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By: fishermenkenny
Posted: 6/2/2022
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2022
Hot Spots: 0
What a fun day out on the Clay Banks! Started trolling a purple haze dodger and Splatterback Ace right around 6:30. Ran shallow for a few minutes around 30ft then dropped to 80ft. Picked up a 21” hatc...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/25/2022
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2022
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I went out for the spot prawn opener in area 11. We decided to try Beal point. We dropped our first sets too deep and found poor results. We decided to move in shallower to the 180ft rang...
By: Toni
Posted: 12/17/2021
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/17/2021
Hot Spots: 1
We started about 10am and quit around 12:30. I had an appointment to go to.
It was about 11:30 before Bo caught the first one. I caught 3 or 4 “sculpins” of which there are over 700 species. I did...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/20/2021
Species: Squid
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/20/2021
Hot Spots: 2
My son Bo and I started fishing at 10am. After launching at Point Defiance we went toward the dock trying to find schools. We located the bullheads, flounders, sand dabs, soles, and an octopus. The s...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/2/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/2/2021
Hot Spots: 1
Launching out of Point Defiance just after 9am we started fishing right away at the slag pile. My son noticed my rod, saying you got a bite, soon after deploying my gear. It had pulled out of the clip...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Managed to find a couple hours to fish so I made a quick trip to the Slag Pile and hooked up right at daylight in with 48ft out on my line counter my Gibbs Skinny G doing its job also lost a nice fish...
By: j_maxwell
Posted: 9/30/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/30/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I caught this guy on a 1oz crippled herring jig from the rocks beneath some train tracks. I caught this fish in about 6ft of water. The creel reports don't show it, but there are still plenty of silv...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/26/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Pt. Robinson for a couple hours and picked up my limit fishing at 50ft with my Gibbs Skinny G what a good season this year I'm done for now hopefully next year is as good!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/22/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the "Slag Pile" early this morning and caught my limit with 48ft of line out and using Gibbs Skinny G Spoon had 2 in the box and back in by 8:30
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/19/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Was able to get out for a couple of hours before the wind blew everyone off by the Slag Pile managed to pick up one at 50ft deep with my "Gibbs" Skinny G once again.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Good times again with a former co-worker we went to the Slag-pile and caught 2 Coho's at daybreak 50ft of line out with "Gibbs Skinny G" getting the job done once again.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/15/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give the "Slag Pile" a shot at daybreak today and at 50ft down success with my go to lure that has crushed them this year "Gibbs" Skinny G Bon Chovy
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/12/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Vashon Island close to Pt Robinson and ran into a lot of Coho got to keep 3 hatchery and had to release 4 natives all in the 4 to 8 pound range what a fun day lots of hook-ups! Of course "...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the mouth of the Puyallup river and picked up a nice Coho in 40ft of water at first light with a "Gibbs" Skinny G Bon Chovy seen a few fish caught by the time I left at 9am.
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: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Browns Point today to see if I could catch a Silver on the way to the Puyallup river and my Skinny G Bon Chovy at 50ft came through once again!
By: Toni
Posted: 8/29/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2021
Hot Spots: 1
My son Adam and I launched at Point Defiance and went off to Dash Point for Pinks and crabs. When we stopped a fish jumped. That was it.
The crab were plentiful. We brought 4 Red Rock home. We onl...
By: No_Regerts
Posted: 8/23/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2021
Hot Spots: 0
What a weird day. I’ve been getting my butt kicked in the sound all summer. Launched out of Point Defiance at 6 AM and made a left toward the clay banks. As soon as I cleared the ferry dock, I put ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/22/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Windy Day fished for a couple hours off Vashon Island by the Girl Scout camp and had some luck with 4in Bon Chovie fished right off bottom in 80 to 120 ft of water
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/20/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the mouth of the Puyallup once again and scored with my Glow Skinny G Bon Chovy 35 to 45 ft early morning.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/17/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the mouth of the Puyallup river today and my Coho Killer Green & White Glow did the job trolling 35 to 45ft
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 8/17/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a little late in getting posted but I had a fun time at the PSA derby in area 11. I caught a nice misclipped chinook and decided to release it rather than take any chances. I decided to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/16/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Owens Beach to the Claybanks and picked one up right off bottom, flasher and 4inch Cop Car did the job.
By: MPM
Posted: 8/15/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Well, MA11 finally produced a king for us.
I usually fish MA10 and MA9, but I spend a week or two on Vashon every summer and usually try to catch something while I'm there, usually with limited suc...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/14/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Not a Derby winner but Vashon is filling my freezer!
