salmon fishing Washington state

[@gB-gm7vy]

Always great watching you fish - thx for another one, Sir.

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Thanks for watching😁.....let's hope for a huge late push of coho🙏

[@gB-gm7vy]

I’ve been exploring the major creek in Vancouver a lot lately. (Won’t name) I know you can’t me give exact locations and that’s perfectly OK - some of the fun is finding it for myself..,but, I’d like to ask if you think the winter runs will push up into that water system later, and if so is it allowed to be fished in the winter months?

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

@@gB-gm7vy the biggest creek is stocked with 35k-40k winter steelhead smolt and they start hitting the creek mid-late January

[@Lemonpepperclub]

What kinda rod reel and line set up did you use for this I have a medium heavy ugly stick and pflugger 40x reel I wanted to attempt using for salmon this year just trying to prep what I’d need at this point

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

The rod is a 10ft 6in 8-15lb Okuma SST fitted with a pflueger supreme reel, it's a great setup for bobber fishing and is good quality for the price....you could go to 11ft to help with mending your line.

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Also....I use 50lb braid for my main line and 15-20lb SST fluorocarbon for my leader

[@richardwilkinson744]

I live in Texas and had a salmon fishing trip booked in BC for This coming August but it was canceled due to Covid. I am still coming to Washington the first of August to try some river Salmon fishing. Would you tell me the general area NW, W Central or SW and is it any good in mid August into September.

[@toneyfree7179]

Cowlitz river for coho and steelhead ,

[@pnwfishingfever8644]

Spot looks amazing wish I knew where it was at

[@meatymonkey]

Just wondering if an okuma guide select pro is a good salmon rod?

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Yes it is....mine is 7 yrs old and has been beaten up, had a broken eye which now makes a 10'3" awesome bobber rod.....for salmon my 10'6" bobber rods are Okuma and my 7'9" twitching rods are Lamiglas "THE TWITCH", They cost 99$ and are an amazing pole for any salmon

[@jerishaoelua9602]

Where’s this spot boss? If you don’t mind me askin

[@robertarmstrong6172]

Nice looking Chinook. Loved fishing WA when I was younger

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Ty for watching Robert 😁....I lived in Washington all my life and I couldn't imagine living anywhere else....2 hr drive gets you to the ocean or the mountains, cant beat that!

[@brianfarmer6223]

Had one of my most memorable mornings in that spot. 3 casts, 3 fish. Was in may and first cast caught a dime summer run, second cast caught a spawned out winter run, third cast right at the top of the run I hook into a springer. Adrenaline already through the roof I fell fighting the springer and about broke my hand. Still landed fish, all with out a net. Love this river.

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

This river always sucks me in because of how scenic it is even if the fishing can be hit or miss...after losing to many fish last year I vowed to never be without a net again...ty for watching and may the fishing gods be on your side😁

[@walterconstanza2690]

Nice! Where is that?

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

I'm sorry but I don't give out river names. Ty for watching and commenting on my video.

[@nickshane6208]

Subscribed! I live in the area and just got into fishing

[@seuntiknhem9934]

Trying to find places to fish around tacoma area any suggestions

[@ReelFishingPNW]

Beautiful fish! Great work from the bank my man. Love it 👏👏

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Ty for the comment 😁....I'm so excited for the fall run and cant wait to add more video's.....tight lines!!

[@ReelFishingPNW]

@@cluelessfisherman4555 subscribed! Looking forward to those videos bro good luck out there 🤜🏼🤛🏻

[@spencewang3198]

I live in lynnwood plan to go this weekend where us this spot at bud?

[@rushintofishin81]

@@kyleoden3015 how do you know

[@rushintofishin81]

@@kyleoden3015 is it good for springers at this river? I tried last year with no luck

[@kyleoden3015]

@@rushintofishin81 depends on how big of a run there is

[@iworks2000]

What part of Washington

[@willham8794]

What pond line do you use

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

I have 35lb floating p-line for my main line and I use 20lb test fluorocarbon for my leader

[@AnotherFishingAdventure]

Awesome video, thank you!

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Ty for watching😁

[@edwinpina6438]

Question were is this river

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

It's in western Washington is all I can say....I dont want to blow up any of my local rivers since they are smaller river and cant handle large amounts of pressure....sry

[@austinhensey5330]

Is that a orange beed you were using?

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Its orange cured coho salmon eggs from last year. A lot of professionals say use red but orange cured eggs work great for me...store bought eggs have never worked for me!!!. but a small company you should look up online is Sunrise baits out of Oregon..I have no affiliation with them but last fall I used there cured eggs and filled a punch card with Coho Jack's by September 5 on my local river and all were good size for Jack's..

[@samedinduldanic7843]

Seems to me all like duwamish river. It dont open until 20th of aug hmm maybe that is why he wont say location

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

I dont give names of rivers I fish a lot because I dont need people that dont respect the outdoors destroying my beautiful fishing spots.....I posted this video the day I caught the fish and I'm pretty sure the Duwamish doesn't get spring chinook...ty for watching the video.

[@Nicholasyeahbruh]

What sst model is that?

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

It's a 10' 6" 8-17lb float drifting....they're great rods!....its 5 yrs old and takes a beating and the only damage has been a broken tip.

[@davidplata9388]

I just moved to Washington, to catch fish you have to know where they are at. This guys knows, I'm still clueless.

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Look up Washington state fish escapement and you can find which hatcheries are getting good runs of Salmon, the current escapement reports come out every Thursday

[@pnwfishingfever8644]

Definitely a keeper! Great catch man

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Ty🙂.....Tasted great also

[@qujc]

what river is this? if u dont mind

[@johnng6416]

Nice catch!! I have the same okuma sst rod in 4-10lb rating

[@kanaletumlinson]

Wow man nice!! Your net job worked like a dream haha

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Ty Kanale🙂...I was a dumbass, if you look at when I was trying to net it the fishes head was pointing up in the air, I realized I was pulling to hard and almost pulled it out of the net...I'm still getting used to netting fish by myself....been fishing for salmon for 20 years and still learning how to do it properly every trip....ty for watching and may the fishing gods be with you

[@samuelonishchenko3576]

I’m from western Washington and I love to fish if you can give some target species for this sort of year and some spots that aren’t secret that would be cool

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Shad at Bonneville Dam is a really fun fishery. I personally don't eat Shad but there's no limit and catching 10-20 Shad an hour is a blast.....good luck and tight lines😁

[@squamishfish]

Try Chilliwack River in The Fraser Valley British Columbia right near the border close to Mt Baker

[@scotsmaninthephilippines1659]

I'm a UK angler so I find it a bit disturbing to see the way you handle the fish you caught. I've got nothing against catch and cook but I always dispatch my catch asap.

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

I dispatched the fish directly after the video ended once I got the hook out, it was about 1 min from landing the fish and it getting bonked.....I appreciate you watching and commenting....Have a wonderful day!

[@tylerthomas9260]

We’re is the exact location. I live in Longview

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

I'm sorry but I can't give its location as it's a small river that gets a lot of pressure. Ty for watching and tight lines.

[@jamalswann7786]

tell me were this is again i forgot

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Ty for watching the video😁......I'm sorry but I don't like to give out names of rivers that I fish often....all I can say is it's in western Washington.

[@jamalswann7786]

@@cluelessfisherman4555 perfect response . Tight lines and keep those places safe !

[@nintendude1988]

Very good looking stretch of water.

[@pnwfishingfever8644]

That’s true I wish I knew where this was lol I’d make a video right away

[@williamb6817]

Only a handful of rivers with spring Chinook in WA state. Some of my best fishing memories are on that system.

[@rdgurule]

Thank you for not devolving this river. Much respect. 👍👍

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

The video starts when i Iook back and wonder why my bobber was going sideways. I'm lucky I landed it because I didn't even set the hook.

[@josiahvue1593]

What river

[@justincooper6037]

Hey man I was wondering if you would be interested in someone to edit your videos? I live in Vancouver!

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

I would love some help editing video's....I know my video's could be way better with some editing as my gopro only does it in 8 min clips which I have no idea how to splice....I also live in Vancouver by Columbia river high school...shoot me an email at [e-mail] and we can figure out the details...I appreciate any help

[@ShanePingStyle]

Cool catching and pretty spot. SUBBED! Wish seeming you more

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Thanks for subscribing😁....I fish a lot but I'm usually to lazy to video because fishing and the great outdoors is usually more important. This year I plan on making way more video's and maybe pulling my head out my butt and learn to edit video's so they're not as long and drawn out. Ty for watching and tight lines🎣

[@josiahvue1593]

Witch river

[@puprilla]

Good spot nice fish

[@footsoldierfisherman]

Perfect fish

[@reelphatties6426]

Nice

[@pancakeface5717]

Hey show "dumb luck" some respect. It's my thing.

[@cluelessfisherman4555]

Lol...I'll take dumb luck over getting skunked any day of the week....my favorite saying is put a monkey on a keyboard and eventually he'll type a word...ty for watching 😁

[@pancakeface5717]

@@cluelessfisherman4555 LOL, glad to watch.