Snohomish River, WA (Pink Salmon)

The Snohomish River is formed by the joining of the Snoqualmie and Skykomish Rivers. This river is big and if you have a boat great for salmon fishing. If you don't have a boat you can do what we tried. I should mentioned that encase you didn't know the farther from the ocean a fish gets the more it "spawns-out". Salmon in the ocean are nice and chrome but as they spawn they turn darker colors and male pink salmon even grow a large hump on their back, aka where the term "humpies" come from. I should also mention that pink salmon are not great eating unless smoked or put in a dip. Baked in the oven or cooked on the bbq does not result in some good salmon eating. With all that said what we tried was to go for some nice chrome pinks as far down the river as we could. This brought use to Lowell Farm's where the river is effected by the ocean tides. The difference on the river tide and the ocean tide is about one hour we learned. We also learned that you want to find a good low tide. The low tide we fished was a +6 afternoon tide. We should have tried to fish the +0.5 morning tide instead. The lower the tide the smaller the river gets and the more condensed the fish are. We had no luck throwing buzz bombs or jigs. A local guy says that is the ticket depending on how far the fish are. If you can get real close to them throw a jig, but if the fish are a ways away then use a 2" pink buzz bomb. (He did manage to catch one)

Summary:
Location: Snohomish River, near Lowell Farms, WA
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Rod: Spinning Salmon Rod
Tackle: Pink Jig and 2" Pink Buzz Bomb
Fish: 0
Species: Pink Salmon
Biggest Fish: N/A
Smallest Fish: N/A
Rating: 7/10

(Forgot to snap any pictures)