Paul R. - Area 10 Winter Blackmouth

Went out Saturday morning to try my luck at these tender morsels and the weather was by my standards awesome!! Cold, a little chop and a breeze. Started in Appletree and after a slow 30 minutes had a hookup but not to be. A bit later a different story…. Battaboom battabing a 26” hatchery bright and beautiful winter chinook in the box. A bit later a nice 23” hatchery we let go to keep fishing. Gave it a bit longer then moved to JH. Started south side and trolled across the flats. WDFW fish checker came along side and as it happened a great taste down. Short fight then ‘SNAP’!! Line broke well above flasher, with the full lumber yard out there not hard to figure out what happened there. About 10 minutes later BOOMSHAKALAKA!! Fish on!! This time BONK… in the box and done. Green hoochies were best producers on bottom. Nothin fancy just the normal stuff. Gonna give it hell this weekend so hopefully more reports to come

Tight lines

VP

Capt. Paul Kim - 2nd weekend Winter Blackmouth

The weather finally calmed down, but the participation was high for the 2nd weekend of the A10 BM fishery.
Lots of fishers out there, it was like playing dodge ball with the boats along with collison avoidance with the deadheads and debris field from the king tides and all the recent rains and snow. Be careful mariner friends!
Fishing has been consistent with larger cookies and cream spoons fished deep between 90-130' to avoid the shakers. Not much bait is showing but with all the debris around, the herring are just under hiding and feeding on invertebrates. A mooched herring or presented jig shouldn't be overlooked to include in your arsenal. Was nice to see a few other NKPSA members on the water this weekend.
If you missed last week's Fish Hunt NW, below is the link for the YouTube if you would like to know more about our Puget Sound Squid fishery.
https://youtu.be/PG0q4uDeBl0

Have a great week everyone Fish ON!!!
~CPK

Capt. Paul Kim - Winter Blackmouth!

Had the chance to fish Sunday the 2nd and welcomed aboard the first fish of 2022. The marine forecast called for Gales and I wasn't planning to fish, but the alure of hungry blackmouth was too strong and I made an impromptu outing and told myself I'd make 1 pass and head in if it started blowing too hard.

My gut proved to be right, the wind never materialized and had 3 fish on with the last being a keeper. It felt good to shake hands with salmon once again after a few month hiatus.

Wishing all the NKPSA members much health, wealth with friendships, and prosperity in the New Year.

If anyone is planning to attend this years Seattle Boat Show, I will presented a seminar on Boat Squidding on Feb 12th on stage #1 @ 14:00. Hope to see you there and or on the water.

Cheers

Capt Paul

Chris M. - Sea run cutthroat

Spent a great afternoon chasing sea run  cutthroat from the shoreline . These feisty fish are just a blast on light tackle and put on a real show for themselves .

Any light gear and  a handful of small spoons will work . This is a catch and release fisheries , barbless hooks .  Try any gravel shoreline . I like a steeper gradient bank and were a creek runs in too!

 Just a beautiful fall day fishing !

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Jim F. - Fishing report - Edmonds

Thad McManus, Ron Bruhn, Sam Stout, Mark Hanis and I fished with Capt. Dale on the Ruby D Charters out of Edmonds who picked us up in Kingston at 6:30 a.m. Fished the tank farm south of Edmonds using green and glow lures and white hoochies. Had five keepers, lost 4 keepers and 7 shakers between 7 a.m. and noon. Fish were small…4# to 7#. Fished between 200’ and 600’ of water, relatively shallow (35’ to 50’). Using 3 or 4 poles at a time.

Everyone had a good time ragging on the fisherman with the pole. The fish we caught in the past seemed to have gotten bigger with the retelling. We would all do it again.

Greg R. - Bush Point / Lagoon Point

Set out in the dark at 0630 on Sunday. Shook the dice and headed for Bush/Lagoon Point. After a couple crappy weather days, we couldn’t have asked for better conditions. With a big ebb tide we decided to drop just South of Bush and let mother nature take us North. Lines in the water eater at around 0650, zig-zag’ed between 300’-400’ by the time we passed Lagoon Point we had five fish at the boat. We let one wild go and boxed up the other four, 5- 11 pounds. Gear was at 47’ & 69’ on the wire, in order to achieve a decent line angle we were going 5-6 mph. Port side caught all the fish with a plain white hootchie. We shared the news with a few others and the question was quickly asked, “you bought a derby ticket right”? I replied, of course not, that’s why we got a good fish:-) Yes, I should have learned by others (Edmonds Derby) mistakes. Well four nice fish in the freezer and made it home for breakfast!

Tight Lines,

Greg (Shawna Rae)

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Paul R. - Bush Point

Went up to Bush Pt yesterday and found some fish early. Right away released an unclipped coho, then list one, then boated a nice hatchery. Didn’t take long after that going through a few more that I hit my second fish. Both went in the 7.5 lb range. White hoochie from 55 on the wire on down to 115 on the wire.

Capt. Paul report on Area 10

A10 fishing has been stellar without having to discriminate between the non-clipped silvers. We have been taking guests out and usually done by 9 am with limits. Today my sister landed the nicest hook nose buck, could have been a derby worthy fish.

Fish ON!!!

Don White - Fishing Report - Bush Point

I had the privilege of fishing on the Alice E with Captain Tom, and the guy that taught him to fish, his Dad Ed.


At 0745, by the Scatchet Head can, we hooked up on a 10 pounder. 83' with a green metal Silver Horde flasher and a white needlefish hoochie with herring strip.

At 1050 and 1100, after moving to Bush Point, we boxed an 8 and a 9 along with a couple big xtrafins. The needlefish remained hot, and a full size white hoochie joined they fray.

The hard part was watching the Edmonds Coho Derby leaderboard on line...I would have placed 5th...if I had a ticket. Oh well! Just learn from my mistake, and buy a ticket for next week's mini derby!!

Don

The White House

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Bob D. Possession Report

Friday, Paul Rockwell joined Marty Antrim and I and the three of us fished East Possession Bar. What a blast! Being the skipper, I basically ran the boat, mostly to Paul’s suggestions on fishing the bar contours, while Marty and Paul ran the downriggers. For most of the morning, Paul ran hoochies with a herring strip, and Marty ran spoons or Coho killers. Marty was hot early with a chrome pattern coho killer, then Paul got on fire with a full size white hoochie. We hit fish all morning long, including three beautiful coho 10+ pounds…unfortunately, everyone of these large coho was a native, and happily swam away when released.

We started about 7:00 AM, on an outgoing tide, then fished through the tide change, remaining on the East side the entire time. We settled into a bit of circle pattern, which took us out to 250 ft, then back into 100 ft or less. We marked fish and bait both deep and shallow. Paul settled into 77 ft of cable as his favorite, Marty usually about 85 of cable. These two guys were crazy nuts hot….I believe we brought 16 fish to the boat, not counting shakers, releasing 7 native coho before we got our six fish to limit. 5 pinks, one coho. We also released 3 black mouth.

I hope you can get out there, and if you have the chance take Marty or Paul with you…those two guys can fish!!!

Good Luck, Bob Dean

Don White - Sitka Fishing trip

I had the privilege of joining the Nixon family for a trip to Sitka, Alaska. Bruce "The G.O.A.T.", "Alaskan Amber", and Josh "I need to learn how to catch a coho before my son-in-law card is revoked!"

Angling Unlimited is an absolute top-notch operation that runs like a freshly tuned Etec (put those eye rolls away...it is a complement of the highest order in my book)! They run purpose-built walk-around aluminium boats with eclosed cabins, and have the mooching technique dialed in pefectly.

Alaskan Amber took the coho derby with the magnificent fish pictured. My favorite part was the variety. While anchored (never before for salmon), on consecutive drops I caught a 12# coho, halibut, lingcod, and one of the biggest seabass of the trip! Believe me when I say that lings and hali are an adventure on lightweight mooching gear!

Final coho awards: G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time)-Most in a day=8. Alaskan Amber- Biggest (somewhere between 16 and 40 pounds, and getting bigger with each passing day!). Josh-First...FINALLY! (SIL Card still valid....for now). Me- Most Fun in the Heartbreak category (Epic battle with a mid-20's king....10 hours before they re-opened them for retention!).

Don

The White House

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Alaska fishing report by Chimena

My first ever fishing report!! I was blessed to go to the most beautiful place I have ever been. Redoubt Mtn Lodge in Alaska. 2 days of bliss! I was SO BUSY catching didn't really get any photos but my boss and I came back with 30lb of fresh silver salmon. We threw back TONS of dolly vardon and nasty half dead reds.

Fishing next to brown bears was the most spectacular thing I could ever ask for.

Anyone that has the financial ability... I HIGHLY recommend Redoubt lodge. 1 guide per 2 people, very small and WONDERFUL setting. All the Alaskans there said it is the most beautiful place by far.

Thank you, Chimena

Chuck M. report on Coho trip out of Westport

My son, grandson and I were scheduled for the club tuna trip on August 25th on the Goldrush out of Westport. Tuna trip was canceled due to lack of tuna, too far out etc. We were at the docks on the 24th and one boat had gone out and brought back two tuna. Another one was out overnight and only got 44 so we were glad the captain canceled.

 

Anyway, he replaced the tuna trip with a coho trip for me, my son and 12 of my new best friends! Glad we went. Left the dock at 5:30, started fishing about 7. Had our limits at 10:15. Captains yelling—stop fishing! It was fast and furious. Several times we had 2 or 3 coho on at the same time. That is when you meet your new best friend-going over or under their rod and trying to get out of the way of the crew who are trying to net the fish. Caught a few sharks who usually cut the line, lots of wild coho that went back in the water, some mackerel, a king and a pink. We were back at the dock by 11, gathered our fish and left the boat by 11:45 and home by 4 that afternoon—a great day of fishing. Chuck

Mike L. report on shore fishing at PNP

I’ve been shore fishing at Norwegian and PNP for the past month. Originally, it was all pinks and the occasional Chinook or small resident Coho; it’s a banner year for Chinooks from the shore; too bad they have to get a pat on the backside, and sent back onto the field. The past week and a half, it’s been all Coho in the 4-5 lb range, but friends are reporting many pinks still being caught when I’m not there, and a 7lb Coho caught by a buddy who had property near PNP park.

I’ve been averaging a fish every other day. (Some days they are all out in the middle, jumping 300 yards off shore and laughing at me). I’ve been using a 2.5” “Glow” rotator lure (similar to a buzz bomb, 1.5oz) with a pink double glow squid on the tail, and it’s served me well this year.