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By: johnsonmj81
Posted: 9/13/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Caught limits of pinks on tues night and 3 pinks and a silver on thursday. fish are in thick and biting good. pink yarn and small pink corkie. Got to see one of the rare sockeye that make it to the ri...
By: Adambbur
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Went camping with my Boy Scout patrol at river bend camp ground. The 5 of us started fishing at 6:00 and fished all day. At the start of the day around 6:45 I caught a 8lb hatch king hen. But it was a...
By: lbcatcher
Posted: 9/23/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Spent a couple of hours on the Nisqually River. I did catch a Pink of decent size. However the real good information is that some of those fishing around me were catching Chinooks.
By: dmangler69
Posted: 12/8/2010
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Mounts Bridge military side for about an hour. Water was very high and fast, way to fast for jigs today. There was a few of us fishing and no one had any fish. I thought I saw a seal di...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/30/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Nisq today (military side)0530-0830..NADA..did not touch a fish.did not see a fish.Got checked by Military Police..Starting Aug 1, only vehicles with DOD stickers will be allowed to park ...
By: wdavis10
Posted: 9/13/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
slow day out there today saw one taken and lots of foul hooken goin on, some chinook hookups but must have been native or foul hooked as well.
elbow to elbow with your usuall ding dong standing in t...
By: Bob R
Posted: 9/21/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Nisqually early in the A. M., caught this nice pink hen, lookied to be about 5 lbs. or so, no silvers but a ton of pinks jumping . Good fishing to all, Bob R
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 12/22/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I fished a little upstream from the handicap hole from approx. 7-9 am. I tried every color of corkie in the rainbow, and several colors that aren't. There was about 10 people around-- no sign of a fi...
By: marvin
Posted: 1/2/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
boy my son lefd me home and went with hes best freinds and they had best day on the river it realy makes a dad happy when the boys out fish the old man
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/11/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fish below the Bridge on the Fort Lewis Propery up from the boat launch. I didn't catch any due to my lack of experience but there we a lot of kings rolling just below the bridge. People were catc...
By: bluebullitt2003
Posted: 9/13/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well this was the first time i ever came to the nisqually because i heard that there has been lots of fish and still lots of kings in the system......and well.......this will be the last time i ever g...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/17/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river a little later than I wanted to but timming was good. Fished on the Military side just down from the bridge. hooked one in about 30 minutes lost it in the rips near shore. Hooked and ...
By: Bob R
Posted: 9/22/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Caught this King 1st thing in the morning , within 10 minutes I hooked up using a Blue Fox spinner, didn't bring the net or boots but with a solid hookup right in tip of upper jaw I was able to pull h...
By: jens
Posted: 10/13/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Kinghunter. There was a familiar sound that could be heard from where I was parked, "Are they netting?" I whispered to myself. The spot where we fish was even unoccupied. "I'll stil...
By: chrisalex1
Posted: 9/17/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
the river is still so very cloudy chalky. only had two brief hookups in a four hour period. people are starting to get the word or idea of at least picking up their trash after they leave it looks som...
By: Travatarp
Posted: 9/5/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So I was rigged heavy on the off chance I hook a King. I never fish this river due to the snags and limited beach . But alas the Puyallup is closed half the week now. Caught one on my first cast. It ...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 8/14/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I keep hearing rumors that a chain link fence got thrown in the water down stream of Mounts bridge last weekend to try to make fishing difficult. Not sure if the rumor is true, but a lot of peopl...
By: fintime
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried plunking at River Bend Park. Had the place to ourselves- wonder why???? They are charging $10 a head now for park access plus the fact nothing's in yet. A seal or two seen at the boat launch so ...
By: jens
Posted: 9/21/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished early am 9/19 with my son and Kinghunter. We woke up to drizzling rain and some showers. We arrived to our spot by 6a. We fished until 11a. I did hook up with a smaller fish, but it came f...
By: jens
Posted: 9/16/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I met Kinghunter after work. He was able to secure a spot for both of us to fish comfortably. The bank was a little more crowded compared to last sunday, so it made it difficult to get a good drift ...
By: jens
Posted: 9/28/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I found a nice secluded spot at the Handicap hole, a few anglers here and there, but not as crowded as prior trips. I was using small chartreuse corky, tuft of yellow yarn and 3/8 oz bass casting wei...
By: jens
Posted: 10/4/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The feeling of being skunked on the Skokomish earlier in the day led me here. I wasn't able to fish my favorite hole due to it being occupied. A few here and there is what I was being told, but all ...
By: jens
Posted: 12/9/2009
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived to the river about 7p. There were a group of guys fishing. The word was slow and cold. I fished for about an hour and a half and called it good. I didn't feel a fish or either did anyone...
By: drednought
Posted: 9/3/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was nearly the same as my post last week. Poor. Word must have gotten out that they just aren't biting for there were not that many people fishing. Didn't see anyone hook into anything but ...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/1/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I took into account the high tide low tide aspect of how the fish might come up the river, therefore I thought I should get there by 10am. I got there 11 am. Only an hour late. I went through the cam...
