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By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 11/13/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The chums were rolling in thick to the hatchery this evening! But they are still very bite shy. A buddy and I fished for about an hour and a half (3:30-5:00). We used up some left-over freezer herring...
By: Cozmo4196
Posted: 9/9/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/8/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the water at first light on the hunt for Coho along the Toandos Peninsula(specifically Thorndyke Bay). Drifted with the tide in, through and out of the bay tossing 2.5" blue/white buzzbombs. Hooke...
By: Cozmo4196
Posted: 2/25/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/23/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Trolled and tossed spoons for most the afternoon. Targeted structure(pilings, submerged rocks, ect). The girlfriend hooked into one tiny 2lb Coho on a 50/50 Little Cleo. It was her first fish ever so ...
By: noreaster
Posted: 8/1/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Potlatch at about 5:30, motored over to Alderbrook. Trolled between there and Union with many other boats. Tried herring, green hoochies and green spoons behind green flashers. No bites ev...
By: schu7498
Posted: 10/21/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
The ol doggies are pouring into the canal. Go stock up on those eggs, winter steel love em!
By: schu7498
Posted: 7/18/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well the pinks are running on the hood canal. Went out yesterday evening and saw a few schools. Went out this evening and they came rolling in thick. Way more fish compared to yesterday. Crazy what a ...
By: christophertroy
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
spent the morning watching fish go by.... lots a fish next to the hatchery. pink buzz bomb and other misc pink lures... not a strike. maybe mext time. One fish caught by someone on shore... thats it.
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/27/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend was a huge treat for me. My clients from work have a cabin right on the water and let my girlfriend and I stay out there for the weekend. The trip was cut short due to some medical issues...
By: chongo469
Posted: 10/25/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/25/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Fished on Saturday at Hoodsport for chum.... Fish are not in yet ( at least in big numbers ). Hooked a few but nothing to write home about, and very rainy and windy.... Best part of the day was eating...
By: SpencerJ
Posted: 10/31/2016
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/31/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Hit the water around 11 and dealt with the wind and waves (they look taller from a kayak). Paddled around the shoal and started out with a purple/silver blue fox spinner. Still have yet to catch anyt...
Posted: 10/20/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2022
Hot Spots: 3
MONSTER HOOKNOSE COHO COMING UP THE SKOKOMISH TIDE FLATS! WOW!
Fished one of the river mouth channels with a pink spinner and landed this coho-zilla. Probably what 16+ lbs?
Directions to how to ...
By: JoshH
Posted: 11/3/2019
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I participated in the 2019 Salmon Slayride benefitting Heroes on the Water, and actually won!
60 kayak anglers from all around the Pacific Northwest showed up to have a ton of fun and to help out ...
Posted: 9/26/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skokomish Tide Flats with my friend and dog. The Creel Reports have been showing super-hot fishing there the last 3 seasons. Parked along the side of the river just south of power lines whe...
By: Nook2387h
Posted: 8/13/2023
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2023
Hot Spots: 3
Insane fishing on the skokomish river tide flats.
Full 4 fish limits!!!!!!! of Chinook for everyone in my crew in less than 2 hours out on the saltwater area of the Skokomish river tide flats.
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By: Nook2387h
Posted: 8/19/2023
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2023
Hot Spots: 1
Filled the cooler with 4 Chinook from down at the Skokomish Tide Flats again. 4 fish limit of chinook is going to fill my garage freezer really fast!
Nice going down on weekdays with way less peopl...
By: Nook2387h
Posted: 8/21/2023
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2023
Hot Spots: 2
Took my buddy down and he got into some nice king action at the Skokomish tide flats. Took home a couple bright chinook happy as a clam.
More fish are coming in a little darker. Might not be much l...
By: Nook2387h_v2
Posted: 9/16/2023
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Walked the river trail down to check out the coho action on the Skokomish river out at the mouth in preparation for the OCT 1st opener of the lower river fresh water.
You can fish the saltwater now...
By: Sharkbait123
Posted: 10/31/2021
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/31/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Halloween Chum run on Hood Canal, it was an absolute bloodbath! The bilge pump kicked on and left a blood trail behind the boat on the way back to the dock! A similar event earlier this year is how Sh...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/24/2015
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish today with my friends Robbie and Rseas and as a bonus we got to try out one of the Life Proof Boats , the 21 foot run about model. Well, by “try out” I should say we got to go along as p...
By: fajitamondays
Posted: 10/31/2015
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It took a lot of self-encouragement to hop in the car and make the drive out to Hoodsport this morning with the wind howling and the rain coming down by the inches. In fact, I was still considering a ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I met my buddy from Longview with his boat at Potlatch state park boat ramp at 7:30 and there were only a few trailers in the parking lot so was encouraged but while we were getting ready about 4 boat...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/7/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/7/2011
Hot Spots: 3
The chum are in big time at Hoodsport! Got to fish today with WL.com regular natetreat who is as big a fan of chum salmon as I am. It has been several years since I've been to Hoodsport and I was as e...
By: losaturn
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Clams
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With the -3.0 tides this week, a friend and I hit up his familie's private beach over on the canal. We did fairly well, with two limits of Geoducks and three bonus horse clams in 1 1/2 hours of diggin...
By: arniejl
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to a long time friends on Hood Canal with part of my family. That would be wife, step daughter and step son. My friend has a beautiful place there with lot's of lodging and, well, pretty much ev...
By: arniejl
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Day two of two:
After about a 16 hour soak we went to pull the pots in for the week. Got 7 more keepers. Highlight of the day was a nearly 9 inch crab. It was a monster. I wanted to mount it but ...
