Closest thing we have to flying fish: Those leaping salmon

August 31, 2009 at 9:04 am | In West Seattle news, Wildlife | 10 Comments

They’re the talk of the fishing community; we mentioned them last week, and now we have photos: WSB contributing photojournalist Matt Durham sends photos of some of the 5 million pink salmon that have been swarming the area, many leaping from the water as they go. That photo’s from the eastern Duwamish Waterway, as is this one:

Separate from catching the pink salmon on camera in the Duwamish yesterday – where fishing’s not allowed (check the rules here) – Matt and son Jack fished Lincoln Park, where the younger member of the duo made this milestone catch:

Matt explains:

Sunday Jack Durham, age 10, landed his first salmon, a 7-pound pink salmon. Jack has worked the shores of Lincoln Park for 6 years, casting everything from Kastmasters to plugs and finally hooked this fish on a pink spoon. Lincoln Park has been a shoulder-to-shoulder fishing experience the last three weeks. Fishing can be absolutely hot with nearly every angler hooking a salmon; an hour later the bite dries to nothing. The favored lure is a pink buzzbomb.

10 Comments

  1. Excellent photos – thanks for sharing!

    Comment by JEM — 10:20 am August 31, 2009 #

  2. it is really cool to see everyone fishing together at lincoln. the atmosphere felt almost giddy yesterday morning. if you have not gone to see the salmon over at the lower bridge on the duwamish waterway- do it! they are amazing and there were about 3 sea lions chowing down on saturday there.

    Comment by lina — 10:31 am August 31, 2009 #

  3. I was sitting on the deck at Duke’s at sunset on Saturday night and saw a fish leap from the water about 20 feet off the beach. This must explain that! We also saw two sea lions (or seals) in the water near by. Cool!

    Comment by Cami — 10:41 am August 31, 2009 #

  4. Nice work Matt & Jack!

    Comment by cjboffoli — 10:43 am August 31, 2009 #

  5. Lincoln was packed with fishermen yesterday. It was crazy.

    Comment by Mike — 12:45 pm August 31, 2009 #

  6. Beautiful photos Matt!

    Comment by Leroniusmonkfish — 2:48 pm August 31, 2009 #

  7. I have friends who live on the water in Three Tree Point and they’ve been fishing off there bulkhead and catching big salmon – so awesome.

    Comment by rockergirl — 4:21 pm August 31, 2009 #

  8. Way to go fellas! So when is dinner? :)

    Comment by Allison Carver — 4:50 pm August 31, 2009 #

  9. How long is this fishing going on?

    Comment by Steve — 8:55 pm September 1, 2009 #

  10. Great Picture…captures the joy of it all!

    Comment by ellie — 11:14 am September 3, 2009 #

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