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I was out yesterday and caught a small humpy. The trick with humpies is to bleed them right away and put them on ice. Unfortunately I didn’t have any ice so I cycled the water in my cooler a couple times and kept him alive till I could clean him at the dock.
I filleted him, put him on ice and BBQed him tonight with some pineapple pepper sauce we got at Costco. It was great!!!
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
This is a great story.
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to go today.
This is why I believe you have to live to the extent that you can, because you just don’t know whats going to happen.
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
This has been by far my most popular post so I decided to re-publish it at the beginning of this season. I hope it helps.
That title ought to get some weird search engine traffic. I’ve posted a little about using Hoochies for catching salmon here in Gig Harbor. Since the invention of the downrigger trolling has become the most common way to fish in the Gig Harbor area. Hoochies are by far the most popular artificial lure in the Gig Harbor area for trolling due to their versatility and the wide variety of colors, patterns and sizes. I am going to show you a couple different ways I rig hoochie rigs for Gig Harbor Fishing.
First I tie all my own leaders. This way I can tie the hooks closer together or further apart depending on what species of salmon I am fishing for, bait and strike tendencies etc… I often like to put a couple glow beads in between the hooks. Also, tying my own leader ensures that I have no one to blame but myself if one breaks off. I’ll do a post on tying leaders for Gig Harbor Fishing soon.
Remember too that a hoochie by itself has no action. It just kinda
lays there. You have to run some sort of flasher or dodger.
My friend Jerry used to do real well with a white hoochie behind a silver dodger. Some people have success running Hoochies behind Les Davis “ford fender” Flashers.
I like to use green hot spot flashers with the glow on one side and the Mylar removed on the other.
The first Hoochie rig I will share with you is one that has worked well for me this year for Chambers Creek
cookie cutters. These are 15 to 18 lb fish that are passing Gig Harbor on their way to the Chambers Creek hatchery to die. This is a glow needlefish hoochie with a green, blue and purple salmon fly in it. This is a great example of an experiment that actually worked so don’t be afraid to try different things. I tied this one on a 38” leader of 40lb test mono with 6/0 owner hooks close together and two glow beads between them.
The other hoochie rig, and by far the most popular fishing in Gig Harbor is the green glow hoochie. Gig Harbor guideline number one is: any color as long as its green. I will usually tie this on the same leader rig as the other. Two owner 6/0 hooks close together with two glow beads. I’ll typically run 36” to 42” leaders for Kings and shorter for Coho 32” to 36” on a green hot spot flasher.
Some like to run a piece of yarn inside to hold your favorite scent product. Some like to run a twinkle skirt or a glow head insert. I’ve had pretty good luck with just the hoochie but try stuff. Experiment with it and make it your own.
Here’s a video I made on hoe to tie the rig for your hoochies:
Experiment and send me a note to let me know what type of hoochie rig works best for you. I love to hear from people having success fishing the Gig Harbor area (or any other) and as always welcome your questions and comments.
Good Fishin to ya,
Kerry W Allen
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
This is a little tidbit I got from the Seattle Times. It could be good to know if your planning to fish pinks this year like I am with the kids.
• The Puget Sound Anglers of Lake Washington meeting is 6:45 p.m. June 9 at the Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 S.E. 24th St. on Mercer Island. There will be a seminar on pink salmon fishing in Puget Sound and trout fishing in Lake Washington in preparation for the Lake Washington Trout Derby on June 11. Details: 425-823-0704.
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Kerry W Allen
Today is the last day to crab in Puget Sound. since it’s 8:00pm I’m going to assume you are all done crabbing for the season.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Fish Program Catch Record Cards
600 Capitol Way N
Olympia WA 98501-1091
Or like me you can report on-line. the web address for all the information on reporting is:
https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/puget_sound_crab_catch.html.
You can’t say I didn’t warn you.
Good Fishin’ To Ya’
Kerry W Allen
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
Here is a link to a great article by one of my favorite outdoor columnists Mr Mark Yuasa. It seems that overall this year was a good one, though it seemed a little spotty in the Gig Harbor area. Click the fish to get the full story
Good Fishin To Ya,
Kerry W Allen
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
Went out about 5:00pm. Went over at PT. Defiance to get gas and as I went by the Owens beach saw a huge bunch of birds. Upon reaching the Yacht Club area there was bait jumping everywhere something was obviously feeding so I’m thinking I should stop and fish but really how long does it take to get gas maybe 20 minutes. So I got Gas and came back out and all the birds had dispersed and the bait was gone. trolled around for two hours without a bump. tried herring, spoons, coho killer, hoochie and my favorite 140 plug. there were probably 4 other boats out and everyone had the same frustration.
The lesson: don’t leave a place where fish are feeding.
Good Fishin to ya,
Kerry
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
“Salmon anglers fishing the Strait of Juan de Fuca are also having a banner year in a season past the halfway point, said Steve Thiesfeld, WDFW fish biologist. Creel checks conducted Aug. 30 near Sekiu showed catch rates of nearly three hatchery coho and four pink salmon per boat.”
From an article in the Port Townsend Leader
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Kerry W Allen
Click the picture to read a great Seattle times article on Coho. if they are going by Seattle they will be here soon. 
Then you can do a site search of this site for Coho information to find out what to use and how to use it.
Good Fishin To Ya,
Kerry
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Kerry W Allen
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