Small marine 6 oct coho fishery...any experience

[headduck]

Hey yall...

We have a small triangle of water open by the mouth of Dungeness bay until the end of October. I have gone out twice and cant seem to find anything....

Does anybody have experience with this small little slice of coho heaven?

[Mooch]

Bay fishing for salmon has unique challenges.  My best success for coho near rivers like the Dungeness has been fly fishing or casting #3 (sometimes #4) spinners during early mornings (extended with fog), ideally during incoming on a dead quiet drift.   For trolling I'd run a small herring off a #0 diver.  Altho on the Dungie, I've had much better success in river proper.  Good luck.

[headduck]

Just drove by the river and its flush with anglers...may have missed the bay and might head straight to the river. 

[straiteagle]

They are still coming into the bay, but don't like to bite in the bay, and lots of seaweed, us locals consider this fishery too much work for a limited catching experience.  The tribe was netting the bay from Sept 15 for 30 days.  The coho are a late run, will be coming up to the hatchery into Nov.

[straiteagle]

Correction to above, the tribe is still netting but further away from the mouth of the Dungeness river.

[headduck]

The river is so low now they are just sitting in the bay getting netted...every day somebody talks of the netting in the bay...adding insult to injury...after opener...they were dip netting the river at night as well...I'm scratching to get a couple and they have unlimited appetite and limited regulation...

Eagle...must be your neighbor, I'm in Dungeness as well...and could use a little local knowledge if your up for a beer (or coffee) sometime...

[straiteagle]

The river is so low now they are just sitting in the bay getting netted...every day somebody talks of the netting in the bay...adding insult to injury...after opener...they were dip netting the river at night as well...I'm scratching to get a couple and they have unlimited appetite and limited regulation...

Eagle...must be your neighbor, I'm in Dungeness as well...and could use a little local knowledge if your up for a beer (or coffee) sometime...

I've gathered most of my local area fishing knowledge through the local chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers club.  We have educational "how to" presentations at the monthly meetings prior to every major fishing season- for example in March or April, either John Beath, also a member, or myself have given the presentation on Halibut fishing in the immediate area.  See  https://www.psanopc.org/  for information on the club - meetings are every 3rd Thursday of the month.  John Beath is a guide and fishing tackle supplier, one of his internet sites is: https://salmonchronicles.com/, another is: https://halibutchronicles.com/

During the fishing seasons it is not unusual to have as many as 8 club member boats on the water each day, sharing information on where, what, how, etc. regarding the catching.

[headduck]

Thanks. Will certainly check out the psanopc....maybe i will have the lucky lottery ticket...