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Angler: Mike Carey

Fished: 11/10/2014

Air°: 46° - 50°

Species: Salmon

Bait: None

Weather: Sunny

Tackle: Jig

Time: All Day

Posted: 11/10/2014

Rating: 0

Views: 3285

This is actually a Secret River Report:

Gringo Pescador and I got to fish with Ted Schuman of Winter Run Guide Service today as he taught us his highly successful technique of twitching for salmon in the river. I was introduced to Ted by outdoor writer Jason Brooks who has also fished with and learned a lot from Ted.

We met at the boat launch at crack of dawn, fishing out of his very comfortable 17 foot heated Willey drift boat. After launching the boat Ted broke out his custom made twitching rods from North Fork Custom Rods. These are 7 foot rods specifically made for twitching. I can tell you they do the job excellently and make twitching as comfortable as it could be. We were twitching 5/16 to 3/8 oz River Bend jigs.

The technique Ted uses for twitching is rather unique, but not overly difficult to master once he demonstrated and guided us. We were twitching and learning specific holding water in no time.

Ted guided us down the river hitting various spots he knew could or would hold fish. In no time Gringo had hooked a couple fish, including a drag screaming monster of a chum that came unbuttoned after a 50 yard run. That fish was heading back to the ocean!

We finally found a honey hole that held numbers of fish and started filling the cooler. Highlights of the day include a close to 15 pound brute of a hook nose Gringo caught, and a chrome bright 10 pounder for me. Throw in a couple more nice silvers and several big bad chum and it was a day to remember.

Always nice to learn a new fishing technique (of course, now I need to buy another specialty rod, LOL). Ted was great fun to fish with and very patient with anglers new to twitching. Sorry we lost as many jigs as we did Ted. Another highlight of the day, Ted’s wife makes the anglers homemade brownies and Ted heats them up in his Willey’s pizza oven. Hot brownies on the water, yum!

If you want to learn this incredibly effective method of fishing and have a great day on the water, contact Ted at (253)961-5312. Check out his web site for more information:Winter Run Guide Service

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Gringo Pescador

11/11/2014 7:44:00 AM

This was a blast and those brownies were awesome! Ted is a great guide! Knows the rivers and very patient. From what I saw we were definitely the hot boat on the river. I've twitched for pinks for years, this was a little different but with his instruction I was able to adapt and conquer. I love feeling the take and fighting those fish with nothing in between you and the fish. Overall I figure I caught around 80# of fish including my PB river salmon, an absolute brute of a Chum in the 25# range C&R'ed (the one pictured is about 15#). Great people, great day, lots of fish and hot brownies - what could be better?