Fishing with Jared

Well Jared came up for a couple days to go fishing. Here is todays catch we had a good time catching these babies. Hopefully tomorrow will produce more fish.

Last 2 weeks of fishing

Jim Gilbert with his limit.

 Well the fishing has been really good. I can't remember all of the trips I've been on the past 2 weeks my camera on the boat only holds a few pictures at a time,  but they've been good.  I think I have boated over 35 salmon the past 2 weeks. We have continued to catch them at Ringold, they aren't huge but they put up a great fight and have great meat. It has been fun to take several friends and family members out. We have been catching them on Kwickies and eggs. The fish are still coming so the fishing should continue to be excellent for the weeks ahead.


Mark Snow and his son.

Lance Gledhill with his limit.

Fishing with the Uncles.

Jm Gilbet and Ben Casper

Ben casper

Fall Chinook have arrived

Fishing at Ringold

Well this post goes with the pictures above. Yesterday I was at the orchard with Cameron and we decided to hit the river for a couple of hours. We went to try for some steelhead seeings how they opened it a month early. We hit 2 holes with no success at about 2 we decided to try for some salmon so I put on a couple of 13's "fickle pickle and slammer". Within 10 minutes we had our first fish to the boat. We went back up and within another 10 we had our second. Cameron didn't have his catch card so we were tagged out on mine. I called Garrett and he brought Natalie and Morgan. We hit 3 more fish very quickly. Then Noland and Brady came to catch a few fish. We caught each of them a fish within the next 20 minutes. At about 5 the river started to rise and the fish stopped biting. So we picked up 7 fish in 3 hours. The size was between 10 and 35 pounds.
We didn't see any other fish caught amongst the other fisherman they all kinda watched with disgust. It's great to be on your A game. Gotta love those days for sure. This is gonna be a great fall for fishing.

Hadley's 17# fish

Today we went out as a family again to try and get a fish for Seila and Hadley. We fished from 6-9 and never had a king on. We caught 3 little jacks but no kings. We decided to call it a day so we started to bring in the poles one at a time. As I was pulling the last rod off the downrigger this fish hit. Hadley fought this hen without even pulling anchor. She did a great job. We weighed it at 17#. We caught it on a helmet. We tried lots of super baits today with no luck. Tomorrow morning it's Vard, Brandon and sons.

Jacob Lee

Today we took Jacob Lee fishing with us. He had never caught a salmon up to this point in his short life. I think every 13 year old should have caught a salmon. So today was Jacobs day to land his first salmon. Although not a monster it was the biggest fish Jacob had ever caught. Congratulations and well done on fighting and landing this fish. This fish is in the 12# class. We caught it on anchovies. We also hooked about 4 other jacks they came on anchovies and black jack.

Family fishing time

Well today we finally made it out to Wanapum as a family. Yesterday we tried to get up but I was just too tired so we didn't make it out. We started by getting all the rods out and then choosing poles. Kale said he wanted which ever pole had a fish on it first. We told him that wasn't fair and he had to just choose one. All the poles were chosen and within a few minutes Kales pole had a fish on it. He proceeded to fight and land his 27# fish . He was pretty excited to catch another salmon. He has about 10 salmon on his catch card already. We then let the rods out again and after waiting out the fish another rod went off this time it was Kais' he took care of it like an old pro in short order we had his fish in the boat, a 15# salmon. It looked like a football a very fat and bright fish. Heather was next, Kale gave her his pole and it caught the next one as you can see not alot to be proud of. But she still smiles for the camera. Unfortuantely that was the end of the fish. Seila and Hadley will have to wait their turn another day. We caught them on Black jack and Mt. Dew nothing on anchovies today.

Crabbing on Camano

We spent the latter part of last week crabbing near Camano Island. The crabbing wasn't as good as last year but was still really good. On Wednsday and Thursday we invited the Noftle family to join us. It was alot of fun to have them with us. It's always exciting to see people experience things for the first time no matter what it might be. It was our pleasure to teach them everything we know about crabbing. As you can see from this pot we caught alot of crab at a time. Our best pot had a total of 50 crab. Although only 9 of them were keepers. We caught alot of soft shell crab that were big enough but none the less they were soft shell and had to be thrown back. We caught a total of about 50 crabs each day that  we were able to keep. Who knows how many total crabs we caught each day 100's for sure. We ran as many as 10 pots at a time.We used salmon carcasses,shad,and chicken for our bait. The salmon was the proven winner. On Friday uncle Duane and all his family came out with us. It again was very fun to teach another crowd how it's done. Savannah liked it so much that she spent the night and went with us on Saturday. Cameron also came Friday night to crab with us on Saturday. We had alot of eventful things happen on the water. It was another successful year of crabbing and we have plenty to eat for months to come.

Today I took Ken Jones and his sons Mathew and Rees. I took Ken last year and we doubled up on 25 pounders, so he had high expectations. He had spent last weekend fishing in La Push with no success so he asked if I would take them and put them into some fish. We went to Wanapum and got into fish quickly we were able to anchor up on the east bank and had excellent flow. We caught the first one a 23# and then caught the little one. Then we hooked another king and it tangled up on one of our other lines so we actually had to hand line it the last 25 feet. Unfortuantely as it got to the boat it ran under the boat and the flasher hit the motor and broke the hook off in the fish. We lost our flow at that point and had to go to the honey hole we caught the next one there on a diver and cut plug super bait. The flow changed and we had to troll that was the end of our hook ups. It was a very succesful day. I was pleased we got 3 out of 4.

Jose Solis and crew

Today I took Jose Solis and his son Josh and two of his ranch guys down to Ringold. It was a little slower day We hooked 5 but only landed 3. One of the ranch hands had a hard time figuring out the reels and wasn't able to capatalize on 2 fish. It was a little slower but still a succesful day. They were impressed by the size of the fish the biggest was about 20#. I had promised Jose I would take him and his Ranch hands one day this year. They had a great time. All fish were taken on Kwikfish.

Fishing with Brandon,Cameron and Chris Clark

Today we totally wiped the fish out. We were off the water by 8 with our limits. It was one of those days that you only dream of. Can't say I've ever done that much damge that quick. I think Chris was pretty impressed by the whole thing. The Kwikfish were incredible they could not stay off the "creamy one" size 16. I think it caught 4 of the fish, and had many other take downs. I have another trip tomorrow and then I think I'm done at Ringold. The fish are starting to turn alot now, but I have taken alot of hens and replenished my egg supply. It has been a great month of fishing. Sorry now pictures for the day.

Duane, Sean and Todd limited

Today I took Duane, Sean, Seans brother in law Todd and his son. It was another very succesfull trip we landed 9 and kept 8. We were done by noon. Todd has been fishinf with me for 3 years now and looks forward to coming and filling his freezer with fish, he was not disappointed today. Duane said he thought it was the best day of salmon fishing he ever had. It was one fish after the other with many rips in between. I think we saw about 2 other fish caught total for all the other boats combined. We put on a clinic for sure. We caught all our fish on Kwikfish with wraps and scent. Some of the old standby colors and some new with both 15's and 16's doing damage. Ringold truly has been very good to me this summer. The "trough" has been loaded with fish as the water temp. has warmed up over 62 degrees. The water has started to drop as well.

The Millers fishing trip

Today I took Dan Miller and his sons Ty, and Collin as well as Kale to Ringold. As you can see from the pictures it was an excellent day we landed every fish that hooked up. Not bad for some young boys on the end of the rod. It was alot of fun to see their excitement as they caught the biggest fish of their young lives. This was a trip that Michelle bought for Dan for his birthday. He said he'd like the same gift every year. Today 4 fish came on eggs the others came on K-15 kwikfish of my favorite colors. We had to move out into deeper water as the day got hotter to target these kings with the Kwikfish, wraps and scent. It was a great day for all involved we lost one rod and reel setup today while we were fighting one fish. I can't blame anyone but myself. The cost of catching fish is sometimes "Priceless".

Russ with his 32# King

Well yesterday we went to Wanapum dam to try our luck and some nice fresh Summer kings. We hooked 2 and landed this one in the morning it was a 32# King. The largest King that Russ has caught thus far, we intend to put him into larger ones in years to come. We also went fishing at Wanapum this evening but we were unable to capatalize on our only hook up we lost it at the boat half way in the net and half way out. Jim Gilbert needs one more good lesson on netting big fish. Although it was not ideal conditions lots of wind and we were in the white water to boot. Very tough to land big fish in ideal conditions even harder in bad conditions. We also caught one fish today at Ringold on eggs. Russ has been spoiled many times and always expects me to put him into fish fortunately for me it has always happened. Sometimes many fish and sometimes one at a time. We caught this big King on Super cut plug "Mountain Dew" color. These fish are super fresh and bright. We caught it anchored up on the East bank. We lost our flow after about 45 minutes and then lost all our bites as well.

Kale, Jeremy Iverson and I

Today my trustworthy deck hand Kale got up at the crack of dawn actually 3 A.M. to go fishing with me. We also invited Jeremy Iverson to come along. We were curious to see if yesterday was a fluke. It sure wasn't we hooked 12 fish and landed 6 Jeremy landed all of his fish Kale lost more than we want to talk about, but there were plenty of other fish that wanted to bite his eggs. A guide boat was there and enjoyed getting schooled by a 6 year old every time we went by him we would hook up, it was very fun and exciting for all of us. It sure is enjoyable to watch your 6 year old catch fish almost as big as he is. He loves to fish and be on the water. The other kids had swim team this morning so they were a little bummed they couldn't come again. The water remains high and they say it will remain high until the runnoff ends, maybe 2 more weeks. I don't mind it keeps the "Bankies" out of the water it's so high they can't fish. We had to launch in the canal today. The fish continued to come on eggs and spin and glows with the same recipes.

June 16, Opening day Summer Chinook

Today was the opening day for Summer Chinook. I decided that my best option to catch fish was to head to Ringold. The water was so high that we had to launch at the wooden power line boat launch. It was 13 feet higher than I've ever seen it. I started the day off with Cameron and Vard in the boat, we quickly hooked up our first king within 10 minutes. We proceeded to catch 3 total in the first 2 hours. They got out and I loaded up my family we proceeded to catch another 6 fish in the next few hours. The kids had a great time catching these kings. We lost several other fish. We would have caught more but Heather left her catch card at home so we couldn't tag out her limit. All the fish came on eggs of various recipes, Recipe "321", "PCSBS" were the most productive with a spin and glow. Can't wait until tomorrow!