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Brat Bonker
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by Brat Bonker » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:29 pm
not bad odh, we are going up to the skagit in our drift boat this weekend and we continue to knock em dead at the q. Excited for the "cowlitz" coho dude, wanting to hit that up with ya bad man, lots of fishing inbetween now and april let me tell you that and breaking out my loomis on thanksgiving weekend fo sho.
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by bugmasta » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:34 pm
OFFDAAHOOK wrote:i knew youd getum andy did you get it at the little secret slot

..now quit playing with them wimpy cohos and step up to plate with some kings hahaha
yup, hit the spot and got into one.

they were being super finiky today for some reason. Mike and Ken were the only other 2 that got a fish by the time i left.
i can't hit kings tomorrow, have a meeting at 9am in Redmond so no early fishing for me.
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:03 pm
Brat Bonker wrote:not bad odh, we are going up to the skagit in our drift boat this weekend and we continue to knock em dead at the q. Excited for the "cowlitz" coho dude, wanting to hit that up with ya bad man, lots of fishing inbetween now and april let me tell you that and breaking out my loomis on thanksgiving weekend fo sho.
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dude thet sound awesome ..skagit make sure yo take pics bonkers and post them
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..btw do you tie heavyer than 1/4jigs ,like 3/8 or 1/2 oz cast to other side of river im sure it kill them
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by Brat Bonker » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:11 pm
we have never floated the skagit just for coho before so we are just going to start with with mostly eggs but we bank it a lot and catch them on spinners mostly but with the low water smaller 1/4 and 3/8oz jigs will be fine in purple or pink is my best guess.
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:17 pm
them definately good color you know them kohos sucker for twitch jig..if you and you dad find them im sure it be good action ,buy yeah spinner is one of my fav for hos
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:37 pm
bugmasta wrote:OFFDAAHOOK wrote:i knew youd getum andy did you get it at the little secret slot

..now quit playing with them wimpy cohos and step up to plate with some kings hahaha
yup, hit the spot and got into one.

they were being super finiky today for some reason. Mike and Ken were the only other 2 that got a fish by the time i left.
i can't hit kings tomorrow, have a meeting at 9am in Redmond so no early fishing for me.
andy them hos can be tricky at puy

i usually go higher up by mid sep/oct..fish are there they just blastin up too quick at this time alot of native fishes sofar we should start seeing more hatchery hopefully..im gonna try few more day where we fished today if condition tuff then its time to go up
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by Gringo Pescador » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:00 am
chrome_chasin wrote:
slag pile???
A popular fishing area of Puget Sound down around Tacoma...
I fish not because I regard fishing as being terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant, and not nearly so much fun. ~ John Volker
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by chrome_chasin » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:44 am
Gringo Pescador wrote:chrome_chasin wrote:
slag pile???
A popular fishing area of Puget Sound down around Tacoma...
Yet another reason to get a boat
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:48 pm
i had some frozen whole summer steelhat that was in freezer for over a month. i smoked them and came out great surprising meat was very oily and firm still skin had some freezer burn but meat was still perfec... i have to say smoke summer steel are one of the best next to springer. ...i did go out for a minute this am b4 work and only got one and missed another silver at puy.so my conclusion is you can freeze whole steelhet for months and still have great eats ...oh btw bonker do them steelhat look familiar hahaha

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by Brat Bonker » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:54 pm
can't tell, there brown like all your springers hahaha, if I showed you some of my coho from the q, you would probally go blind bro, SEALICE for dayz haha supa chrome you missed out on a good run but next rain you better be heady my way limits in like a half hour when they are running hard.
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:54 pm
searice

haha ya i did catch some boot springer toward end of springer season ..bonker yo got searice,pics or it didnt happen hahaha

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by Brat Bonker » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:04 pm
I do not know how to post pics on websites, it says it is always too big or something

so I just post them on my facebook page. No not searice, kohos odh geez c'mon manmust I always explain everything
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by Brat Bonker » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:30 pm
idk I think your computer skills are pretty good, much better than your fishing skills ohhhhhh hahahaha

jk computers are not my forte is good thing our fishing abilities make up for that loss
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:44 pm
''our fishing abilities make up for that loss'' i thought fishins all luck dont you agree bonker

..btw what color jig you recommend for silver ..bonker did you say you tie 3/8 oz jig? i may be interest in some i trade yo for some fishin lesson if yo like

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by Brat Bonker » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:53 am
hmmmm, sounds tempting but I do not make very good twitching jigs, I just buy a certain brand's jigs I like the pink and whites for silvers and sometimes pink/purple or purple/black.
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by OFFDAAHOOK » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:53 am
how bout i challenge both yo guy ..scared

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by chrome_chasin » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:27 am
Brat Bonker wrote:I do not know how to post pics on websites, it says it is always too big or something

so I just post them on my facebook page. No not searice, kohos odh geez c'mon manmust I always explain everything
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by Bodofish » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:40 am
Why download another crap program when windows has several options natively.
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