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By: obryan214
Posted: 7/21/2020
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2020
Hot Spots: 0
While checking on my property I threw a spinner out where I can usually pick up a whitefish or three. Released half dozen small steelhead and a cutthroat but no whities. 2 car loads of people showed u...
By: obryan214
Posted: 8/27/2020
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by my place to check up on it. Casted a few different colors of mepps out in front where I can usually pick up a whitefish but couldn't even get a small trout to hit. Didn't see any thing swim...
By: obryan214
Posted: 6/17/2021
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
After some car troubles in Elma I finally made it to my property on the east fork. Used both an ultra light spinning rod and fly gear for maybe getting some whitefish. Fished out in front of my place...
By: obryan214
Posted: 10/13/2021
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Headed down ro check on any damage to my property and take some measurements for an upcoming project. Threw some spinners and spoons out off my beach but only enticed little guys. Saw a couple whitefi...
By: harleystifle
Posted: 1/23/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After 24 years of roofing for the man, the man took me and three others on a guided trip on the satsop--my first time ever for this sort of fishing. I'll keep a long story short; out of the six of us(...
By: TahoeFisherman
Posted: 2/18/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report actually covers each weekend starting at the beginning of February. Fishing has been good, I have at least hooked a steelhead each outing I have made, including an absolute monster wild fi...
By: obryan214
Posted: 2/5/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
hit just about every area with bank access this morning/early afternoon with no luck. was using every spinner and spoon I had. walked across the bridge at shafer state park to see if I saw anything sw...
By: Mikeel1987
Posted: 2/6/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Satsop today and hit few spots on the river with no luck. I didn't see anybody down there with any fish either tho. Maybe wrong tackle/bait, spot, or no fish there yet. Who knows. ...
By: earchcobber
Posted: 1/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
hit the satsop with a guide.my 12 year old boy got his first steelhead,12 pound hen,hatchery keeper.I got a 15 pound native hen with sealice on her.my camera got left on by me and batteries were dead....
By: JM73
Posted: 2/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Satsop yesterday with my Father and two brothers. Picked up a good deal on a boat ride for the group, so we thought we'd try to get our first Steelhead. Out of the four of us, none of us h...
By: fishwaterswest
Posted: 2/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This winter has been shaping up to be one for the record books. At the beginning of the season there was a big article in the NW Sportsman's Magazine about the higher than normal returns expected thi...
By: obryan214
Posted: 6/7/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
smallmouth weren't the intended target but when we saw one near the family property it quickly became it. I started a topic in the rivers section about what I know about them.
14 cuthroat released ...
By: protovack
Posted: 10/27/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Flows on the peninsula have been extremely low until a couple days ago when we got a spat of rain and flows went from 200-300 up to 1000-1200. Peak flow was yesterday and it seems everyone thought tod...
By: lbcatcher
Posted: 9/8/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 1
The wife and I spent the weekend at Schafer state park. We had a great time and did some fly fishing on and off throughout the day. I managed to land a few Rainbows and one Golden Trout. (catch and re...
By: Bob R
Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, this is a diff. type of report, but some GREAT fishing! Melanie and I voluntered for a hatchery work session to help restock some of those lakes we've been depleting! These are QUALITY fish, ave...
By: c17hydro
Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to the Satsop at 4p.m. Water looks awesome...really clear and great depth. Fished from Schafer State Park and up river to the first bend. Caught a boat load of small cutts on a black and ye...
By: c17hydro
Posted: 6/14/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to the Satsop at 4p.m. Water looks awesome...really clear and great depth. Fished from Schafer State Park and up river to the first bend. Caught a boat load of small cutts on a black and ye...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After getting a surprise half-day off I decided to hit my go-to spot on the Satsop and enjoy a beautiful day on the river. The fishing was not good, I had a few hits, all from small cutts, but it was...
By: obryan214
Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
went down to the property looking for cuthroat and to play with the new flyrod. saw several people on the lower river looking for salmon but saw nobody catch any and no fish at the bridge down in town...
By: obryan214
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
started near the hatchery looking for cuthroat and maybe some whitefish. what I found on the river in between there and my property were a couple thousand dark silvers and several hundred dark & moldy...
By: obryan214
Posted: 10/29/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
the day would have gotten a 5 if we actually hooked something. started out at family property on the upper east fork, almost hit 2 deer on the way in. found 2 bull elk in an old christmas tree farm by...
By: obryan214
Posted: 6/12/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
since i had to work on the opener i couldn't wet a line until today. fished about a half mile above and below my place on the east fork. used my ultra light gear with 4lb test and a 3wt fly rod. 9 cut...
By: obryan214
Posted: 6/15/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
went down to check on the property and do some fishing. used only a copper size zero aglia. several cutthroat up to 16 in. and a small steelhead maybe 2lbs released. shouldve taken the flyrod.
By: Duwamish Amish
Posted: 10/23/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I fished the river after doing some hunting earlier in the morning. We had to do a lot of hiking as the spots we usually fished weren't holding a lot of water. One of the last spots we tri...
By: TahoeFisherman
Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Walked the banks of the Satsop hoping for some late coho action. After fishing below hwy 12 for an hour with no luck I decided to head up river looking for some fish. The clearity was good so I threw ...
