Got there and found out we'd forgotten Brett's waders so were stuck with staying on the grassy point adjacent to the parking area. Not a bad spot. You can see the schools of chum coming up the creek, not the fish but the bow wave they make against the current. Pretty cool to see on the incoming tide. Tide turned just as we got there and within about 40 minutes went from a narrow creek to almost completely flooded over the mud flats. One guy got a fish that was just starting to turn from chrome to striped. Not a lot of fish tody. Saw maybe 2 schools come up. They swim by and they're gone. If you don't get one you wait till the next one. Saw a couple schools coming up then turn around and swim back out. Water is muddy so you can't see them. I'll have to learn the area and find out what the fish like. I put on a red and green plastic jig and got a hit but didn't hook it. Oh well. Slowed down so we went off to Summet lake to scout it out. Lost a couple of spinners there and decided to cut our losses.
Then went the the Humptulips. Got there kind of late and fished one of the boat launch areas, then moved to another take out on a gravel bar off Fitzpatrick Rd. where we noticed a big mud track coming out of the woods. Figured it was a fishing spot and I was right. That place ate about 8 hooks between my boy and me. Kind of a bummer. Tried spawn sacks, no luck. Only fished for about 45 min. and it got dark. It was basically a recon trip anyway. Didn't make it up to the hatchery so next time we'll start earlier and do that. I guess it was elbow to elbow up there.

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