Third time out was a charm but I think it also helped that I drove to the south sound instead of trying places near Seattle.
I went out and hit the very slow incoming tide at Kopachuck St. Park today and Leyland's popper did the trick for me. I walked down the beach looking for any sign of fish and seeing none just finally started fishing. I waded in about thigh deep and started working my way back to where I got on the beach at. I was spaced off, looking at the sun and water when suddenly KA-BAM and my line was running. I managed to get control of my line and after a few runs landed a 20" fish (seemed bigger at the time but I measured it on my rod and checked when I got home). Was this a cutt or a resident coho? It had a pretty green back, how does one tell the difference. I worked up the beach and finally saw a few fish churning in a scum line. I got one to take the popper, a 14" cutt, this time I was pretty sure what it was. This fish leaped out of the water about 4x while I was playing it, very fun. Not bad for 1 3/4 hours fishing and I only saw one other fisherman the whole time. Since I'm still a total newbie at this, I have a few questions for those in the know... First Question - I originally went to Titlow Beach Park and was going to try it but the signs of "No taking animals or plants" made me wonder if fishing was illegal there. Does anyone know? I have no idea if it would be good or not anyway, I was just looking for long beaches in the Washington Public Shore Guide and that one seemed like a potential spot. Second question - do the resident cohos roam the whole sound during the winter, i.e., is there a chance of getting them in the north sound or are they also a predominantly south sound phenomena? Thanks, Tim
