Northwest Fishing Reports

try a ned rig bud. your ultra light trout rig will work great for it and you might even pick off a good sized holdover or 2 with it

2 new in package and 1 used danielson butterfly traps
3 brand new custom made crab snares
1 giant butterfly crab trap

All of them for $25

Got a few rods i won't be needing down in arkansas, i may or may not have more gear to post as i go through it all #-o Casting Rods Fenwick HMX-C1062M-F 10'6" medium/fast 1/8 - 1oz 10-20lb $50 Lamiglas Certified Pro X10MC 10' medium 3/8 - 3/4 8-12lb sold Lamiglas Certified Pro X10MHC 10' medium heav...

It's not that good honestly. Last time I was down there the weather was cool and the blegills where a bit sluggish...so when I took the kiddo down to a drainage ditch to drink around, we only caught like 30 in an hour. The smallest was 4in and her biggest was about a foot long

North East Arkansas. The wife has family there and the the fishing is really good. It's like a perfect fit

So we're moving outta state, to someplace with better opportunities and much simpler regs, and now I'm going through a garage packed with gear. Luckily i know the area we're going and I can adapt a lot of stuff but just sorting through it all and packing let alone deciding of it's worth taking is so...

Hands down the worst was those helicopter lures they advertised on tv years ago. Never got a bite, let alone a fish but boy howdy did they twist your line into the prettiest rats nest you ever did see

What anglers are losing at in the salmon fisheries debates is the public perception. Most assume we all hate the tribes on racial basis and that we're predominately beer drinking cavemen. In my opinion any group that devolves into cursing and such just hurts our arguments. The tribes have public per...

I pour my own jigheads and paint them with nail polish all the time. I use it to touch up buzzbomb and darts or give them a little bit different look. It's quick, easy, and cheap that's why I use it. Besides some of the places I'll toss a jig, it'll be long lost before the nail polish chips off :-" ...

I called the dept on this matter before. The answer I got was it was legal to use up 2 rods with castables crab snares as your crab gear units and still use another rod to target fin fish(thier term for fish). While i never used 2 rod snares at once, I've had several encounters with wardens while us...

I haven't seen a warden get too picky about crimped barbs. The worst I've seen so far is the warden telling the guy to crimp it down a bit more. I'm sure there might be one out there that's real picky and I've heard the rumors of the piece of panty hose / cotton ball test but I haven't seen it. Pret...

I jyst buy barbed and crimp. Then again I don't think owner makes a barbless ssw so that's part of it I guess

Looking up emergency rules has become part of o'dark thirty ritual and since I refuse to buy a smart phone, the app just wasn't useful enough to keep on my tablet

I've never seen anybody trying for them out there, but I'd assume around logs or vegetation would produce like other places I've dropped pots

It's not bad but for a lot of my fishing I use escapement and flow reports to help decide where I'm going and I couldn't find a way to access them in app. Consequently I ended up uninstalling

I can't speak for that rig, but I will say over the years I've tried a lot different things in the sound that wasnt following the tried and true. Some worked ok, some were duds, but a couple made their way into my regular rotation. So my suggestion is give it a whirl and see what it does for you.

Thanks quad that sounds perfect for him. I'll give them a call tomorrow morning to see if there's an opening for harley. My concern was having the lil guy stuck in a cage the 6 days were gone.

You're about spot on with my location too. I'm in snohomish county not far from the Skagit line

So we're going vacation at the end of the month and we had arranged for our dog Harley to stay with the wife's cousin while we were gone. Well she backed out on us yesterday and now it's too late to change our room to a pet friendly one so we need to put Harley in a kennel while we're gone. I have n...

Pretty sure that'd fall in the department's derby rules. By the way the law is writren you can't even bet a buck on big fish for the day with a couple buddies without a permit.

Just keep in mind how many river seasons actually shape up like the reg book originally shows. That said I'm really hoping for a Skagit or cascade silver season since it's the closest fishery to me lol