Went down to "Do the Puyallup' Seeing as WDFW doesn't allow fishing from a floating device
in area 11. (Yes,this means even inflatable pool arm floaties and casting in the water is illegal for salmonl). Caught some bright pinks last Saturday(8/26) on the river(picture). Seen a few Chinook caught(one about 17 lb). Had a nice coho or chinook peel my line hard across the river and spit the hook. Today(8/31) caught several slimmer buck pinks...funny thing was the bright hens seemed to be caught on the other side of the river. Seen a 12b chinook caught on other side of the river. No coho,all pinks. People laugh at the pinks,but the Puyallup is a cold river. Being glacial water it runs cold even when air temperature is hot. Bleed these fish and put on ice. This makes a big difference in the quality. Look for the fish with scales still falling off(set scale fish don't taste as well,pale meat).I hose the scales off and scrape the slime with a filet knife( makes a big difference when brining and smoking the pink salmon). More work definitely,but fish comes out really well. Smoke em'up and they have a lot of oil.( these are thin fish,so don't smoke at too hot of temperature).......Looks like some controversy is happening down on the Skokomish.....

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