SkyGuy...we ended up with a lot more than you guys today, but your catch far outweighs ours! Very nice!

Trade you some sockeye for Chinook? We did get one springer, but it weren't too big

Fish on...

Todd

Krill spawn bro! It's not algae, its eggs!

Nice work Ryley & Crew!

Red Tide. Just ask Red Hook.

Some gorgeous fish ^.

Looks pretty gross in that bay, just sayin.

"If I wanted to disclose where I was fishing I would have..."

I thought you already did a while back in one of the fish mags.....





Not on the water today, but the reports are about the same as yesterday.

Good to great fishing on the top end and getting a bit scratchier as you work your way down the Sound.

This is the 6-week period where I truly wish I not only owned a 26" NorthRiver Seahawk (or 23' Parker) but had a slip at Shilshole.



Nothing out the ordinary Ryley. Just a factor of the amount of sunlight and water temp creates these big blooms. Nothing to do with agri runoff, etc. They just happen from time to time in the Sound and some blooms are worse than others.

The real Dr. Parker does all her bioinfomatics and genetics works on these types of critters. I'll see if she can tell me exactly what it is...on sight and location alone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctiluca_scintillans

The Sound was pretty red flying in from Craig in early June. You could see HUGE blooms from the air. I think it's more prevalent this year than other years.

hey gross works too....thanks for fixin her, Ryley!

I'll take the red sh!t over rafts of eel grass ANY day!

Nada for me and my son in law today. Fished 9:30 to 5:30, half on Poss and half at Pilot. We didnt see a net. Nice day though and the boat and gear worked good with no probs for the first time out for salmon in the sound this year. Got the end of the out tide and fished through the flood. Not many boats out there really.

see a problem there? (hint....quit sleeping in)

Tides come into play this week allow

We fished Monday and Tuesday from sun up til 11 with limits both days. 18 fish to the boat with 8 bonked. Best bite was between 10 and 11 yesterday. Spoons on the deck was the ticket for us. Depth was 80-120 feet. All the fish were stuffed with candlefish.

= CLUES


Thanks for the tip Kramer!


Fishy

I'm open to giving clues. 80-120' of water, UV/white flasher, 6' leader, 4" cookies and cream kingfisher spoon. That setup caught 16 of the 18 fish we brought to the boat in the last two days. Fish with the current on the runout.

All but one fish we caught had green label sized herring in their bellies.

Our solution for success is very similar to Kramer's. 80-120 FOW, Ace Hi Fly, Red or Green eChip Flasher, 40-46 inch leader, troll with it 1-5 feet off bottom.

Did I read that right? As in 72 inches?

Yep, long leaders worked for us.

Nice Fish Ryley! and everyone else.

Had about an hour spell at the bottom of the low, where the action went left, left ,left-right ,left 3 outa 5 to the boat, 1 nate. Green Hootchie 42" behind breakaway.

Didn't touch a thing today.

It looks like excellent fishing with beautiful chinook.
This thread has talked me into giving it a try Friday.

The top end is on fire now!

The middle end is seriously cooling down.

The lower end is still producing some fish as they trickle up the Green and in to Lake Wa.

Me personally: Been out 3 trips and have yet to have a take down. It's all about location...location...location...and I have not been in the right location at the right time.

Looks like Opher is back!!!!!!