Puget Sound King Salmon Jigging
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2021
- In this award-eligible video, I explain when it's good to jig for kings opposed to troll with downrigger. Watch and be amazed as I battle not 1, not 1.5, but TWO kings! Chinook salmon fishing! #pugetsound #kingsalmon
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Many thanks! You've got a gift for teaching and/or explaining things so that they make sense to the average fisherman.
Thank you so much Guzin! It's a comment like this that inspires me to make more videos.
It's not rambling if we're listening and learning, I know I was fully engaged , educated & entertained. WooHoo!!
Thanks a ton as always! Super appreciate your kind words!
Sweet! Love that initial strike on a jig.
It's lightning thru the arms! Thanks Tyler!
A long video! Heck yeah!
A long rambling at least! Ha ha. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of jigging!
YES! Great comment!
I've lived in Poulsbo for a year and have yet to fish the sound. Fun watching this.
Gettin’ Jiggy with it! 🎣
Met Ali, he told me I'm the jig-est!
Thanks for the video. Just to share a couple of thoughts from nearly 50 years of jigging for salmon: I haven't found anything that beats
a BuzzBomb; a line counter reel really comes in handy; if you're exploring for kings where they aren't congregated (usually the case)
jig about three feet off the bottom. Like you, I like iridescent tape on my BuzzBombs, darts, etc. Gary Northrop
Thanks a ton Gary! Your 50 beats my 10. One thing I do like you, is I am a couple cranks off bottom. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Karen Northrop are you jigging for kings with buzzbombs? What colors?
Nice job! Keep it up! You should come over to my favorite river some day? It's a bit of a drive though😉👍
Thanks a ton!!
@@WAFishQuest no prob👍 keep it up! I'm headed for a coastal spot soon👍
Blake!!! Such an amazing video, so helpful as always. Keep it up :))) you’re living the dream
Thanks a ton Zachary! Super appreciate it!
It is only of my favorite videos. I’ve probably watched it at least 15 times. This inspired me to get 14ft to try this out this coming season
Wow thanks as always YAFK! The key is really finding them and persistence. If you fish finder is blank for 30 minutes run around looking for em.
Great video, 👍 good information!
Thank you for making awesome videos. I may try this in the sound on my day off this tuesday.
Good luck if you do! Love the profile pic!
That was awesome man, super educational. I'm not a big fan of down rigging. It's a little boring and I hate the constant noise from the engine and fumes from the exhaust. Don't get me wrong, I have and will continue to use them in the future but jigging/casting is way more entertaining. Nothing beats the feeling of pulling up the rod and the big pull back. Well, maybe spearing a fish does but jigging is a close second haha.
Nice happy dance! Good informative video as well. Thanks for sharing. Tight lines!
Good info. I like the Point Wilson Dart herring jigs so I will have to check out those P-Line jigs.
S'all good! I use pt Wilson all the time too.
@@WAFishQuest Ya, they work great but they are heavy too. There are plenty of times that I want a lighter jig with the same profile. Always looking for a more tools to add to the box.
Thanks Blake!
You got it BearBert!
I'm just up the coast from you in Canada. Great fishing here, though I have tons to learn.
Really appreciate your videos!
Thanks a bunch Guy! - your neighborhood to the south
Such a helpful video.
Amazing job Blake, great content
Thanks Bo! Bo knows jigging!
Been following you for a while now. Love the jigging video. Years ago that is how I started. Well jigging and mooching around Possession Bar and Point No Point. Haven't been out in years but this video makes me want to correct that. Thanks for all your other videos as well. I really enjoy watching them.
Thanks a ton EB! Super appreciate the kind words!
The Lazer minnow, buzz bomb or diamond jig is a killer vertical lure, those fish hammered those!
Thanks Brian! A lot of great jigs out there. And yes they did. Slurped em right up!
Good stuff. Thanks! 👍
Thank you for watching!
Great catches. Those pline lures are nice. Good tip on standing up to set the hook. I am going to try that. 👍
It is also good if you're kind of lazy like me! Thanks as always!
Awesome info Blake (as usual). I have a bunch of those jigs I used for rock fish up in Alaska. Looks like I can pull em out and sharpen the hooks!
Good to know. Thanks NDS!
You're back!!
Hey Adam! I think I've done about 30 videos this year, so yes sir!
Nice kings Blake!
Thanks a ton Khan!
Mr.blakester you got the wrong pole for that conventional reel sir thats a spin casting rod love the videos bud keep them coming
As long as you don't tell the salmon about the pole, I'll be alright! Thanks a ton, very much appreciated!
@@WAFishQuest can't find the 7 piece rod on Amazon. Can you please share model #. Thanks for all the great videos!
Once again, thanks!
You're welcome Brian!
Truly amazed you don’t have more subscribers. Got mine though. Educational, entertaining, great video editing, and knowledgeable. Keep it up!
Thanks a ton D Potato! I don't need many, when I got the D Potatoes of the world. 🙏
awesome video one of my best videos too watch
Thanks a ton!
Really enjoyed this…love jigging but rarely get the chance. A few questions for you….ever run a barrel swivel from the split ring to the hook? Maybe not because the hook would need an open eye and that scares some people off…just would like to know your thoughts. Also, could not quite tell your snap/swivel setup to the jig. Could you please elabarte on that set up. Last, your reel was not a line counter, any reason why? Well, one more. Type of tides that you prefer to jig in? Guess would 1 hr before, 1 hr after tides with less variance. Thanks
I started catching more fish once I started watching your vids
Wow! That's a ton for saying so. Glad I could be of service. Tight lines!
Love your video's, you may wish to look at getting your tripod for filming like this. A bit heavier line might be better, damn dogfish will destroy your lighter rigs.
Thanks Kevin! Good point on the doggies.
nice and i missed fishing in Washington :-( but it's nice work
I do it all for you Tim! Sending fishing Washington vibes your way.
I'm on vacation all this week if you want to get out and fish. I'm in the Olympia area and have a 18' jet boat.
Hey AuSable Angler! Thanks for the invite. I'll have to take a pass. I'm probably only getting out Monday this week, And I'm heading north for it.
Like your videos fella! You ever salmon fished in the bay around Thurston county?
Thanks a ton Ryan! How do you mean Bay? Like Budd Inlet? If so yes. I cast spinners with hoochies skirts in September and early October. If you mean another body of water, let me know.
Killin it
Hey Levi! Cool you found the time between fishing and work to watch the video. Tight lines brother!
Never caught a salmon on a jig. Will have to dedicate some time to it. Good info!
Thank you Capt. Mike! Maybe next time you see a bunch on the finder, but can't get em to bite, might be worth a shot!
@@WAFishQuest I was out yesterday afternoon near Deception Pass, Pinks jumping. Got my first Salmon on a Buzz Bomb and my first Pink on a fly. Great fun. Two checkmarks! :-)
Get a Garmin livescope caught my first salty coho today, I was jigging a white 2oz point Wilson dart at 60’ and saw a big mark come onto the screen at 30’ reeled up to it and watched it live attack my jig😅 also crazy seeing how many shakers 2”-12” try to attack your jig and the amount of bait fish in the sound
Ha ha, one if the reasons a lot don't reach adulthood I suppose. Cool that the live scope is so accurate!
Hey Blake, I think we are neighbors. I recently moved to Tumwater and have really enjoyed your videos about the area. Been learning a lot and now that the salmon season is here, I hope to put a lot of that to good use. Maybe I'll bump into you out in the hood? LOL?
You don't have a public email by chance do you?
Where is this is this Ruston Way Fox Island where exactly are you
I recently moved to Oly and I think the Nisqually is going to be my new spot. Is there any good public access shore fishing near the delta. I saw a boat launch on the south side from the fish Washington app. Is that all there is?
The public shoreline options are not good. "Luhr's Landing" has a tad of shoreline assess. The river itself has "handicap" hole. But that's probably a half mile up river. There's also Tolmie State park, but it's pretty far off the Delta and not really a good place to fish (some people clam there).
@@WAFishQuest Thanks. I guess I'm buying a boat.
Had a 1 oz version of these pline jigs at sekiu couple weeks back jigging under school of baitfish and got hammered by 8 pound wild
That is AWESOME! I love those plines. A one ounce is also great for shore casting!
Where is this at? Kinda looks like Kodiak island
That'd be cool! But no sir. It's our local salt. I'm not going to "spot burn" the location. But it's not like special, or anything, just a local place salmon pass thru.
nice video! any advice on how to locate these fish without a finder?
This is somewhat nebulous advice but, the areas I jig tend to be where they're sort of staking up before they head up a river. Sometimes it's near a mouth, sometimes it's 10 miles away. A somewhat frustrating element is they don't always stack up the place every year. For instance my favorite flat this year was barren. A popular jig fishery is fish trap in Olympia. Popular jig fisheries are easier. You can observe what the other boats are doing and copy their depth. Or start near shore, and do a drift, then go out another 20 feet and drift again. Getting deeper (or you could do it in reverse and go shallower) until you find the fish's lane. Hope that was somewhat helpful!
@@WAFishQuest thank you! I'll try that
Can I use same set up for casting from shore for coho ?
Yes sir! I'd use a once jig personally in that case so it flutters down slower.
How late are the kings in the sound?
Hey Kaleb! Depends on the area. But, peak is August, and they're usually gone by mid-Sept.
Stop breaking cameras! Lol
Never been a fan of jigging for salmon. I see guys doing this on the Columbia River and they are snagging a bunch of salmon before they get one hooked in the mouth. Same with most coho jiggers. Spook the fish in smaller rivers pretty much ruining entire holes.
Interesting. I've never tried jigging in a river. What you say is definitely not the case in the salt.
Also, if you're implying I'm partaking in shady stuff like that, those fish are hooked in the inside of the mouth.
@@WAFishQuest definitely wasn't implying that. You had legal hookups. You were correctly jigging. Some guys I see are jigging so aggressively you know they are snagging.
Thank you sir! Sometimes it's hard to tell if there is writing between the lines on the TH-cam (there often is). Thanks a ton for watching and commenting! There are a lot of snaggers out there for sure.
@@ER-by3ys Almost no salmon are hooked on the lift, always on the drop. I've jigged 20 years for kings and snagged exactly one that i can recall.
Buy a gopro
I'm personally not big on GoPros, unless snorkelling or something.