Westport Tuna & Salmon

Mark Coleman of All Rivers Guide Service sent me an email to give me a run down on yesterday's trip. He said the water conditions were flat and he made the run to blue water (just short of 40 miles) in an hour and a half. They set out the troll gear and had a double on in less than a 1/4 mile of troll. They went to bait fishing and had a four hour non-stop bait bite. They managed to land 37 ablies and lost another 20 or so. The fish were very good sized and were in the 20 - 30 pound range, the largest weighing in at 31, 32 and 34 pounds. They even hooked two on the fly rod, managing to land one. On the way back in they stopped and fished salmon and managed to catch 8 - 10 mixed coho and kings with one tipping the scale at 27 pounds.

This is an outstanding trip for anyone wanting to have a great trip. The advantage of fishing out of Mark's 29' Defiance is the quick trip out to the blue water and the smaller more personalized trip. This is an ideal situation for you to take a small group of your buddies (4 - 6) for a good day on the water.

Mark is going to send some pictures shortly and I will post them when I get them.

For more information contact Mark:

Capt. Mark Coleman
All Rivers & Saltwater Charters
(425) 736-8920
www.allriversguideservice.com

Coho Fishing Area 8-2, 9 & 10

Though we are seeing some coho being caught in the area, overall I would say we are not seeing the numbers that should be here at this time of the year. The past few days in talking with the guys stopping by the shop I would have to say that we are seeing perhaps an average of about a fish per boat average. Not real good! The single best catch that we heard of yesterday was one boat that had caught three off the Edmonds area. Size wise, most are smaller fish in the 5 - 7 pound range. We have seen an odd good sized coho into the upper teen range. Overall, the best fishing we have seen has been on this side of the Puget Sound. The Edmonds area from the south end of Brown's Bay south to Richmond Beach and then the Picnic Point up though Humpy Hollow has been more consistent in producing fish.

Talked with some of the Whidbey Island fishermen yesterday and they all have been complaining about the lack of fish in the Bush Point, Lagoon Point and Fort Casey areas.

Spoke with one of the regulars that called in from the water this AM trying to find some fish and he didn't have a single fish trying the Shipwreck area, Possession Point, Indian Point and was finally moving over to Pilot Point in search of fish. He said there was lots of bait showing on the bar and at Indian Point but didn't see any fish around them. He said that all the boats were spread out, obviously they were also searching fish out.

Rieter Ponds

With the salmon action going on, most anglers have given up the steelheading and are chasing salmon both in the salt water as well as the river. With the early fall weather change and with it the rain, the river has colored up and risen. In turn this has brought steelhead that have been spread out throughout the river back to the Reiter Pond section of the river. Though the fishing has not been "Red Hot" there have been a fair number of steelhead landed by those few anglers venturing up to this section of river. John, who works for us, managed to land a few fish yesterday and said that he saw other anglers who also managed to find a fish or two.

Snohomish River Coho

Since the Snohomish system opened on September 1st for coho the reports that we have had are spotty at best. With the rains this past week and the rains the past few days there are a few more fish every day, but nothing really outstanding. The best reports that we have heard have been from the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualimie. Most of the catch have been smaller 4 -7 pound fish, undoubtedly the earlier returning resident coho. There has been an odd larger fish in the lower teens. From what we have been seeing so far, plugs have been accounting for the lions share of the fish. Worden's Fat Fish in the Fluorescent Red Herring Bone, Fire Tiger and the new Bleeding Fire Tiger finishes have all been good. Lower in the river we have been hearing of some coho at Crab Bar by both the boat fishermen as well as the plunkers. The tidal section of the river from Snohomish down has so far been very slow.

Edmond's Coho Derby - Saturday 11th September

Don't forget the Edmond's Coho Derby is coming up fast! Only three days left to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $30.00! Don't be like many last year and wait to the last minute only to find that the derby is sold out!

There is a total of $9,250.00 in cash prizes, $5,000.00 for first place! There are "Lots" of other merchandise prizes!

Don't forget that there is a $15.00 Anthony's coupon with every ticket!

For more information visit the website for more details!

WWW.EDMONDSCOHODERDY.COM

Lake Chelan Lakers & Chinook

Anton Jones from Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service sent me these photo's of a nice mess of lake trout and one of Chelan's landlocked Chinook from the end of last month. The lake trout pictured were caught by Amanda and Jessica Kelley of Woodinville and the Chinook landed by Robbie Borders of Baker City, Oregon.

If you are thinking about fishing in this neck of the woods Anton has been fishing the lakers for quite a number of years and is about as versed on the fishery as anyone is.

Here's his contact information:

Anton Jones
Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service
231 Division
Manson, WA 98831

(509) 687-0709
(866)360-1523 toll free

antonj@aol.com
www.darrelland dads.com

Sea Run Cutthroat

We have been getting some very good sea run reports from those who have been fishing the lower tidal stretches of the Snohomish, Stillagumish and Skagit systems. Most of the guys that we have spoken with are boat fishing, which gives one much more access to the water. The greatest amount of water in the lower rivers are for the most part inaccessible. Though these fish are not much size wise compared to the silvers that most are focusing their attentions on at the present time, they are a very unique fish and what they lack in size they do make up in spirit. Most of the fish are in the 10 - 14 inch range with a few into the 16 - 18 inch range and occasionally a rare 20 inch trophy!

If you get tired of fishing silvers, you just might give sea run fishing a try. I am sure you wound be disappointed.

Area 9 & 10 Coho

The coho numbers are continuing to increase virtually every day over the past ten days or so. Though the fishing is still not "Red Hot" but there are fishable numbers in all the most popular areas. We have seen perhaps the best fishing coming out of the Edmond's side of the pond. The area directly out of the Edmond's marina is a good place to start. We have heard of good fishing up to the Spanish House area south of Brown's Bay and south to the Richmond Beach oil docks. Remember that coho are virtually where you find them, they could just as easily be on the beach in the shallow water or out in the shipping lanes in hundreds of feet of water. You have to find them! Try the surface down to around 30 feet first things in the AM and progressively fish a little deeper as the day goes on with the 60 -90 foot depths generally being more productive by mid morning. We have been seeing some exceptionally good sized fish into the mid to high teens. This fact will bide well for the upcoming Edmond's Coho Derby this next Saturday, 11th September.

Brewster King Salmon

Had a "Great" king salmon report from the Brewster area of the upper Columbia from area guide Ron Oules. He said the fishing was really getting going. He had 10 kings in the past few days with five of them over 24 pounds. They also had a number of jacks and steelhead which accounted for a total of 19 fish landed in the three days. Ron mentioned that the sockeye are almost all gone. Here's a picture of a nice 26 pound Brewster king.

Ron Oules
Reel-Lentless Guide Service
(509) 449-0843
www.reellentlessguideservice.com

Last Day For King Fishing - August 31 st - Marine Areas 9 - 10

Tomorrow will be the last day of king salmon fishing here in Marine Areas 9 & 10. The season has been without questions a very stellar season. In fact the reports that we had from both yesterday and today had lots of nice kings in the catches. Wish the season would continue but it is what it is. Glad to have had such a "Great" season here in our portion of Puget Sound. Now, the good news is that we have really started seeing better numbers of coho showing in the catches and have been hearing of fish into the teens this past week. Coho have been getting more common with each and every tide. With the change in the weather and the rains we are to get the next couple of days should be exactly what we need to get things really rolling. I think this up coming holiday weekend will be a good one for dusting off the coho gear and getting out and trying you luck.

Don't forget to purchase your Edmonds Coho Derby tickets for Saturday September 11th. We have really been going through them the past week.