Late November kings & silvers

Matt S and I fished two  Grays harbor rivers this weekend the rivers were running at medium to low flows, very clear and dropping fast. The morning temps  were in the 20’s which was less than ideal, but the overall weather was  good and the fishing pressure was light.  There did not seem to be very many fish in either river,  but most of the fish  were bright and what were there seemed to be biting well. We covered lots of water and ended up with  nice batches of fish each day. We had our best results on a combination of egg and bobber and river bend twitching jigs. I expect most of the rivers to remain slow till we get some more rain.

 

November Silvers

Aaron L and I fished a couple of the Chehalis tributaries this weekend
The overall conditions were very good. We had 6 feet of visibility and the rivers  levels were relatively  stable both days. Light fishing pressure added to our results this weekend.

On Saturday  the  fishing was on the slow side but we fished hard and ended up catching 4 silvers, one king, and a few chum. we caught most of our fish on egg and bobber, but also had hook ups on plugs and jigs.

On Sunday things started out very slow, but really picked up as the day went on. By mid afternoon the fishing was very good and stayed that way for the rest of the day.

We ended up catching several nice bright silvers and one chum. The fish seemed to be in a very aggressive mood on Sunday we watched multiple fish chasing after our lures as we were working our way down stream. On Sunday  we had are best action while fishing river bend twitching jigs.

 

 



 

 

Humptulips / Satsop salmon

I spent the weekend fishing with my dad.

 On Saturday  we fished the Humptulips. The river conditions were great  and the fishing should have been excellent, but it wasn’t. It felt like it was between runs.

The river had just dropped back into shape Friday night and was in perfect condition. It started at 1,700cfs in the morning and dropped to 1,300cfs by the end of the day. The river was a nice green color with about 3 feet of visibility. There did not seem to be very many silvers in  the river and there were even less kings, but the few that were being caught were bright. There were a fair number of chum in the river to keep things interesting but the overall fishing was very poor.  We had our best results on bobbers and eggs, bobbers and jigs and plugs.

On Sunday we fished the Satsop. The river was in great shape . we had 5 to 8 feet of vis depending on the areas and the water was on a steady drop (1,500 -1,300cfs). The river was full of chum! There were lots of chum in the whole river, a fair number of bright silvers and a few kings. There were so many chum in the river that it made catching the silvers and kings a bit more difficult then usual, but they were there for those were willing to work at it. We had our best results on eggs and bobber, River bend twitching jigs, and jig and bobber.