Tom Jacobs and I hit the water at Point Defiance. We fished in front of the slag pile from 6am to 9am. Saw several nice kings caught. We trolled cut plug herring and hoochie/flashers with herring strips. No success. We moved over to Brown's Point and fished that area briefly, dropped some crab pots and headed over to the mouth of the Puyallup river. Interesting how dirty the surface of the water was. We fished hoochies/flashers with herring strips. Caught a dogfish until at 11:20 Tom's rod released and it was "Fish On"! We knew right away we were into a good one as the fish immediately peeled off a long run as he headed to the bottom. Tom had the rigger at 85 feet in 170 feet of water, using a magnum green/glow hoochie, herring strip, and large red flasher. The fish played tug of war with Tom till tiring. Tom did a great job playing the fish. We landed him and let out a whoop - big strong Chinook in the boat. Finished fishing, picked up the crab pots (some nice red rock crabs), and called it a day.

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