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By: Toni
Posted: 9/3/2019
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Area 11 Dash Point Pier 9-3-19
After a few times of not being able to get out I was up at 3:30 to get on the pier at 6am. Kim met me there.
My son came later …he slept in.
There were a few schoo...
By: olyfishr
Posted: 8/31/2021
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished late morning (10:30-Noon). Shared the beach with 4 other anglers. Not a lot of action but connected and landed one.
By: Toni
Posted: 9/1/2023
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Hannah and Chris were fishing for me since I have a “companion card” which allows someone else to harvest my catch. The “companion card” is not really a card but an endorsement that is attached to the...
By: MrShades
Posted: 9/6/2023
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got to get the Hobie out on Vashon after area 11 opened up again on August 1st. Fortunately, the pinks are still here and there's a fair number of them in Colvos Passage. Launched out of the b...
By: nickbell
Posted: 1/9/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the point defiance dock to do a little more bottom fishing. I used small chunks of herring. I dropped it on the very bottom and let it sit. After letting it just sit for a bit i reeled up...
By: nickbell
Posted: 1/10/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at point defiance boathouse again. I used worms for bait also. A bit better today. I got some good tips from a guy next to me and i got quite a few bites but only one fish. I was going...
By: nickbell
Posted: 1/16/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Same report as always. I went to the point defiance dock. Caught another starfish, didnt take a picture this time. Got a couple of bites but couldnt land them. I think i might try the les davis to...
By: nickbell
Posted: 1/23/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the point defiance dock today and had a pretty fun time. I used worms and herring, casting the little spreader-bar thing out far, and caught the small octopuss and that really nice rock sol...
By: nickbell
Posted: 2/6/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the point defiance dock and used bits of herring, casting my bait spreader out. Got another rock sole. I also caught a sea-cucumber. Pretty nice day. Lots of boats, i didnt see anybody o...
By: nickbell
Posted: 2/7/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I tried Casting a 2 inch blue buzz bomb, nothing. On my way to the point defiance boathouse my pole got crushed by one of my dads machines in in his work truck. I didnt think that it did any damage ...
By: Jake Dogfish
Posted: 2/8/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went Squidding at 5am Des Moines Pier.
Started out slow, but then got hot before daylight. I caught 53 only one big one which was the first one I caught. I had the whole Pier to myself. Weather ...
By: nickbell
Posted: 3/21/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Skunked again. I went to the les davis and casted with herring for a little bit with no luck.
Posted: 7/2/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My father's friend and wife were in town on vacation and wanted to go fishing so we took them to Owen's Beach and boy was it a good day!
We headed out there and were fishing by about 12:30.
My paren...
By: Moe
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got down about 10:00 am and no one was on the pier. Just went to practice casting for when fish starts biting and weather warms up. I was there with my step-son who was visiting from SoCal and wanted...
By: Jake Dogfish
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off the Des Moines Pier. I caught a few small rockfish, a small greenling and a couple bullheads. I was using Minnow imitating jigs.
There was about 20 illegal crabbers out. Actually less...
By: gpc
Posted: 7/25/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to get some crabs again today. Well I'm used to letting my bait rot, and just getting it a smelly as possible. But here you need fresh bait. So in about two hours I caught one crab between 2 pot...
By: fisherhall
Posted: 6/20/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't catch anything, not even a dogfish. I don't know what it is but the fish just didn't seem to bite. Guess I'll just have to wait till the salmon come in.
By: gpc
Posted: 7/18/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went crabbing at the Des moines marina this afternoon. Did a huge no - no and left the pots unattended. Thankfully there was a man down there who informed me that you receive a huge fine for unattende...
By: gpc
Posted: 7/19/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The weather couldn't make up its mind today, we had our shirts off, to waiting out the storm in the truck. We soaked 3 pots for about 3 hours. Our bait was rainbow trout, turkey legs, and chicken drum...
By: gpc
Posted: 10/30/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We went down to Des Moines to try our luck at some squid. We were down there from about 10pm - 11pm. We didn't catch anything but we saw about 5 caught and some in peoples buckets. I would say there w...
By: gpc
Posted: 11/7/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Tried down at Des Moines Marina for crab and squid from 6.30 - 8.15. We didn't get any squid but we saw quite a few caught. We ended up getting 3 keeper red rock using chum salmon and turkey legs. Th...
By: fisherhall
Posted: 1/2/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would start the New Year out right and decided I would go out for a little bit. Didn't catch anything but had a fun time. Wasn't as cold as I thought it would be and got one nice bite.
By: fisher2222
Posted: 7/18/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2012
Hot Spots: 3
We cuaght 8 pounds of smelt. We're using a jig for bait when we go to sekiu in August.
By: snake7676
Posted: 12/4/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A different report this time...Squid! My 12 yr. old son and I were on the Redondo pier at 11pm last night. We jigged for an hour with no signs of anything. We went up to the Des Moines pier and finall...
By: nickbell
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to a friends beach house today on Vashon so I thought, why not bring the rod. I used nightcrawlers and cast from shore. Caught some junk fish, bullheads, ect. But then I caught a couple of the...
