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By: docholiday
Posted: 8/19/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took the girlfriend, dog, rod and reel out to Dash Point to try my luck from the beach after hearing some good reports the previous couple days.
I will admit I got out a little late ~9 and perfect ...
By: Think Pink
Posted: 8/19/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Dash Point Pier was pulling about 50 per hour( out of 100 people on the pier) I was in a boat 250' to the east. We got around 8 fish on and landed 1 pink. Not sure what we were doing different. Had ...
By: BentRod
Posted: 8/18/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got back from family vacation yesterday and read all the promising reports of the Pink run, so bugged my wife until she let me out of unpacking duties for a few hours. Hit up the shore in MA 11 from ...
By: aquaking
Posted: 8/18/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started out around 5:30 at Dash Point. Tossed out the crab pots and trolled between Browns pt and Dash pt. Had white flasher with squid and my buddy had a cowbell with squid. 25ft down in 40ft of wate...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 8/17/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Sewage leak be damned.
Went to the pier for about 30 minutes during my lunch break. Arrived about 1300 on incoming tide.
THEY'RE HERE!!!
In the time we were there there was maybe 3 whole minu...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/17/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day for me again on the salt and even worse for the Tin Cup! Had 2 guys scheduled to go with me today but they had to bail at the last minute; I was so excited to get the Tin Cup out after rep...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/17/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I got to the Point Defiance Boat launch about 4:45am. Cami and Glen were late. Kokanee Kid (Chuck)was on his way. The plan had been to fish for Kings at the Slag Pile until Chuck got there. By the ti...
By: Gwendylyn
Posted: 8/17/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the launch at Redondo about 7am & the fish checker lady said we better get out there because 3 boats just came back with a couple limits each! We hustled up & headed to Browns Point and spen...
By: flyguynye
Posted: 8/17/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the water around 7 this morning and left at 10 with 7 fish.. Pretty good day. Had fun chatting with all the people along the shore and had lots of opportunity to see different tactics and try s...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I was in line at the dock when the gates opened because I got there early enough to get parking on the side. I think I caught a fish in the first 10 minutes I was in the water. A few others caught som...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got in the line at the top of the hill to wait for the gate to open. My sister-in-law Pinkpole was already parked. She called my cell phone and said the gate was open. But the line wasn’t moving, ...
By: Gwendylyn
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tough going today. We spent a few too many hours between Redondo & Dash Point without so much as a bump today. Only a few boats out this afternoon but everyone we talked to shared our crummy luck toda...
By: ReelyFun
Posted: 8/12/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well my buddy Moose and I had some time to fish 5 out 7 days this week, only taking Thurs and Sat off. And traded Moose for my Wife for the evening Sunday fishing. Really beat down. So here is what w...
By: Kaptain King
Posted: 8/12/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
NOTHING! NADA! NILL!!!
That about sums it up. My buddy and I got to the lighhouse at 6:15AM and fished through the tide change, hoping that would do the trick. High tide was at 7:37AM. We fished un...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Finally success!!! so after 2 very frustrating weeks and over 30 hours in my boat without a single fish was getting pretty frustrated so after my futile attempt to break the losing streak on the Puya...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So I was concerned that the crazy thunderstorm and low pressure during the night was going to take the bite off for the Gig Harbor derby and boy was I correct. Had to get a later start then I had hop...
By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 8/10/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After dropping the wife off at the salon, I headed out to Pt. Defiance Boathouse to try my luck. Within the first 10 minutes, I hooked a pink but it managed to slip off as the guy next to me was tryi...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 8/10/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/9/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Arrived at Dash Point Pier about 1815 on incoming tide.
A few were leaving without fish when we arrived and not too crowded - not a good sign.
Cast pink buzz bombs in 1.5" and 2.5" followed by m...
By: Forelle
Posted: 8/10/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tried our luck with Chinook at Pt.D. Downriggers at 55 and 65, coho killer and cookie and cream. No love. Went over to Dash and Browns Point late morning and early afternoon. We threw buzz bombs, lost...
By: Dustin07
Posted: 8/10/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Why aren't sharks an option for target species? I'm pretty sure I was targeting them today! ;)
My buddy ran a combination of different lures, spoons, kingfishers, and hootchies. I stuck to just one...
By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 8/9/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went there right after work and after 30 minutes of casting, I hooked into a nice bright pink but as I was bringing it over the rails, he came unbuttoned. Not a single bite after that until around 8:...
By: Mong_fisherman
Posted: 8/9/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a little late and I apologize for it.
Went fishing right after I got off work at 5:30 pm at Pt. Defiance Boathouse only because it's about 5 minutes away from my house. It only took...
By: Bank drifter
Posted: 8/6/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water early with one of my all time best fishing friends. Got into a fish around 6:30-photo attached, feisty. Then nothing for a while. My friend got one around 8:40AM, then nothing. Almos...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 3
After my dismal fishing adventure on Friday I had better hopes of at least getting into something for the derby Saturday so I picked up my fishing partner at 4am in Kent and we were at the Pt Defiance...
By: huf
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished dash off the kayak once again. Arrived at 0900 and the tide was low. Paddled out a couple of feet from shore and started casting, on the second cast hooked and landed a nice pink. Paddled aroun...