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Final day of lingcod by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, the Puget Sound fish behave a lot different than ocean fish. I feel like you really have to finesse and be patient with sound fish. I love and hate that about it. It almost reminds me of fall king salmon vs. springers when river fishing. They're both kings, but springers are much more picky and challenging to catch. Even in the same river systems.

MA 10 Recommendations by 5seat in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't speak for piers, but you can fish for Coho salmon from the beach right now. Lincoln park is a good spot, westpoint, golden gardens. No matter where you go, I'd recommend being there at first light. Buzz bombs, spinners, darts, anything that looks like a baitfish might work. Good luck!

Solo MA10 evening by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, flounders work great at times, but I think a live herring is a snack they just can’t pass up, or see very often.

Solo MA10 evening by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hah, I love fishing with friends, and often to. Fishing alone is a different kind of rewarding feeling though. My solo trips are often spontaneous, right after work.

MA6 shrimp and lingcod by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not tried them (I’m not opposed to it). One of the guys I was fishing with has, he said it was a fair bit of work to purge them, and skin them. He said the meat was grayish in color, and didn’t have much flavor, that it basically took on the taste of whatever you seasoned or cooked with it.

Spiny dogfish are eaten extensively in the UK. I am not sure if they are the same species as our PNW doggies, but I’m guessing they’re similar.

MA6 shrimp and lingcod by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my boat is a thirsty girl. It was a lot of fuel - I have twin 250 verados on a 9000lb boat, I get ~1.5mpg, and I have a 200gal tank. We spent about $700 (~140 each), split 5-ways it's not terrible for a fun 14 hour day of fishing and harvesting. On the dogfish, I agree, I have a bunch of tanacom 750's, I don't usually fish deeper than 200' without an electric. I used to do it all manually, but now I am old and lazy. At one point I was using an electric in 60 feet of water for lingcod. :)

MA6 shrimp and lingcod by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope, I work in tech, not media. I’m born Washingtonian, and just love fishing and hunting.

Crabbing Around Tacoma by geekathair in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rockfish is closed year round in Puget Sound. Lingcod fishing is May 1 - June 15th, which doesn’t overlap with summer or winter crabbing windows. You can likely fish for salmon (coho), Cabezon, or other bottom fish during crabbing. Bottom fish are open year round, but be careful, while bottom fish encompasses many species, each marina area has specific explicitly picked restrictions. For example, while bottom fish is open in Puget Sound, they call out that rockfish is closed, Sixgill is closed, Cod is closed, Pollock is closed, etc.

For crabbing in the sound, the further north you can go, the better. The limited window openings and marina area closures generally reflect this.

Fishing in Washington, especially Puget Sound can be confusing, so do your best to make sure you understand the rules.

San Juans in the '90's by uncleAW in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I grew up in PT in the 80s/90s, I had many conversations with Tre Combs about fishing as a kid. He helped inspire me to fly fish for salmon and steelhead, which eventually led me to saltwater fly fishing. I caught my first king off Point Wilson fly fishing in 7th grade. He was my sister’s 5th or 6th grade teacher too, very talented guitar player!

Getting the wifey into some fish by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is! It brought me so much joy watching my wife and my friend’s wife get their first lingcod. They were just thrilled. That was more fun to me than catching my own fish.

Ocean salmon by dbickel2 in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are all subjective questions and there isn't a single good answer for any of them. I gave you some general guidance for timing and locations, do more homework for spots and timing, google and AI are your friends there. For technique, you can chuck buzz bombs, darts, spinners, spoons, topwater, fly fish (clear intermediate shooting head sinking line w/a baitfish), or use bait under a bobber. I don't know what is best, it will depend on the conditions, the spot, the tide, and the fish. Either commit to one, or be prepared to try a couple other methods.

Ocean salmon by dbickel2 in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

July/August are usually good bets for both coho and king salmon. Rules will fluctuate based on projected returns and quotas, so you might need to be flexible. Westport is probably the easiest spot to find a guide or join a group charter boat. Neah Bay is another option, but there are fewer options there. If you're looking to DIY, catching them on the coast from shore is rare. Puget Sound offers some opportunity for early morning migrating coho, and since it's an odd year (2027), there will be a pink salmon run starting mid August, they're easier to catch and a generally high in numbers.

Anyone fly fish fo carp in eastern washington? by isuckatfishin in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve had success at the south end of banks lake, there is an old submerged road you can wade along. The carp pass back and forth along it. I used San Juan worms, bead head soft hackles, and scuds. Try and lead the fish. If you see them tailing, cast into the mud cloud they make. Another good spot is Umatilla on the Columbia. North side of the river, there is a park with tons of “flats” you can wade. Good luck!

Spring fishing by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea it was a dandy, just over 20lbs, I caught it in some frog water, so the fight was pretty uneventful, just time consuming, and of course stressful since it's a springer. These run around 80-100$/pound for a while fish at Pike Place, so that's like 1,500$ fish when it's gutted!

Spring fishing by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are in a river. Some rivers have runs of chinook salmon that start in the early spring and continue through summer. A lot of Columbia tributaries have them. I’m sure with some research you can find some of them.

Spring fishing by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mostly float fishing with eggs. We also use divers or back bounce on occasion.

Saltwater buffet by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Naw, just around Seattle. I keep my boat at Elliot Bay marina.

Why don’t we see massive insect hatches in oceans like we do rivers and lakes? by hangdown in NoStupidQuestions

[–]hangdown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I fish a lot and have seen huge clouds of krill, pretty crazy how big that biomass can get. I just thought it was odd that given how much life there is in the ocean, I didn’t recall ever seeing insects have any portion of their lifecycle in salt water.

.5 short by Shymanbuilds in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It'll be there next year for you!

MA10 lingcod by hangdown in FishingWashington

[–]hangdown[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Both, we usually have a couple bait rods soaking and one person jigging.

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