>From: "Tim Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: No longer a saltwater virgin...
>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:18:08 -0800
>
>Well the fish was a big cutt then, it had spots on it. It looked a lot
>like
>a rainbow from above with a deep green back covered in spots. That was the
>best sea-run cutt I've caught, I had previously gotten an 18" one out of
>the
>lower Stilly years ago.
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sean Ransom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 8:52 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: No longer a saltwater virgin...
>
>
>There are coho to be had in the central sound. There are a few beaches in
>city that will produce but not as consistent as the south sound. Just have
>to get out and explore. It can take quite a few trips to a beach before you
>will get to know if there are fish around or not.
>
>Easiest way to tell the difference being coho and cutt are the spots. Coho
>have none where has cutts in the salt are covered with them. I would bet
>the
>fish was a cutt cause a 20 inch coho would be a rarity as most of the fish
>around now are in the 10-15 inch range.
>
>-sean
>
>On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:42:27
> Tim Harris wrote:
> >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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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My father, who grew up in Olympia, remembers trolling for "bluebacks" with
his father. Blueback would be the colloquial name for cutts, if I'm not
mistaken.
Tom
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