Watching this as I currently munch on the coho I caught a 2 days ago from the green. My 3rd salmon ever from a river. (First and second on that same day) Managed to hook 20 or so pink that day and got my limit first time ever from a river.
This video may be a blessing for me. I’ve thrown Corkies, Jigs, spinners, and have caught nothing but pinks ever since the green opened up. I hope to have success, but even if I don’t I think this idea is grand
Hey bro,,, GLAD TO SEE a drift fisherman again. lol, I have been showing guys in my videos how to use this drift technique while flossing stop yanking and detect the bite by mending on a slider weight and up the odds of both. Funniest thing is how many guys say fish wont eat eggs,, if its drifted. Been drifting for 30 years.. before long leaders came along. Can I ask why not a slider weigh? you can detect the bite before they feel the weight and let go, it will go direct to the tip of your rod especially if your mending your line. Very good video bro.
Nice work man. I always look forward to seeing your latest and greatest. Eventually we gotta get out there together and shoot one. Crazy that we’ve been fishing some of the same holes for that passed couple years and haven’t bumped into each other yet.
I was literally typing "how do you keep your eggs so dry?" and you answered my question. People talk about burning your eggs with too much cure though... how do you gauge when it's too much? Thanks Brian. Another 🔥 video brother. Good work!
Thanks bro! And yeah I’ve heard of the whole “burning” them thing but tbh I just dump a ton of the cure on them, and they always get hit lol it doesn’t seem like the fish care. I mean I just put enough to cover every inch of the eggs pretty generously, and then after they’re fully cured I put a little extra 🤙🏻 I’ll show you sometime 😉
Use regular fire cure first for a more firm egg, let them cure 2 days and they will soak up all the juice! Then put them outside on some cookie drying racks so they can drip and dry. Roll them around in borax/boraxOfire mix after they are dried a bit and keep drying till you like the firmness. Usually bout 4-12 hours or longer. Then jar them with borax in the bottom of the jar so they stay dry.
@@BrianMonticello can you do a tutorial on the eggs? Thinking of getting the penn pursuit 2500 and the guide select pro 8-15 spin rod that you have. Do you have the 2500 pursuit?
Hey dude. You still fish the green river? I just moved here to Tacoma… its close… Ive been here a week caught a salmon at Minter and a bunch of Sea Run Cutthroat trout on the Sound (I fly fish) where is close that I should go next?
Hey Brian, I have been fishing the Green since last year and keep getting skunked. I do not see a bobber. Are you simply drifting the eggs at the bottom or do the eggs float on its own? Thanks
Nice video Brian! I have a question though, does the egg+hook float? or it is bouncing on the bottom? I never get a chance to use the real fish roe, so curious about it..
Any thoughts on why the coho are hitting eggs? Are they hungry? Just mad? Natural instinct to destroy other possible mates eggs? I've notice when I fish it was hens that hit eggs and I've caught mostly bucks on shrimp.
@@BrianMonticello I learned a lesson vs. Gill plate on the Green years ago. I carried a Steelhead out of the headworks with my finger curled into the gill. Exactly how you picked the first on up. As I walked (it is a long walk out of there), the teeth abrased my finger. Chewed it up a bit. Within a day, my hand swelled, and then my arm. It caused a nasty infection. It could have been bad! So, never carry a fish by the gill plate. And avoid getting stabbed by a used hook. :)
@@BrianMonticello I have not used the set up you showed in the video but recently I've been to a spot in the north of kent and by the highway 18 bridge
@@morepnw2396 does that mean the upper part of the river? Or lower, just wondering because I know silver have been in the river for a while but the chums are just starting to come in
I got two I swore were jacks. Opened em up and they were full of eggs lol. 🤷🏻♂️ out of curiosity, you been noticing a muddy flavor to the cohos out of the green? My last few had a real muddy quality to em in the pan.
That's Interisting you bonk it AND then bleed it... we just toss our fish on a stringer long enough that they can swim out a bit and stay alive until until we've limited and right before we leave well bleed them out and then dress them...
I've thought about that method too over the years, as I've seen it done all over the place. But I mainly do not do that for 2 reasons. First is, I think there are different compounds that build up in the fish as they pretty much have a slow death there on your stringer as they are undergoing all that stress (depending on how long they survive) which I believe can affect the meat quality. I think of it sort of similarly to how lactic acid builds up in humans as we run/walk for long distances. And second reason is just its not super ethical, since they are probably suffering a slower death on your stringer as opposed to just bonking them right out. And that in combination with the meat quality issue from my first reason, I think makes it all the more unneeded, since I think the whole idea is that keeping them alive would preserve meat quality, when in fact, they're not quite "alive and well" so to say where the meat quality would be preserved best.
And anyone who already salmon fishes is already well aware of the green river, much like the puyallup, Snohomish, Columbia, etc are all well known rivers to have fish. If I was giving away specific spots on the river, sure, I’d agree with you. But I also don’t want to blow out my own spots, and posting simply the river name will not do this. That’s my thinking at least, and if somebody already knows the spot just by looking at it, chances are they’ve already been fishing there before
@@BrianMonticello well apparently you haven’t grown up here and watched the demise of our fishing due to the internet. In a city of 2+ million people, dropping river names is going to destroy the last bit of fishery left. But to each their own I guess, see you on the river.
@@captainconnorsadventures6357 I think that demise is due a lot more to the fact that tons of people have been moving here in previous years similar to the gentrification problem in seattle. I don’t believe that these videos have any negative side effects unless I was giving away specific spots. People that know about the salmon fishing in the area are the ones watching these videos and if you feel that more people should not get into the sport then I suppose that’s your opinion but it’s not mine, and I think you’re pointing your blame in the wrong places
Awesome video! Keep making great content. Can’t wait to go fishing in Washington again
They should be getting bigger the next few weeks! Can't wait!!!
Nothing better and healthier meal than a fresh wild caught salmon. G job!
wow coho are already in. Crazy
They've been in the Green for over a month.
Nice! 10:54 - you never catch the same fish twice! LOL thanks for the great information on how to catch these!
Love float fishing that river! Been a bobber and egg fest on the system I fish the most.
Watching this as I currently munch on the coho I caught a 2 days ago from the green. My 3rd salmon ever from a river. (First and second on that same day) Managed to hook 20 or so pink that day and got my limit first time ever from a river.
Congrats!!! That’s awesome haha
I'm doing whole lot of wrong stuff
I'm not catching
Keep up the great work man
This video may be a blessing for me. I’ve thrown Corkies, Jigs, spinners, and have caught nothing but pinks ever since the green opened up. I hope to have success, but even if I don’t I think this idea is grand
Thanks Robb!
Hey bro,,, GLAD TO SEE a drift fisherman again. lol, I have been showing guys in my videos how to use this drift technique while flossing stop yanking and detect the bite by mending on a slider weight and up the odds of both. Funniest thing is how many guys say fish wont eat eggs,, if its drifted. Been drifting for 30 years.. before long leaders came along.
Can I ask why not a slider weigh? you can detect the bite before they feel the weight and let go, it will go direct to the tip of your rod especially if your mending your line. Very good video bro.
Cool video man. They likin’ those eggs for sure.
Thanks!
Nice work man. I always look forward to seeing your latest and greatest. Eventually we gotta get out there together and shoot one. Crazy that we’ve been fishing some of the same holes for that passed couple years and haven’t bumped into each other yet.
Haha I bet we’ve run into each other and didn’t realize
That technique been used on that river since forever lol, bobber and eggs is so much watching that bobber drop
Yeah haha more like my secret weapon I should have said lol
Hell yeah. I fished this river for a lot of years! Good video!
Thanks Ryan! Right on 🤙🏻
Good catch bro you fishing across from my work place and goood videos tho
#1fan here ❤️ greaaat video! Can’t wait for the next one❤️
Man that guy Ben really knows how to handle a net!
😂😂😂😂
I was literally typing "how do you keep your eggs so dry?" and you answered my question. People talk about burning your eggs with too much cure though... how do you gauge when it's too much? Thanks Brian.
Another 🔥 video brother. Good work!
Thanks bro! And yeah I’ve heard of the whole “burning” them thing but tbh I just dump a ton of the cure on them, and they always get hit lol it doesn’t seem like the fish care. I mean I just put enough to cover every inch of the eggs pretty generously, and then after they’re fully cured I put a little extra 🤙🏻 I’ll show you sometime 😉
Use regular fire cure first for a more firm egg, let them cure 2 days and they will soak up all the juice! Then put them outside on some cookie drying racks so they can drip and dry. Roll them around in borax/boraxOfire mix after they are dried a bit and keep drying till you like the firmness. Usually bout 4-12 hours or longer. Then jar them with borax in the bottom of the jar so they stay dry.
@@twistedjigco.548 Thanks for the tip! Will try this next time I have some eggs.
@@BrianMonticello can you do a tutorial on the eggs? Thinking of getting the penn pursuit 2500 and the guide select pro 8-15 spin rod that you have. Do you have the 2500 pursuit?
@@pnwfishingaddict4878 yup I do! Good reel for the money that’s a sick combo! And I’m gonna do an egg tutorial the next female I catch!
Another great video!
Sweet video bro!
Thank you!
I was fishing right next to you a few times on the green this year and then came a crossed your videos keep it up man i will see you out there again🙌
Appreciate your channel. Grew up in the Greater Seattle area and only recently got into fishing. Amazing to see what is possible around here.
That’s awesome! Get out there and explore!
Next year you should try tieing your eggs into floating spawn sacs to keep them off the bottom and keep them fishing longer
Great content. I'm excited to explore the green this year. I had no luck last year but only fished it once.
Good to know the coho are here after all the rain. Do you know another way to catch them besides eggs?
Spinners work great! Will make a video soon - have some already made from last year doing that
@@BrianMonticello went today to Green and threw #4 and #5 spinners. They were jumping all over but not 1 bite.... I'll have to try again tomorrow
Another awesome video man!
How much longer in the season you can still catch these Cohos in the river?
Using my king eggs to fish down there tomorrow wish me luck🎣🤟
Good luck friend!
Good shit man they like that bead rite over the eggs was just down there last week!
Nice fish man! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting this Brian! Great info , first year on the river for me, trying to get out as much as I can!
That’s awesome!
Love your videos man! Would you be willing to share advice on how you prep your eggs? Do you recommend curing your own or buying online?
I just throw some pautzke borax o fire pink krill one on the eggs after slicing them open, I think ill include a little tutorial in my next vid!
@@BrianMonticello awesome thanks man!!
Good stuff man
Never tried drifting skein before, might have to try that next time. Good size silvers
We will be there tomorrow
10 miles from inlet. Probably the bend park by Amazon
That's crazy that there was a camera just planted there waiting for you to walk on that trail at the beginning
Please take me fishing! 😂
Nice. Been trying to get my first silver on the Snohomish, but so far I've just managed to lose two.
Caught 2 of em on the snoho both about 13 lb
@@zyadb8911 what did you get them on?
Dang I thought this was a new video, must have been put out while I was working in Boyer there was no service there at all.
Bead worked well too
Hi Brian, when is the best month of the year to fish coho ? this is the pink year so Is it going to make it different ?
I'll be there tomorrow morning.
What spot of the green river is that?
That's what I'm trying figure out
Good work
What's up my man I've been watching your content and lately and can't help but to ask when can I tag along.... I got eggs let's go it
Any new salmon videos Brien?
Bro, Please write me the address of the location where such a wonderful fish is caught. I am new to Canada and do not know the area very well.
You: I have fairly large hands… there a pain in the ass…
My brain: ……Bruh……
😂😂😂😂
Is that rig better than float and eggs?
I think so, particularly on this river I have much better success than bobber and eggs
How do you cure your egg ?
@@yyoohh sprinkle of pautzke boraxofire and sugar
Thanks for sharing your technique. What weight where you were using? Do you play around with the amount based on the current?
Yup exactly! This was maybe like 1/8oz perhaps, current isn’t that strong there
I have the same rod but with a penn battle 300 instead of a penn persuit
How do you like that reel?
@@BrianMonticello the penn battle ? I have had it for two years and have only had to grease it, it feel like the day I bought it smooth
Curious about where you are? Green River... by the Amazon Depot?
When does the season end
Depends on where you are, but I think you can fish the green through dec 31st, esp the upper part
wait why are u keeping a wild jack?
This in the section you can keep kings?
Yup!
@@BrianMonticello check your ig dms when you get a chance
Nice video 📹 Brian
Thanks man! Hope to see you out there a few more times before it’s over!
Hey dude. You still fish the green river? I just moved here to Tacoma… its close… Ive been here a week caught a salmon at Minter and a bunch of Sea Run Cutthroat trout on the Sound (I fly fish) where is close that I should go next?
What city of the green is this spot ?
Photo looks familiar. Like you want to give me the fish lol. Good stuff man maybe I'll see you around that body of water. 🤙🏼
Haha ey!
Hey Brian, I have been fishing the Green since last year and keep getting skunked. I do not see a bobber. Are you simply drifting the eggs at the bottom or do the eggs float on its own?
Thanks
They bounce along the bottom, eggs sink
Hey man, great video. I live right on the green river in Kent and been trying the past week. Do you ever let people come along to learn?
What fish are you aloud to keep and what do you have to put back? Because I know in a lot of areas you can't keep the wild ones
On this river you can keep both wild and hatchery coho
Say me please where I can buy this krill? Thank you so much🙏🏻🙏🏻
Will the Pautzke salmon eggs they sell in stores work just as well?
They work too, but in my experience nothing beats fresh, they always perform better for me
What do you call this technique? I don't think I've seen anyone use eggs without a float before
"I have kinda large hands, its a pain in the ass" 2:58
Was this on a weekday? I've been wanting to try the Green for a while now but I've heard the netting on weekdays can make it rough
This was filmed this morning!
I think the netting schedule is Friday thru Sunday.
@@markbraunschweig5227 that’s right!
I've read on forums and 2019-2020 schedule pdf that it is Sun-Fri
@@null2396 totally misread @mark’s comment, it is Sunday through Friday, yeah. There’s a fish hotline you can call too 1800-FISHNOW
Nice video Brian! I have a question though, does the egg+hook float? or it is bouncing on the bottom? I never get a chance to use the real fish roe, so curious about it..
In this setup, it is on the bottom 👍🏻
Where in the green river is this at? Been wanting to go fishing for salmon in this river for a while.
Lower
what spot is this i was out yesterday and cought nothing
How does that section fish in the afternoon a few hours after low tide? I was thinking with the tide change they would start moving up.
It does! That’s the perfect time to go if you’re going in the afternoon imo
Also my fishy friend why no bobber.. I mean it's working free drifting dem eggs.. but I love to see a bobber drain
How clean is the green? Was told not to gut your fish there just bleed it and ice it. Is the water really that bad?
It’s not great haha, I’m always sketch to guy it there too, but I’ve done it before, just not regularly lol
Nice! You can keep wild coho??
Yup!
On this river you can
Any silver on the Skagit?
Not sure, never fished it before
@@BrianMonticello I'll fish it soon or other spots near by and let you know!
Any thoughts on why the coho are hitting eggs? Are they hungry? Just mad? Natural instinct to destroy other possible mates eggs? I've notice when I fish it was hens that hit eggs and I've caught mostly bucks on shrimp.
I think it’s a natural instinct to destroy them to further their chances of furthering their genes
Nobody else there! 🤯
Do you recommend fishing low tide or high?
I like both but for this method I for some reason have more success on the outgoing tide
I thought I recognized the spot... I've slipped and fallen in there before.
Oh no haha
You should hold the fish upside down when you’re bleeding it, gravity pulls more blood out
Very good point!
Is that green river Ontario
WA
Did you mean 50 pound braid?
Where are you at exactly ??
Hint everyone: If you are going to release a fish , never insert finger near gill plate. It will surely cause injury to the fish.
Very good point! Good thing I didn’t release any of these fish after handling them the way I did 😂
@@BrianMonticello I learned a lesson vs. Gill plate on the Green years ago. I carried a Steelhead out of the headworks with my finger curled into the gill. Exactly how you picked the first on up. As I walked (it is a long walk out of there), the teeth abrased my finger. Chewed it up a bit. Within a day, my hand swelled, and then my arm. It caused a nasty infection. It could have been bad! So, never carry a fish by the gill plate. And avoid getting stabbed by a used hook. :)
@@tahoma6889 oh wow! That sucks, never thought about that
That first fish looks like a steely
The entire time I've fished the green I've never caught a salmon. I've used just about everything not sure what I'm doing wrong
Have you tried the method I did in this video? And when did you go (date and time?)
@@BrianMonticello I have not used the set up you showed in the video but recently I've been to a spot in the north of kent and by the highway 18 bridge
@@BrianMonticello and it was last week the last I went
Poseidon
Dang, I live near the green river too. I know fishermen don’t really like to tell their spots, but could you help a brotha out?? 😭
go find any spot you can access the river downstream from the 405 bridge you should do well
@@morepnw2396 does that mean the upper part of the river? Or lower, just wondering because I know silver have been in the river for a while but the chums are just starting to come in
Turns out that little jack was actually a female! And the adult I caught was a male, go figure - identified both wrong LOL
I got two I swore were jacks. Opened em up and they were full of eggs lol. 🤷🏻♂️ out of curiosity, you been noticing a muddy flavor to the cohos out of the green? My last few had a real muddy quality to em in the pan.
@@ryanshannon4366 hmm weird nope you clean them at the river? Lol
Hey bro are you up in Tukwilla? Been up there the past few weeks but can’t get one to bite :(
@@ericschinn haven’t been on the green in a while
If you haven't lost a fish in the net off shore or in the boat you haven't been fishing lol
why are you keeping WILD coho? hatchery only i thought?? cant keep wild on the Snohomish/Skykomish, all wild coho released.
You can keep wild on the green
I know this hole.
Could you give me a hint?
That's Interisting you bonk it AND then bleed it... we just toss our fish on a stringer long enough that they can swim out a bit and stay alive until until we've limited and right before we leave well bleed them out and then dress them...
I've thought about that method too over the years, as I've seen it done all over the place. But I mainly do not do that for 2 reasons. First is, I think there are different compounds that build up in the fish as they pretty much have a slow death there on your stringer as they are undergoing all that stress (depending on how long they survive) which I believe can affect the meat quality. I think of it sort of similarly to how lactic acid builds up in humans as we run/walk for long distances. And second reason is just its not super ethical, since they are probably suffering a slower death on your stringer as opposed to just bonking them right out. And that in combination with the meat quality issue from my first reason, I think makes it all the more unneeded, since I think the whole idea is that keeping them alive would preserve meat quality, when in fact, they're not quite "alive and well" so to say where the meat quality would be preserved best.
@@BrianMonticello just like steelhead...very good point.. about quality....
Nice! Have you tried using dick nite instead of eggs?
No river etiquette from that other dude. Googan.
Gear…
In description!
What makes you think it’s okay to put the river name? Do you have any respect for the people who grew up fishing these spots? (Honest question)
The river name does not give any spots away. It is zero secret that the green river has salmon in it, and it is over 60 miles long
And anyone who already salmon fishes is already well aware of the green river, much like the puyallup, Snohomish, Columbia, etc are all well known rivers to have fish. If I was giving away specific spots on the river, sure, I’d agree with you. But I also don’t want to blow out my own spots, and posting simply the river name will not do this. That’s my thinking at least, and if somebody already knows the spot just by looking at it, chances are they’ve already been fishing there before
@@BrianMonticello Well said.
@@BrianMonticello well apparently you haven’t grown up here and watched the demise of our fishing due to the internet. In a city of 2+ million people, dropping river names is going to destroy the last bit of fishery left. But to each their own I guess, see you on the river.
@@captainconnorsadventures6357 I think that demise is due a lot more to the fact that tons of people have been moving here in previous years similar to the gentrification problem in seattle. I don’t believe that these videos have any negative side effects unless I was giving away specific spots. People that know about the salmon fishing in the area are the ones watching these videos and if you feel that more people should not get into the sport then I suppose that’s your opinion but it’s not mine, and I think you’re pointing your blame in the wrong places