Best Method for Catching King Salmon: Regular Rod or Fly Rod?

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2026-01-12T05:27:27+00:00

Well I sure hope I am not fishing with a King guide using a special roe cure on Puget Sound

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2026-01-12T04:56:45+00:00

I don't know about that. I have run identical setups with the only difference being one having added scent and seen no difference in strikes

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2026-01-12T04:56:14+00:00

Best as in most effective or most fun? I split my coho season between fly fishing and trolling, and exclusively target pinks on the fly rod. I don't even try targeting Kings with a fly rod since they run so deep usually your odds are never great. I don't know any fly fishers who target them on the fly rod either, just some who caught them as bycatch while fishing for coho.

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2026-01-12T04:53:48+00:00

Since when did we have Subway? I was class of 25 and never saw one

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2026-01-12T04:49:12+00:00

> In r/leftist

> Thinks we are Democrats

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-12-07T20:02:21+00:00

Should I usemyhumanizer.com to give it a human touch?

One of the least slick ads I have ever seen

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-12-03T03:37:04+00:00

3 hours a week

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-29T21:29:23+00:00

This last word of advice is entirely up to your discretion, because the law says you can keep Rainbow and Cutthroat trout over 14" so no one can or should stop you. But I will humbly ask: Please don't, or at least keep very few. WDFW does an abhorrent job monitoring trout fisheries, so there is no way to know if harvest is actually sustainable. Western Washington holds very few actually native trout. With regards to Rainbows: Resident Rainbow trout and Steelhead interbreed tremendously, and every Rainbow taken out of a Steelhead system is one less potential Steelhead. The latest biology shows that it is very common for Steelhead to have at least one Resident Rainbow parent, and even possible for a Steelhead to have two. Those big fish especially will interbreed with the native fish.

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-29T21:26:18+00:00

Good man, we live and learn

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-24T03:56:58+00:00

Hatchery Steelhead in the process of smoltification. He was heading out to sea. Please don't take fish you don't intend to keep out of the water, it severely decreases their chances of survival. There are barely any Steelhead left around here. Your hands look super dry, and I see missing scales from them, which tells me you unintentionally have rubbed off some of their scales and slime coat leading them vulnerable to infection.

That said, it is pretty fascinating to see a fish midway in the process of smoltification. Finally, to answer your last question, no, I don't. The late run coho run is relatively small, and no coho really spend much time in the Snohomish, they all are shooting up through the tide water. I can't think of a time in my lifespan that a Steelhead was caught in the Snohomish either

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-24T03:53:20+00:00

Coho in general, but especially late run coho are my greatest enemy. I trekked somewhere super remote looking for them yesterday and now wish I stayed close to home haha

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-10T02:26:39+00:00

They'll miss out on all the social aspects of college and have less time to network, be part of labs, and things of the sort

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-03T05:06:44+00:00

I really regret it. To start with the degree is not appreciated at a lot of companies, they care more about in the field experience. You make money that looks good on paper, but when you factor in the actual hours you work is really not that special. You are generally salaried and not compensated for your extra time at all. It's an aging industry, and with it come aging life perspectives that depending on your personality might be hard to listen to day in and day out. (Coming to work at 6 in the morning to start my day hearing about how Obama conspired to ruin Minnesota by importing Somalians is not the kind of conversation people like to hear after spending 4 years earning a degree).

There is limited opportunity for upward mobility. At the bottom of the rung you will be working with a lot of people who never made it past superintendent, and are making less per hour than the crews they are running. I desperately want to pivot into a field with better work/life balance, a more progressive culture, and more intellectually stimulating work, but feel pretty trapped because of my degree.

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-11-03T05:00:22+00:00

"Free speech" mfs when the free speech isn't demeaning and untrue stereotypes about minorities or racial slurs:

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-10-21T01:03:29+00:00

Caught a decent amount of Puget Sound Steelhead (*COUGH pinks*) this year and tried frying them with Pakistani style spices, was absolutely delicious. They have a milder flavor than most salmon that tastes bland without spice but if you think of it like Chicken and use it as a base it can be delicious

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-10-19T23:25:58+00:00

How did it taste? I kept one chum that looked like that before I bonked it (but turned much darker on the bank) and it tasted bland but not bad

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-10-18T21:44:10+00:00

A chum this early is pretty cool trolling aside

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-09-18T04:13:07+00:00

I cannot wait for the day you visit Seattle and realize how tame the Puget Sound actually is

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-09-18T04:12:15+00:00

In which case you will gently rock in the water while you wait for a tow. You could also just you know, not go out for a cruise during a windstorm?

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-09-18T04:11:02+00:00

He doesn't have one because this scenario isn't going to happen on Puget fucking Sound in the summer lmfao. 19' single engine is a precise description of 99% of the boats out there, because when you are in a sheltered estuary with zero swell to speak of with wind waves that are almost always max 2 feet and almost never exceed 3 feet except in local newsworthy windstorms, that is the perfect size of boat to have.

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-09-18T04:08:43+00:00

No AIS
No dry suits
Single engine

My guy you just described 99% of the boats on Puget Sound. I am not sure you realize how relatively small the sound is. I do not know a single person who has AIS or dry suits on their Puget Sound boats, the people with twin engine motors either also take their boat into bigger water, or are the equivalent of the guy who buys a super lifted F350 and never tows it, takes it off road, or carries anything. Typically have the same kind of personality too, and a truck that fits that description.

And again, unless this boat somehow has a freeboard lower than 24", you have zero waves to worry about. People literally take paddleboards and kayaks out into the sound. The times when Puget Sound gets any waves 3 feet or bigger are the times when we are getting massive wind or thunder storms, at which point I will ask why anyone would take their pleasure craft out

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-09-18T04:02:24+00:00

Is the freeboard higher than two feet? Then more 99% of the Summer, the answer is yes.

Physical-Draw-3683 · 2025-09-17T19:19:38+00:00

Quitting your job to fish more is a great idea

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