Salmon - So Prairie Cr Washington

[cpierce]

Just for the fun of it I thought I would post a picture of the salmon this year in South Prairie Creek, Washington. This is just below where I grew up, and for as long as I can remember the salmon have been this thick and even thicker in the creek. The picture was taken by some friends on their property. And no, you can't fish it right now. And yes, in about a month the stink will be unbelievable!! [:p]

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[Alaska76]

Being in Alaska I am not familiar with run timing there. Are those coho or chinook, can't tell from the pic?
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[Tazasorus]

That's pretty cool! Do you know what type of salmon they were?
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[cpierce]

Frankly, I don't know for sure. [blush] You might be able to look it up. South Prairie Creek is a tributary of the Carbon R close to where it dumps into the Puyallup R. Several of the salmon come in at very close to the same time. They could be chinooks, coho, or pinks.

I would guess chinooks, simply because they were the ones I remember catching the most. []
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[Alaska76]

I was wondering what kind of pink run, if any, OR,WA,ID had, I never hear about them here but, I guess that is not surprising as many people dismiss and/or malign them for no good reason IMO. Pinks are alot of fun on a 5wt and are good table fare if they are caught in the salt. Tough being at the bottom!
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[cpierce]

Pinks do get a bad rap.

I did find this pdf on some of the salmon runs. If you look down at the Puyallup and Carbon Rivers,then Chinooks, Cohos, and Pinks are all there in the last part of Sept. But it looks like Chinooks and Pinks are at the end of their run, so I would have to change my guess to probably Cohos since it would be closer to the middle of their run.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/whenwh...tsound.pdf

Off topic a little.... when my kids were small they were playing in a pool of the creek when suddenly the oldest.. (about 5yrs old) started screaming that there was a shark!

I looked and there was the biggest bright red sockeye that I have ever seen in their little wading pool!! To this day she still laughs about the huge red shark that almost got them!
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