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By: Toni
Posted: 9/9/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I met up with Str8line and his son this morning for an excursion on the Nisqually for kings in his sled. We used eggs and divers without any catching. A drift boat we saw was doing a little catching a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Nisqually at first light and had my first king by 6:30. Caught this monster but had to let him go (too many fins).....
All in all, three of us got our limits today on kings and our arms a...
By: gonnahookit
Posted: 9/25/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First report for me, just had to share this as it is something that will last with me forever.
Fished the Nisqually Monday afternoon. About a dozen trips their this year so far, with only a coup...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 6/21/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after throwing in my crab pots in Oro Bay, I decided to take the boat up the Nisqually to see how far I could get up it in my outboard. I noticed on the way up lots of drift nets or bouys for dr...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/1/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Fly fished in the afternoon for a couple hours and caught a mess of cutthroat and rainbows. All fished came on a grasshopper pattern with most fish averaging 6 to 8 inches. Saw one big trout about 18 ...
By: bandseeker
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2014
Hot Spots: 2
I caught and released one 6 inch rainbow trout and caught my second dolly varden trout in the river. This one was 7 inches long. The previous one I caught 7 years ago was a 12 inch fat one. Not sure w...
By: drednought
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The Nisqually had quite a few people on it Sunday from the handicapped area upstream. The Indians had 3 nets out around the bridge which I observed them check mid day. They were empty. Thought the ...
By: 'OL GREY DOG
Posted: 9/11/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
HANDICAP HOLE WAS COMBAT FISH'N ......PAY'D THE $6 WENT TO THE CAMP GROUND....IT FILLED UP TOO LATER IN THE DAY/EVE.....CAUGHT LOTTSA DARK FISH...CR.....ENDED UP WITH A NICE KING 25ish....'N A N...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/27/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went to a fishing clinic on the Nisqually River. No fish but we did see a seal. I learned a new egg loop knot. Unfortunately I forgot how to tie it even though I did up 2 before I left the river....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/3/2010
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We got no bites, no fish, nothing in 2.5 hours of fishing. There was a seal, and someone came by and set a net on the opposite bank. Other than that it was pretty lifeless. Even the seal couldn't co...
By: schu7498
Posted: 9/4/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got the chance to go out on a friends luxury jet sled on the Nisqually to feed the kings. I had a couple different egg cures I wanted to try out. We started above the hatchery confluence and fished pi...
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 9/2/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Nisqually on a week day and found some room to fish. Spent a lot of my childhood in Alaska and got spoiled having the ability to move up and down a river without asking permission. Ca...
By: Snodgrass
Posted: 9/2/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well I have rated the fishing as a "3 - Average day". I shot down to the Nisqually with Uncle Ricky the other morning and although we didn't hook into any fish ourselves, we did see several fish bein...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Showed up E fork Satsop first thing. No fish in the river yet. Water level too low.
Left for the Nisqually
Between the three of us in my party we landed two on eggs under a float. one boot king...
By: steelly
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started at sunrise had about 9 bobber downs in about 2 hrs of fishing landed one buck about 15lbs
Posted: 8/22/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the nisqually today looking for a better chance at some salmon due to the recent rain, seen about 5 roll...1 Jack 4 adults , honestly I think a school was shooting up the river... After t...
By: Jbear
Posted: 12/17/2014
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to JBLM for chum had a good day with my boy. He tied up a a Bobber with a jig pink/black. He fished for an hour with no take downs and all of a sudden I hear fish. His heart was pumpin,I look...
Posted: 9/1/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I was at the river for an hour and 20 minutes, I seen 3 fish caught and one on the guys stringer next to me. I fished my spot and managed to hook boot it was brown and what im about to tell you next i...
Posted: 8/12/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the nisqually at noon on Tuesday, nets were pulled up an down the river in the morning is what I heard and they removed the nets that were soaking. I guess they only caught a few. Rumor h...
Posted: 8/15/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the nisqually today hoping I could show my neighbour a salmon being caught. We seen one caught...from a far.
Today only seen a couple fish roll but things are getting fishy. Water is v...
By: Snodgrass
Posted: 8/3/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Ran out to the Nisqually for the first time this year and took my Uncle Ricky (AKA: Squatch). I fished mostly with corkie & yarn of various color schemes but to no avail. I did see a pretty nice fish...
By: Snodgrass
Posted: 8/16/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well I was back at the Nisqually with Uncle Ricky for another shot at some fish. I tried several different combinations of corkies & Yarn of various colors but only had one bite all evening. There wer...
By: ecofisherman
Posted: 9/1/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck for the first time at the bridge off Mason Rd. Pretty low bite rates as no one seemed to being catching anything from about 6:30am to 9:00am. Unfortunately, it yook me all of 10min to co...
By: NECVL
Posted: 9/21/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Off of Old Pacific Hwy there is a location that DoD card holders are allowed to fish from. It is on the stretch of river south of five just north of the Old Pac Hwy. I went there for my first time sal...
By: parker264
Posted: 9/27/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 3
i was fishing at the handy cap some guy constentely caught fish.i didnt catch anything.
Also Does anyone know if capital lake in Olympia is open for salmon yet?
