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By: Big Smooth
Posted: 7/30/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Owens beach hard in the morning with only one fish sticking and landed.. too bad it was an inch under the limit. Watched a few other small ones landed and a big native. We were using spoons and ho...
By: brownshagger69
Posted: 8/4/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Ruston pier with a point Wilson no luck other than having baby salmon follow my lure did manage to catch one good size crab that I threw back in.
By: Rowland84
Posted: 7/3/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launch the boat at Redondo at 4:30 a.m. headed straight for Point Defiance set the downrigger at 75 feet started trolling from Point Defiance to claybanks got just passed Owen's Beach then all the sud...
By: Rowland84
Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I'm still fishing as I'm writing this report but Area 11 in front of Owen's Beach is hot right now marking Bait fish and fish everywhere got this nice 26 and a half inch Hatchery this morning
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This was a long day, but wasn't a total loss. At the end we tallied a dogfish, a 21" chinook thrown back and 12 reds a 1 dungy from the pots. Last weekends chinook seemed more fulfilling, but we will ...
By: Hboirie
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for salmon. We didn't get any...horrific herring bought so we were screwed. Boat next to us landed a beauty. Saw several hits
Brought home 10 crab tho. Not bad!!
By: Nick422
Posted: 7/11/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a Nice Chinook out in front of Owen beach. 26" keeper nice fight first fish of the season. Caught on a dodger rig with a green hoochie at 120 deep. Launched at Point Defiance at 4:30AM. Was one...
By: dan.utinske
Posted: 7/19/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught two hatchery Chinook Salmon - one released 16" and the second one a keeper 27". Caught @ 10AM trolling at 192' @ 2.5MPH. Also caught a lot of "dogs" and released.
By: obryan214
Posted: 6/26/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
No salmon caught either on the downrigger or jigging. Humpback whale hanging out by gig harbor entrance.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Delco 80 to 100ft staying on bottom and was rewarded!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/13/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Good morning at the Claybanks!
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!
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: 8/16/2021
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: 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: rseas
Posted: 6/16/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The Marine Area 11 opener was awesome with a side of awesome! From within the walls of our home, it was a long-anticipated event. Preparation started as the NoF process concluded, we both had taken th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Claybanks right off bottom and had some success
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 8/19/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the incoming evening tide at Point Robinson on Saturday…. Lost one just before landing this guy…fishing in about 120-130 FOW. Right off the bottom. Cop Car Coyote spoon and red racer moon Jell...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/11/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers two days and about 20 hours hunting MA 11 chinook. The rating is challenging, maybe a one or a two on the 8th and a four or five for fishing on the 10th. Overall experience for both...
By: Firegod62
Posted: 8/12/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/12/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Landed a 19 pound king after a slow morning moving place to place around Pt Defiance.
10 am on an incoming tide.
Ironically, caught the fish right in front of the ferry terminal in 160FOW at a dep...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/16/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Here we go again, I need to spend more time reading the regs when fishing an area out of my usual haunts… Sunday we decided to hit Point Defiance again. After another 1:00 curtain call we were in the ...
By: Firegod62
Posted: 8/21/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Caught one 6 pound chinook at 75 feet using a herring in front of Owen beach.
Hit several coho, but none into the boat.
Fisheries agent at dock said it was the only chinook taken today as of 2 ...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/10/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Dash Point 3-9-2020
I wanted to try out the new underwater camera I got. Gofish. I thought I knew how to run it but I didn’t so I used my Water Wolf. I only stayed about an hour and half. It was an i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2022
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Claybanks today and had our limit in 20 min what a great day coffee didn't even have a chance to get cold!
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...
