Northwest Fishing Reports

Better check the regs regarding bait on the Skagit in the Sept 28th 2016 ERC just a word tonight...

dj2loud wrote:This year is such a disappointment........

Always Alaska and BC to fish! I saw this coming unfortunately and 3 trips North are already on the books> Times a wasting!

This was written BY an author ABOUT an author . I still believe there is little to no scientific backing to many of these claims. I don't know where any of you stand with Wild Fish Conservancy, but Dylan Tomine is a Patagonia FLY FISHING representative.... I am 100% positive he has spent plenty of ...

Thank You rseas! =D> Could not have said it better myself! An incredibly complex issue to say the least! Nets, climate change, habitat, population growth, pollution to name just a few unfortunately! Propaganda? Indeed as I was formulating a reply (not as kind as yours) and you beat me to the punch! ...

If they do this too often they won't sell fishing licenses. However, it did seem like the pink run was smaller than normal. Must be the warm water offshore. Totally agree that pink run this year was small. Usually go to a creek off the Stilly and it's loaded with spent pinks and have only seen ONE ...

Saw the closures report on the Stilly and Skagit about 10 minutes ago too Couple of upriver Skagit trips were really good the past few weeks with one on Oct 25th planned along with a November date too.... Guess the party is over...........UGH

Regarding all this worm "stuff">> Tons in larger halibut and cod and salmon it's just a fact! Spend considerable time in Alaska in the summer and am grateful for that vac-pac machine and that blast freezer at the place that processes my fish [rolleyes] Wife a bit off on fish now since she wanted som...

jonb wrote:rained all day again today.. supposed to rain tomorrow with a possibility of a lightning storm. rivers should be brown and angry and puking up whole trees by then. how much rain do we need?

I just want from WDFW the benchmark they will decide on for opening our rivers? HELLO!

Saw all these emergency closures coming in mid June so I booked a late summer trip to SE AK to pound on the big Northern Coho! Just rolled in on Wednesday after limits of Coho everyday and saw what a trickle my home river the Stillaguamish was... Was as in past tense at the moment! Colored up nicely...

If memory serves me correctly you recently caught your first steelhead! Getting bit with one of those beauties is a whole new experience Trust me!

natetreat wrote:Both work. I hhave found sand shrimp not only work, but work much better than cured shrimp or none at all on the coast.

Totally agree with this as never had much luck with cured shrimp but go to shrimp has always been small sand shrimp!

Dan> This high water event sure put a damper on what has been a banner year up here! A few bright ones from a recent trip! If things calm down (they will) might see a some nice Coho into late December early January!

Kicked out! File too BIG! They were BIG fish ;-)

Dan> We put a "whoppin'" on a few up in that area too! Classic or "EPIC" days come to mind

I had a great time drifting and learning how to twitch jigs. I landed 4-5 five others and kept this big buck 12-13#, and the smaller hen. Who would have thought it would be a clear sunny day in November! Tasted great grilled up on a cedar plank (I actually use shingle under-coarse as they are cheap...

Horrible season? Not really as they are all different and this one is one for the books! Like to stay close to my home river the Stilly ( 15 minutes from home) but with low water after it opened it can be tough! Never really gave it a thought since I was praying for rain and rain it did [rolleyes] T...

Nice lookin' "Ho's" FREAK! OP or closer to home for this north of Everett guy on above listed dates? Lookin' for a few BIG NASTY Chums in t6he mix too and a feisty Big Coho that time of year! You know those Coho will be coming till mid December if you fish the Skagit... I'll PM You and hope they are...

Close to a solid 19# possibly even a 20# IMHO FREAK a real trophy fish! Biggest on the Skagit for me was a solid 18+ and Stilly a true 19+ too! Hats Off tonight Bro! King Kong Coho :-)

Drove by a favorite spot today> Looks like 3 days at best but with more rain on the way> Not good! Weird year...........Really dry and now this and my favorite dates from my journal are Oct 1st to 23 and window closing fast! Pray for the drop!

goodtimesfishing> A Stilly fish too! :-) Got "lucky" Not really just putting in time and technique and I really do like the quartering up and retrieve on a jig and twitch it back to you!