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07/29/2013
71° - 75°
Casting
Pink Salmon
Pink
Sunny
Jigs
Evening
07/30/2013
4
1774

My husband, neighbor, and I decided on a last minute quick trip to Browns point. My neighbor had never fished salmon from the beach before and he wanted to learn how. We arrived at 8:15pm I set him up with a pink jig explain to him "twitching." I keep on Toni's Wannafishalure pink jig and second cast in I get a good hookset. Fish takes line straight out and just keeps going and going. Much nicer when they dont go along the beach and mess everyone else up. Its one long run tired it out and I get it back in. A really nice sized hen football pink just over 25." Shortly after 3 other guys hook up. Then theres a lull for maybe 30 minutes and I hook into another big pink just at the tip of my pole. This one starts jumping like mad and swims straight at the beach and jumps out of the water onto land. Easiest fish fight ever. 24" hen pink. Then we start seeing fish surfacing maybe 20ft off shore. First time fishing browns point that we actually saw what seemed to be a school. 1st cast in I hook into one. I lose my flipflop and the then lose the fish. Park security comes down right as my fish popped off, its 9:15 and says park is closed. Darn, bad timing as the school was RIGHT there. Pretty good for only an hour of fishing. Small quick twitches and then letting the jig sink before i twitch again. Basically a coho twitch. Dont forget to fish the lure all the way to your feet, dont just reel up quick once your lure gets close. A lot of fish will come up and take it 2ft of water. Also I forgot to mention in the last report, we are using mikes shrimp scent, which might be making all the difference.


Comments

Toni
7/30/2013 1:23:00 PM
Great report...Fish jumping onto shore. Have to love that!
tele_maniac
7/30/2013 1:28:00 PM
Sounds like a good time! Thanks for the details.
flyfisherguy
7/30/2013 2:24:00 PM
Way to go Alycia! I'm anxious to get back out there with you and Dan later this week. Looks like it might be only Saturday this week, but planning to be there Thursday and Friday on the next two weeks. I'll call you guys and let you know when I'm heading your way. Leave a few of them for me please! hehe
BentRod
7/30/2013 2:45:00 PM
Awesome report! Nice work. Send some of that luck my way please! lol.
welove2fish
7/30/2013 7:55:00 PM
Thats an awesome report...Im kinda new to beach fishin for the pinks.My girlfriend has never caught a salmon yet and is starting to get discourged...I took her to the Puyallup and the Nisqually last year and once to Dash Pt. this year but shes never hooked up ...can you or someone on here take us with someday? That would be nice to go with someone with experience
salmonbarry
7/30/2013 8:08:00 PM
haha! love that when fish beach themselves! I was down there yesterday from 5pm until about 7:30 and was pretty slow so glad you got there when it turned on. I will hit it 1st light in the AM so let you know how it goes. It is right on my way to the office in Fife so once again, I will be in waders and a suit! lol
salmonbarry
7/30/2013 9:07:00 PM
@welove2fish- keep at it as it is early and the "wall" is moving down the Sound and should hit by next week so any beach will host schools of pinks. Take notes on all these great reports and you will be sure to catch her a pink this year; hit the points if possible.
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