Is it over?

Colleen Riche: Fish Enemy

Definitely a lull in the action. We need a squirt of fresh fish for sure.

It's never too late.

From today's PI

The pink salmon finally showed up in their usual north Sound spots, with large catches now in the Mukilteo-Edmonds area and good catches being reported along the beaches on the west side of Whidbey Island. They're also still thick off Sekiu in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and scattered from there inside all the way to the mouth of the Puyallup River

Load the Slough Buggy, warm up the FTL and program the following coordinates into the launcher...

The Launcher

Pink Salmon On The Run

Pink In The Net

Native Trout Files: Coastal Cutthroat

Sea Run Cutthroat

Patrolling the beaches and estuaries of the Puget Sound Oncorhynchus clarki clarki exists at the fringes of the ecosystem. Competing directly with Pacific salmon and steelhead the sea run cutt lives on the edge of what is considered suitable habitat for salmonids. Spawning occurs in the smallest streams and thinnest headwaters. Once hatched the young cutthroat are forced into marginally productive nursery waters by its larger cousins. Coastal cutthroat fill what must be the smallest and least fertile niche in the coldwater ecosystem. Not just enduring but thriving, benefiting from mandatory catch & release regulations and providing a great fishery for Puget Sound area fly fishers.

A Bad Pink Habit

Pink Salmon From The Beach

Humble, gracious, saintly; the pink salmon is truly the Mother Theresa of the salmons.

Your 4 seconds of fame are up.

This was supposed to be a snapshot but our friend Snapdad was having technical difficulties. Crank the volume and you'll completely understand.
Anyhoo... here's Asshooked with a salmon from the beach.

PINKA PINKA PINKA PINK!

Two pinks and a cutthroat! First pinks of the '07 run for yours truly.

They're there...

It's official, as per Jon Aqui the pink salmon are in. It looks as if Browns Point is the place to be to intercept a large portion of the
3.3 million Puget Sound humpies that are vectoring in on the Puyallup River.
Don't forget that there's coho out there too! Get to your local beach and drown some flies. Let us know how you do.

Getting Close

Looks like the humpies are starting to trickle in down around Browns Point. Those fish had to swim by Seattle to get there so there should be some pink action around here. Right?

Stay tuned to this fly fishing blog for the latest in pink salmon action.

Doug Rose, one of my favorite writers, has put his own website up on the internets. The best part is his fly fishing blog, lots of current info on the beaches, rivers and lakes of the Olympic Peninsula. RAH!

"Woot"

Rain, outgoing tide, bait present; decent conditions for some mid-day salmon action on the neighborhood beach. A good way to kill time before we hit the pub.
Thee Trouthole and myself hit the water at about 1:30. By 1:45 I had landed the one and only fish of the day.
The resident coho squirted out of the water in low hurdling arcs, except for my fly in its mouth looking like the bait that it was chasing moments earlier. A couple of splashy tail walks thrown in for show.
First salmon of the year, Huzzah!

For the latest speculation on the incoming pink salmon run check out the Saltwater Forum over at WAFF. Watch the anticipation build over the next few weeks as lies are told, predictions are made and fly recipes are swapped. Pink salmon sightings will be reported, rumors of early fish whispered.
Then it will all stop. The local internets will be quiet re: pink salmon. And that is when you will know that the pinks are in.

"A huge pink salmon return this year is close to twice as many as returned in 2005"