Anyone been on Lk Washington chasing salmon yet? Anything good to report or am I early?

I fished the north end on Sunday. A lot of silvers around Hunts Pt. and Juanita Pt. and Champagne Pt. and Noth Pt.

The gillnets went in at 6pm tonight and won't come out until noon Friday. I talked to a gillnetter this evening and he said the fishing slowed way down in the Ship Canal area. Sounds like most of the silvers are in the Lake now, so I'd get after 'em A.S.A.P.

Cigar

Hey Cigar. Thanks for the information. I hope a few are left for this weekend - which is the earliest I can out there.

what do you use to get them in the lake?

I saw two fish caught by one fellow trolling slowly with a large chrome dodger. The kicker is I didn't see whether he was using a spoon or a plug behind it. I picked one up trolling for cutts with a green/glo coyote spoon in 60 feet of water right on the bottom.

Plugs work, plus try a sockeye setup. I caught a 14 pounder on that rig two years ago. You can check ack in the Archives for what other anglers were reporting on in years past. Try 2-3 years back.

Chrome dodger size 0, tie on a 30" leader with a bare red or black 4/0 hook. I recommend soft leader material. (Stren 10 or 12 pound test). Put it out 30' behind the rigger. I prefer to troll faster than most, so I use a 48" leader length. Talked to a tribal fisher this afteroon, he said there are lots of big silvers in the lake now, and they're still coming through the locks at about 1500 a day.

GO GET 'EM

Cigar

So Mike, Cigar....

Y a finding any?


You can email me if it is zipper.

Just wonderin, I have been in the salt and the rivers..

with the nice weather, a sandwich at the slip ,and a little cruise into juanita bay for some eye candy sounds pretty good!

WW

Sorry, but no eye candy at Juanita bay today.
Too foggy out. Parker and I got 4 silvers just off Hunts Pt. this morning trolling Wiggle Warts. Also C & R'd two nice cutts. I'd recommend fishing it Sunday, the nets go back in at 6:00pm tomorrow.

Cigar

I haven't tried yet this year. Just got back from a Hanford skunk. Maybe Wednesday...

What!!!!
No Eye Candy!!

Ah well..., Glad to hear Ya'All found some.

I wonder If Steve Miller still lives on Hunts Point.

Thanks for the report.

WW

Very good fishing for silvers Sunday morning around 9:30 am at the King Hole. Picked two in 30 minutes on a Coyote spoon at 55' in 65 to 80' of water.

Where is the king hole, Jim?

Easy,

Kind of hard to describe. Directly across from Arrowhead point and slightly south. South of Sheridan beach, but not as far south as Matthews beach. Look for a blue Spectrum, I'll be out both Sat & Sun mornings. Think Hunts Point, Juanita Bay, Arrowhead and the King Hole. Coyote spoons have been working well for me, but first you have to find the fish and hope they feel like biting.

Using flashers in front of those spoons?

Carl, From what I've been hearing, a herring dodger in front of the spoon on a shorter leader with a lot of scent. Or the sockeye rig.
I'm going out this Saturday and giving it a try.
I sure hope there are still some fish around?
Anybodys' thought on that?
Craig

I was fishing Wednesday morning, had to pick between the Snohomish and lake Wash. I picked the river and it was jammed with silvers - all non-biting. Lake Wash silvers can be really really good, or really really lousy. Silvers are just plain finicky when they hit fresh water, at least in my experience. Carl, bring some plugs as well because they can work very very well. Try the points off junita Bay (hope that's right). There is a large bay which has a drop off - it can be quite good there. You'll see the other boats. And the fish jumping. Troll from shallow to deep and back. Or, try jigging with darts. Bottom line is I've caught silvers with a variety of setups so don't be shy about throwing EVERYTHING you have at them. Good Luck!

jim i think i saw you last sunday. i was in the large thunder jet ( not mine) in that same area. Say hi next time.

Well, I guess I'd better stop bragging! You-all in the T-Jet were the ones with the hot hand! Going to try again this weekend?

We saw that blue Spectrum, the guy with me used to have one just like it but a year older, last of the riveted hulls. He was definately drooling. We were in an older blue Bayliner Capri with a bow cover on. Amazing how the boats disappeared with no biters. We did get a colored Sockeye around noon, but nothing else.