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Posted: 9/17/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2014
Hot Spots: 1
North of the White river ... fished for a few hours after work. .... fish rolling around everywhere ... used black yarn ... got a nice one after about an hour ...
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Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went down to the puyallup river/carbon river seam after i tried the nisqually with no luck,I fished until around 8:30 pm.I saw a lot of fish surface and a couple guys catch some nice chromers.I figu...
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Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fish the river better when the water is clear, but I'm getting impatient. I started on the carbon, but left after about 10 min. The water is still too dirty n. I then went to 115th st hole. There ...
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Posted: 9/26/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 6-dark in what seemed like high water at the soccer fields, fish were all up on the banks hooked one in the pool upstream from the rocks after hitting opposite bank, then saw fish near shore on...
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By: pinkpole
Posted: 9/27/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got into my first silver on the Puyallup this morning. Did not land it. I was distracted and honestly thought I was on another snag until it jumped. I saw only one other fish and he landed h...
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Posted: 9/28/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 5th st using bobber and eggs, spinners, bobber and jigs, buz bombs. A lot of casting practice and learning to read river and working gear. NOT any fish were caught while I was there but some gu...
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Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I finally caught one this morning, it was pretty dark though. Mr fire truck was about 4 or 5 lbs. He took a purple jig. Purple/white is my second hottest color, but I added more legs and tried some g...
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Posted: 10/19/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my fishing buddy and his son hit the puyallup early and when we started it wasn't until about an hour or so later that we saw the first other risers to come out and fish. It was good practice f...
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By: ilikefish
Posted: 10/28/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Conducted a scouting trip down to the lower river to see if the chum might be in. There were some fish, but the seals were Chasing them around. One seal caught a nice chum. He made it look very easy a...
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Posted: 11/10/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the upper section on the morning, mostly checking for high water areas to fish. I mostly used sardine wrapped kwikfish either flat line from shore or with side planer. I threw jigs a little a...
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Posted: 11/18/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I met up with a buddy and started where the carbon/Puyallup meet, I caught one dollie right away, it was about 16 inches. We worked out way down the river, eventually we arrived at one of my favorit...
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Posted: 11/21/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kid down to try to get him a fish for his 16th birthday. We didn't start fishing until 4 so there was barely any time. Before we got to the hole err could see fish rolling. I had him start ...
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Posted: 12/14/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
With the water lowering I decided to try the Puyallup one last time this year. I went to my usual chum spot and only one other angler there. After about an hour of trying to get the hang of the new cu...
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Posted: 12/14/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So we arrived at first light, I had the kid started first. After about 15 minutes I started casting also, right away I saw a coho hit my jig right at the bank, I set the hook and the line breaks. ...
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Posted: 12/28/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went down Saturday morning for about an hour, water was high as usual. I saw one fish roll when I was putting my waders on, that was the only action for me. The river closes on the 31st, might get ...
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Posted: 1/1/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went down Tuesday after work to try to get anything really. I got there at about 4, so there was only a little bit of time to fish. As usual I was at 116th st hole. I crossed the tail out (jus...
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Posted: 8/1/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the usual spot, just downstream of where the White dumps in. Water was surprisingly high, guessing more water was released at Mud Mountain Dam. It would be best to wait maybe a week or two more- n...
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Posted: 8/2/2015
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Got down to Friedman Road 8-12 people fishing not very many fish caught. Fished for an hour and got two pinks, was a good fishing hour to end the day.
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By: drifter04
Posted: 8/4/2015
Species: Shad
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
actually scouted spent 4 hrs up and down most popular spots talking and watching . total about 50 or more fishing seen 1 chinook and 1 silver and about 8 maybe 9 pinks.went to levee rd which was clos...
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By: dadamunky
Posted: 8/5/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the Puyallup up at sun up, still slow, not worth the trip if your thinking about traveling. Some fish caught I got 1, lot more guys than fish...couple more weeks.
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By: 69
Posted: 8/5/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with my dad today. We fished around freeman road and got nothing for 2 hours. One side of the river was on fire the whole 2 hours. So we start thinking outside the box.. The water is shallow ov...
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Posted: 8/7/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today hit the puyullup around 930am...stayed most of the day until 5ish. The pinks are running hard. Time to get your poles in the water. I hooked about 20 total landed about 15..some snagged so had t...
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By: RS0530
Posted: 8/8/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from about 5:30p - 9p. Saw a couple fish caught near me, but I didn't have any luck. It was the first time I've ever fished for Pinks and the first time I've river fished in about 12 years. I'l...
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By: drifter04
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well started in morning for 5 hrs down behind old k mart I did not do so good today hooked 3 lost 3 but thats ok . try again tues. talked to some folks and they said they had to work hard even the one...
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Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Did the Puyallup on Sunday night and it did not disappoint. Landed around 10 fish and had about that many more fights. Remember light tackle for these fish. Light weight and please stay barbless. Used...
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