I bought some stuff last night. Hooks, rubber glob of egg, bead, and yarn. Bright red. It was beginning to lighten up and bam bam. FIsh on. But after about 8:30 you could make your bait spread the salmon sea. My wife couldn't get her stuff infront of a fish after light for nothing.

Like I said I am new and I think I was lucky but I would say get there right at legal time and ater about an hour or two later leave. The fish definitely switched behaviors early and wouldn't take anything.

Just my .02 but I am new and who know.

By the way the warden that checked me on Wednesday was down there again today with a backpack and rod. She would throw a cast and then walk up and down. She checked and watched me "LEGAL" but she was incogneto so most poeple didn't know what she was. Hopefully they can clear a few ****heads out of there.

Gamies going undercover???? Cool! Now maybe we can get some results. You got any more of those daredevil spoons Easy? I was thinking of giving them a try.

Newbie - send me an e-mail of the type of eggs you were using. If they are the ones I think they are I may have some and try them out.

Well I was planning on fishing Highway 18, but I've just been hearing a lot of horror stories about all the snagging and when I drove by it at around 6 30 it was full of cars, so I opted to fish somewhere else. I did well too, got 2 fish. A pretty big 7 pound hen and the tiniest silver I've ever caught, a 1-2 pound buck. The Hen had some color but the jack was chrome bright. Both fish on a number 4 green vibrax. Good luck

Ya Busy, I have a bunch of those Daredevil spoons. Flutter, flutter, flutter. Vibrax's work too down at Hwy 18? Hmmmm....gonna have to try them out also.

Still a fair number of silvers in the Tukwila area. Lots of jumping and rolling fish, but many are showing color. I've got no clue why they are so lock-jawed this year. The single fish per trip my son and I have been averaging is barely keepin' us in eggs and eats. Today's fish was a bright jack that fell for drifted eggs and a mini-marshmallow. Only other silver we saw landed was caught by a plunker.

The Green has been real tempermental this year. You can fish for several hours and get no bites then all of a sudden BAM! everyone is catching fish then nothing again. I think the low water conditions are really messing up the bite.

Launched down out of the 1st Ave Bridge yeterday. Just a few other boats and not that many fish moving around. However, my buddy and I manged to round up 3. 8, 6, and 5. All bright with sea lice on 6 hits in about 5 hrs of fishing before dark. Very sporadic action but there are still a few fish moving in on the tides. Next week???

I stopped by the hatchery this afternoon. They have had 3600 coho return so far. Most of the coho in the holding ponds now are bigger than the coho I saw two weeks ago. A lot of jacks in the holding ponds two weeks ago.