[Hutch]

Well, Chinook #13 was a keeper!
Seriously good fishing today, 2 rods 3 hours 2 Chinook.
3 takedowns on 360 w/ crome clown shoes spinfish.
4 takedowns on chrome triangle and herring. Both have fished well.
What a spinfish looks like after battling 13 King's. View attachment 1071712
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Nice fish! I have a cpl spinfish that used to be chrome but after a bunch of fish they turned mostly white like yours is going 👍 keep putting em out and they keep working

 

[PHT1950]

I got into the mess between 5 and towards 1. I had a few take downs but missed a few fish because of the boat morons out there. Some of you guys running auto pilots in the river mess should be exiled. Just because you have one doesn't give you the right to cut in front of everyone. Running solo today I gave up the bite that was going on in this area and around 10:30 ran up to 11 dropped gear with no one around me close just two others well spread out. Five minutes later a very nice 22 pound chinook in the box. This was followed by two high fin Coho before bright no fin Coho found my fish box, done by 11:30. Then coming in we have this guy cleaning fish in Chinook channel. I'll bet that was fun boats going in, boats going out throwing wakes. If you pick places like this to clean your fish don't expect boaters to slow down.

Nice work Chuc we ended up with 7 for 8 in the ocean.

 

[namu mac]

I got into the mess between 5 and towards 1. I had a few take downs but missed a few fish because of the boat morons out there. Some of you guys running auto pilots in the river mess should be exiled. Just because you have one doesn't give you the right to cut in front of everyone. Running solo today I gave up the bite that was going on in this area and around 10:30 ran up to 11 dropped gear with no one around me close just two others well spread out. Five minutes later a very nice 22 pound chinook in the box. This was followed by two high fin Coho before bright no fin Coho found my fish box, done by 11:30. Then coming in we have this guy cleaning fish in Chinook channel. I'll bet that was fun boats going in, boats going out throwing wakes. If you pick places like this to clean your fish don't expect boaters to slow down.

Chuck- Don't you know that those running kicker auto pilots have the right of way. Just ask them. PAY ATTENTION you guys

 

[Soulakala]

Nice work Chuc we ended up with 7 for 8 in the ocean.

Im skipping tomorrow as i see the south wind will still be blowing, Wednesday it turns back to north. Getting into my moorage with a south wind is not for the novice. North or NW wind the boat is like a homing pigeon i only need to tie her up. Im glad the guy next to me is a good skipper as the NW wind is his hurdle. I bumper up on his side to help him if he looses the turn in.

 

[Beefcake]

I was a 304 on a buddy’s boat today; his gear, his numbers, etc., so I can’t divulge full report (not really my report to give). However, I can say that we had to release at least 5 nice URBs. Longview guys should have fun in a day or two.

 

[gideeyup]

Thanks... I fished that area a lot many years ago as a deck hand on a couple boats, and have crosses that bar at least 100 times i'm sure. but its a whole new ball game in your own boat and learning where to be, and where not to be in the different stages of the tide. Having a good chart plotter with decent sonar maps is a must have with all the sand bars down there. knowing how your boat handles in rough water will help determine how far you go, and where you go down there. Its HUGE... 40 square miles....
It really is a magical place....

It can also be very intimidating at times with an unexpected weather event like a wind shift , or a fog bank rolling in. There are areas down there that can get down right dangerous with the wind coming up in the afternoon, Even on an incoming tide. Its much more pleasant fishing the neap tides with lower exchange rates, but watching where you are fishing when the max ebb flow is running. keeping the wind speed and direction in mind is important.

The fog is the one that makes me nervous... Especially a dense fog with low visibility. I think if i was to spend more time down there, and fished outside the bar a lot, id want radar as well as an AIS receiver. ive been using a phone app called Savvy Navvy that has pretty darn good sonar mapping as well as AIS.... But even then... that AIS is often delayed by 7-8 minutes. so you need to keep an eye on it closely in the fog to stay out of the chanel where those huge ships are traveling. its amazing seeing how fast they can move, and how big a wake they throw getting too close. We had one coming in on the flood traveling at 12 knots last week that was 400' long.

Fog is absolutely a big issue. When it comes in thick. Fortunately. I had that twice an it was suckie and scary I'll stay inside. Haven't got the cajones to go out to the actual Buoy 10. Been going down there about 10 years. Never been outside. Going down this Sunday/Monday. We'll fish Oregon side and above the bridge down pass the checkerboard. Washington above the bridge. Good luck to all.

 

[gideeyup]

Chuck- Don't you know that those running kicker auto pilots have the right of way. Just ask them. PAY ATTENTION you guys

I thought it was some of the guides that had the right of way. Lol

 

[eyeFISH]

I was a 304 on a buddy’s boat today; his gear, his numbers, etc., so I can’t divulge full report (not really my report to give). However, I can say that we had to release at least 5 nice URBs. Longview guys should have fun in a day or two.

Team SRU was NOT alone in the agony of having to release a boat limit of wURB's today

 

[Rcobb93]

Brought the family and some friends over to fish camp this year. With some friendly advise from big game, we started at the saw dust pile to Hammond Saturday morning. Ended with a nice silver and a 10ish pound king. Several very nice wild URB chinook released (which was hard to explain to the kids), but eventually was worth it.

Sunday was a bit slower, but we landed a couple clippers after sorting.

Today was the best (luck) for me and the fam. Hooked and landed several kings and silvers. Ended up getting very lucky/fortunate getting two big beautiful URBs and a little silver. Also, kept 12 crab, which were decently full. The kids had an absolute blast and I couldn’t be more proud of family and friends dealing with my demands while we were in the middle of the chaos.

We did really well around bouy 20 ish area the last two days. Bites in the morning came on brined plugcut herring. Midmorning/high slack bites seemed to be better with hoochies spinners.

I want to thank Big game, and all the others for their advise on this thread. I’m always trying to learn and be better for my myself and family. Here’s some pictures of our trip from Thursday through today.

Thanks again guys.

 

[eyeFISH]

Past 4 days creel has averaged a keeper king per boat plus a bonus 0.6 keeper coho per boat. Clip rate has been pretty close to 50:50 on kings, closer to 0.3 on coho... which means encounter rates of 2 kings and 2 coho per boat. GOOD fishing!

Buoy 10 fishing reports

Update: Fishery managers took joint state action on Sept. 17 to reopen Chinook retention at Buoy 10 from Sept. 18 through Sept. 21. For more information, refer to the emergency rule.

wdfw.wa.gov

 

[Ibexfishing]

It’s a beautiful morning out

 

[Soulakala]

A good morning for old fashioned mooching with the tide. In the 50's and 60's a lot of boats from the Church hole down to A Jetty would mooch using a banana weight and herring. Just let the tide and boat action work for you. A few would be trolling a plug. A lot of fish were caught using these methods, mainly Chinook. Now I don't see anyone doing either of these. Then again can you imagine the reaction if a few boats drifted mooching through the B10 swarm. It would be worthy of Youtube for sure, but you would need to bleep out the yelling.

 

[fishin"G"man]

Just when you get the idea "you've got this figured out" humility strikes. A late start yesterday proved to be a hard learning curve. There was people around us catching fish but all we got was hung up. We lost a lot of gear and gained frustration. There were errant crab pots/gear, unknown/unseen obstacles that ripped our line, high water temps, massive jelly fish, south wind and a blood red tide that just plagued us. But.. there was a good tide, we had a whale come visit and blow his smelly breath at us, porpoise jumping, bait fish jumping, and the DS screamed that there was fish there. Everything said fish "here" but we threw everything; (anchovies, CP, spinfish, spinners) that worked well the day before but they weren't interested. I would like to think it was fish didn't want more of what was there but then, why did others get them? Things that make ya say huh.... As I said, "Just our day to learn humility".
Back to reality for a few more days, while we clean/scrub the jellies off our gear and retie more leaders. Duplicates of lost gear now resting all alone on my leader board almost scream at me to fix the "open spots". Lures are spendy but end tackle/gear isn't cheap either. A $100 lesson in humility sucks!
Rant over..................

 

[DogZilla15]

If bobber fishing works off the jetties, it’ll work farther up. Start the new craze.

Went by the E. boat launch while walking the dog, it was a few minutes to 9. Guide had a stack of Tules he was working on, only one decent size fish. I wish the guides would stop posting photos on FB of the Tules they’re killing.

 

[Kirkll]

If bobber fishing works off the jetties, it’ll work farther up. Start the new craze.

Went by the E. boat launch while walking the dog, it was a few minutes to 9. Guide had a stack of Tules he was working on, only one decent size fish. I wish the guides would stop posting photos on FB of the Tules they’re killing.

People pay good money to good out and catch salmon on a guide boat. if they want to keep Tules its their choice, not the guides..... i know there are times when they should throw them back. but some of those fish are still good eating for many folks. The salmon snobs who catch a lot of fish can be more selective, and hold out for the prime URB's.

 

[wack0]

A good morning for old fashioned mooching with the tide. In the 50's and 60's a lot of boats from the Church hole down to A Jetty would mooch using a banana weight and herring. Just let the tide and boat action work for you. A few would be trolling a plug. A lot of fish were caught using these methods, mainly Chinook. Now I don't see anyone doing either of these. Then again can you imagine the reaction if a few boats drifted mooching through the B10 swarm. It would be worthy of Youtube for sure, but you would need to bleep out the yelling.

Back in the 80s. That was our favorite methods. Banana weight and mooching rig with an anchovies hooked through the snout on each hook spread a few inches apart. Find fish, let out a few pulls and drift. Wacko!!!!

 

[DogZilla15]

Kirk, I under stand that but guides are missing an opportunity to educate. Maybe the passengers aren’t aware they have a choice, if they actually do. The guide’s only objective is to get off the water asap and that may not be fair to his customers. What would happen if you or I were on the boat and we refused to tag the fish? Might be a major conflict with the guide if he says we’re going in simply because we caught our fish and although we released they contributed to the boat limit. We paid for a “day” of fishing and if he decides our day is over when it isn’t, there will be a discussion.

 

[RiverWanderer]

Kirk, I under stand that but guides are missing an opportunity to educate. Maybe the passengers aren’t aware they have a choice, if they actually do. The guide’s only objective is to get off the water asap and that may not be fair to his customers. What would happen if you or I were on the boat and we refused to tag the fish? Might be a major conflict with the guide if he says we’re going in simply because we caught our fish and although we released they contributed to the boat limit. We paid for a “day” of fishing and if he decides our day is over when it isn’t, there will be a discussion.

Myself and most of the guides I know will tell clients that it is their choice to keep the fish or not. I do the education about the potential meat quality and the limited stocks, but ultimately it is up to the client. I fish until we run out of time or the retention limit is met. If the clients catch all their fish early and ask for a tour around the river or ocean I'll do that too.

My clients often pay $250 for a seat, upwards of $500 for a hotel room, and who knows how much for dinner at a restaurant in order to come fishing with me. For some people, a buoy 10 trip is a bucket list life event that they've dreamed of for years. For others it may be something that they scrimped and saved for months to do. It's easy to forget that what we get to do is uncommon and as a guide, I feel that it's expected that I do my best to give them the experience they hoped for.

I don't personally know anyone that counts a released fish as part of the boat limit, but maybe I just hang out with a different crowd. If I did, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. I want to see clients return season after season and rushing the day just doesn't seem a good way to do it.

 

[fishin"G"man]

Guides are paid for knowledge; where, what and how to get fish for their customers. It's more of a personable fish trip. I've heard it said multiple times, we sell trips not fish. Guides vs charters is where the discussion "what to keep/not keep" really gets refined/defined IMO. Charters simply put legal fish on the boat and when a limit is caught they divi it up per customer, whether you caught that fish or not. Somebody will end up tagging what they didn't catch. Numbers are more important than quality for them.
That COULD be said of guides but I have to believe there is more of a choice spoken by the one who catches the fish as far as keep or put back. That is, until that anglers limit is reached then another angler can determine retention. "Party fishing" is legal, some prefer to take home a crap fish vs no fish. We can debate on good vs bad fish all day but at the end of the day those who caught fish take home the fish they want more so on a guide boat than a charter. Even I (as a private boat crewman), ask those fishing (perhaps not catching) if they want the fish we get. There is areal honest education on Tules vs URB quality. Whoever wants it tags it or it goes back. It's not my choice per se' but if they want a stinky Tule, they can have it and I'll do my best to clean/filet/steak it as good as the others.

 

[pstutheit]

Myself and most of the guides I know will tell clients that it is their choice to keep the fish or not. I do the education about the potential meat quality and the limited stocks, but ultimately it is up to the client. I fish until we run out of time or the retention limit is met. If the clients catch all their fish early and ask for a tour around the river or ocean I'll do that too.

My clients often pay $250 for a seat, upwards of $500 for a hotel room, and who knows how much for dinner at a restaurant in order to come fishing with me. For some people, a buoy 10 trip is a bucket list life event that they've dreamed of for years. For others it may be something that they scrimped and saved for months to do. It's easy to forget that what we get to do is uncommon and as a guide, I feel that it's expected that I do my best to give them the experience they hoped for.

I don't personally know anyone that counts a released fish as part of the boat limit, but maybe I just hang out with a different crowd. If I did, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. I want to see clients return season after season and rushing the day just doesn't seem a good way to do it.

This guy gets it.