Let's Fishing This Weekend

The boathouse staff recommends fishing near Gig Harbor, the clay banks, the Dalco Passage, Browns Point and the mouth of the Puyallup River.

Trolling seems to work best. Anglers are having the best luck with flasher and either hoochie or spoons.

SALT WATER

Fly-fishing: Try north of Gig Harbor or in Hood Canal for coho.

South Sound: Fishing has slowed since last week said the staff at Zittel’s Johnson Point Marina, but anglers are starting to catch silvers near the Nisqually River. Cohos are also starting to show up.

RIVERS

Columbia: According to a report from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife anglers kept 10,738 chinook and 4,714 coho over 41,762 trips between Aug. 1 and Sept. 4 between Buoy 10 and Tongue Point. Anglers released 3,490 chinook and 7,032 coho in that area.

From Tongue Point to the Bonneville dam, anglers kept 12,290 chinook, 11,630 steelhead and 551 coho over 94,223 trips. They also released 537 chinook, 7,756 steelhead and 389 coho. Adult chinook retention closed Saturday downstream of the Warrior Rock line.

Green: Anglers are catching coho and pinks.

Nisqually: There are coho and pinks to catch here, too.

Skokomish: Chinook are still biting.

McAllister Creek: Open to salmon retention from Steilacoom Road Bridge to the mouth of the creek through Nov. 30.

LAKES

Alder: A good place to try for kokanee.

Spanaway: The lake is opened to fishing after closing for weekend hydroplane races.

Harts: Becky Hall, owner of Harts Lake Resort, said trolling with chicken liver or worms paid off for anglers. A few caught catfish over the weekend, and bullhead, blue gill, and perch are also biting.