Fritzy with a large pink salmon.
Since the August 16th river opener for pink salmon, I have been on the water almost every day. The fishing started a little on the slow side, but things have definitely kicked right into high gear! The Skagit and Snohomish systems are both giving up more than their fair share of bright pink salmon. Limits are the norm for those who can just keep their lines wet.
The drill is slow, deeper water adjacent to fast water seams. The tackle includes anything pink, dick nites, jigs, floats, divers, and anything else you can present to the fish LOW and SLOW. On a courtesy note, when fishing for pinks anchoring up is very common and the fish really stack up in certain areas. If someone is in “your hole” just politely ask if you may join in on the fun and more often than not the response will be, “no problem.” A little communication will go a long way!
If you would like to book a trip, lets go now before the fish turn into humpzilla’s. Book for four and pay for three, is the deal I am currently running for the rest of the pink salmon run. If you would like to catch a king salmon without getting sea-sick and driving for hours on end, give Todd Daniels a call. He is on the king’s right now, fishing locally on Lake Sammamish. Check out Hawg Quest in the next few weeks and look for the Lake Sammamish king’s and Snohomish River system pink salmon episode to get an idea of what all the hype is about. See you on the water!
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
P.S. Thank you very much to all whom are reading these blogs, and I want to give a special thanks to my sponsors Bill Boyce, Jim Mercier and Gina at Fetha Styx, along with Glen and Grant Wooldridge at Wooldridge boats! Also, Hawg Quest rules!
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- Four year-old Ben with a pink salmon.
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- Fish-ON!
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- Marco is a happy camper.
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- Father and son with a limit of pinks.
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- Bright river-caught pink salmon.
