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Went back out today at around 3pm again. Started up in Tukwila at my normal spot. Caugh two chum. One dark one bright. Brighter one pictured.

I have heard rumors and read reports of groups of chummers held up around the auburn golf course just downstream with loads of bright fish. Decided it must be investigated.

Went straight down there. Started right off the golf course. hooked one in a few minutes. Pictured (not that great) I know you will laugh but I don't really like handling fish more for the fishes sake, and since I don't keep chum I only snap a pic of the fish when I can then either long line release it or try my hardest to get it off the line in the water. Today I was not in waders so I had to use a stick to pop the jig off. not ideal.

Regardless I was less than impressed with the reports. Sure there were alot of fish in the auburn area. In fact by 4:15 when I left I had caught 4 more. But guess what, they were dark. I know everyone has a different impression of that but I still did not see or catch a single bright fish. I think that folks might see a fish roll and think it is bright because the belly flash but this Homie don't dig that.

So it was an ok day. Fished Jigs, Spinners, Drift and yes I did get humble and try a spoon. No luck on the spoon. One on a spinner, one on the drift with green yarn and pink corky. 4 on jigs probably because that is why I fish the most.

Not a bad way to wrap up the work day.
Till next time.

RiverChromeGS

11/17/2011 9:40:00 PM

if you dont keep chum (i dont either) then who cares what color they are? lol the dark ones still fight.

natetreat

11/17/2011 10:49:00 PM

They turn quick. When they hit the fresh water after spending so much time in the estuary, they turn quick. A bright one pretty much came from the salt that day, or day before. Anyways if you are C&R a big chuim is fun enough right? They're beasts, even when they're turning.

djw0414

11/17/2011 10:52:00 PM

That is a lot of action in 1 hour and 15 minutes considering the commute and switching techniques 4 times. I have fished the Auburn area including the golf course the last two days and have not seen a chum roll or seen or heard of one caught. I did catch a small dark coho around Metzler's Park and saw some other coho roll but it has been dead by most accounts. Keep up the good work and I would love to run into you and see what you are doing differently.

jumpinjim

11/18/2011 9:09:00 AM

djw: I actually looked at the timestamps on the photos last night and saw that I got to auburn at 3pm. I left work at around 2:30 and fished for 20 minutes by the BECU building in Allentown, then about 10-15 minutes later I was down in auburn. still though I agree it was plenty of fish for that amount of time - no complaints there. I also moved from the golf course area down to that soccer field zone around 3:30. And I totally disagree about dark fish fighting just like bright fish though. I would say that some dark fish will still fight but most of the fish I hooked up with yesterday were lazy, a few head shakes, maybe a second or two of ripping the drag and then wind em in and thats on 10lb cxx line. I would say that the dark fish on the OP fight more like bright fish from the sound, but our dark fish seem to be on deaths door.

tele_maniac

11/18/2011 3:50:00 PM

Great report JumpinJim. Appreciate the details and photos.

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