Quillayute River, WA

"When Uncle Dan calls and tells you to come fish, you drop what you are doing and go fish." explained my roommate Dustin on a Friday. Unfortunately we still had to work so we came up Saturday instead. Being so low in the system the fish move through this area fast and when the conditions are perfect. Which finding those windows when the nets are out is rare to none. Though this would be the case this weekend. Dan told us that we missed a ridiculous day Friday but there were still plenty of fish to be had. Now I've only really spinner fished for salmon in Alaska so it took me a while to get going. Dustin shot out with a bang catching I think 3 fish before I landed one. However by the end of the day we had caught 8 fish between the three of us and I lost a ninth as we were cleaning up.
Sunday was a little different and really slow. No one was really hooking fish. We moved slowly down river as the tide fell all day until we came to a nice hole that seamed it would hold fish. Using a pink flash and glo Dustin was making smart as remarks about I hooked the first fish and landed about a 18# King. We had caught no kings the previous day. About when we were going to call it quits in the hole I caught the toad pictured below. We were mostly geared for coho so after a good chase and fight we finally got this guy to the boat. Dan had told Dustin not to say anything about how big it was while I was fighting it because he wanted me to remain focused. Picked up a coho as we road the tide back up to the launch.

Summary:
Location: Quillayute River
Time: 8am - 5pm
Rod: 10-20lb spinning rods
Tackle: Orange, Purple, and Chartreuse #5 vibrax spinners and pink flash and glow with pink hoochie skirt at hook.
Fish: 8/9 day 1 and 3/3 day 2
Species: Coho and Chinook Salmon
Biggest Fish: 34# Chinook
Smallest Fish: 8# Coho
Rating: 9.9/10

Satsop River, WA (Steelhead/Coho)

Sometimes you just want to get out and float the river. I don't particularly like floating the lower Nooche and with limited time after work the Satsop is a nice quick float. No luck but hey at least we tried.

Summary:
Location: Satsop River from mouth of Middle Fork to Hwy 12 bridge.
Time: 12pm - 6pm
Rod: Medium Bait Casting Rods
Tackle: Various Kwikfish Plugs
Fish: 0
Species: Searching for whatever!
Biggest Fish: N/A
Smallest Fish: N/A
Rating: 2/10