Hatchery steelhead

Matt s and I fished  the wynoochee on Saturday 12-29-12 the water was at 2,000 and on a steady drop.

We had  4 feet of vis and a nice green tint.

There was a lot of pressure on the river  this weekend, it wasn’t easy  finding open water to fish  but everyone seemed to be in a friendly mood  which makes things a lot  nicer when conditions are crowded   There seemed to be a good number of  fresh fish in the river  and most boats seemed to be getting a couple chances .We ended the day with three hookups two on jig and bobber and one on a plug.  Sunday we left the drift boat at home and worked one of the smaller streams  conditions were perfect but there did not seem to be a ton of fish around.  We fished hard and were able to get three nice fish, two on jig and bobber and one drift fishing shrimp.

With no major rain in the forecast conditions should remain good for the near future.



Hatchery steelhead and silvers

Matt S and I fished one of the small coastal rivers Saturday 12-15-12.  The water was a nice steelhead green color with 3 feet of vis. The river was on a slight rise from the days rain and had a bit more color at the end of the day then we started.

We fished hard all day and were able to hook 3 winter run steelhead and 3 late run silvers. We caught our steelhead on jig and bobbers and had our best results on Coho while twitching river bend jigs.

Humptulips silvers and steelhead

Cory and I fished the Humptulips on Sunday 12-9-12 the water was at 1,900 CFS  with 2 feet of vis most of the day . There was not much  pressure on the river on Sunday but even with the lack of pressure the overall fishing was  still on the slow side. We fished hard and were able to scratch up some silvers and one steelhead using  a combination of Eggs and plugs  but  there still  seemed to be a lack of fresh fish in the river.